A World Premiere.... Tops LA Chamber Orchestra Concert

Excerpts from review by

Harlow Robinson for SF Classical Voice

"Last week, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra explored “memory, reinvention, and reflection.” Music Director Jaime Martin, always loquacious and energetic, presided over the dense but expertly executed performance at Colburn Conservatory’s Zipper Hall on May 15.

An oldie but goodie, Mozart’s snappy Symphony No. 35, “Haffner” (1782) opened the proceedings and Tchaikovsky’s Orchestral Suite No. 4, “Mozartiana” (1887), which borrows four pieces by Mozart and refracts them through a late romantic lens, occupied the second half.

In between came a provocative and ambitious world premiere by American composer Christopher Cerrone (born 1984). His Selah, a thorny concerto for violin, cello, and chamber orchestra, received a stunning performance, with the dynamic duo of Anthony Marwood (violin) and Coleman Itzkoff (cello) taking full command of a shimmering, technically demanding score."

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