LA Philharmonic Announces NOON TO MIDNIGHT: A Day Of New Music's Complete Programming Announced
By: A.A. Cristi Nov. 13, 2017
The Los Angeles Philharmonic's Noon to Midnight: A Day of New Music returns Saturday, November 18 at Walt Disney Concert Hall. As it did during last year's successful inaugural performances, the day-long event offers audiences L.A.'s most far-sighted ensembles with pop-up performances scattered throughout the various spaces of the iconic venue.
The day begins at noon with a presentation of Annie Gosfield's operaWar of the Worlds, with concept, direction and text adaption provided by LA Phil Artist-Collaborator Yuval Sharon. Narrated by award-winning actress Sigourney Weaver, the performance piece based on Orson Welles' 1938 radio broadcast will simultaneously be experienced on the Walt Disney Concert Hall stage and outside on the streets of DTLA via three newly reactivated World War II-era air raid sirens. Christopher Rountree leads the LA Phil New Music Group in the performance that will have its world premiere earlier in the week, on Sunday, November 12. The performance repeats at 2pm, providing an opportunity for those who heard either of the earlier inside or outside performances to gain a different perspective.
Later in the day, the Walt Disney Concert Hall stage hosts the LA Phil's National Composer's Intensive with wild Up led by Christopher Rountree, featuring the world premieres of six NCI participants - David Bird, Tonia Ko, Aldo Lombera, Nate May, Erika Vega and Juan Andres Vergara.
Other performances taking place on the stage include Jacaranda Musicwith the world premiere of an LA Phil-commissioned work by Mark Gray;gnarwhallaby performing two world premieres; red fish blue fish, ledby Steven Schick; a second performance by wild Up, led by Rountreefeaturing two world premieres; and Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestraperforming three world premieres.
In Walt Disney Concert Hall's BP Hall, guests will get to enjoy a performance by HOCKET Duo, a Los Angeles-based cutting-edge piano duo who will present a brief program including the world premiere of Nina C. Young's LA Phil-commissioned Typesetter. Also in BP Hall will be performances by LA Signal Lab; Eighth Blackbird's founding member and cellist Nick Photinos with Piano Spheres' Vicky Ray; the world premiere of Chris Kallmyer's LA Phil-commissioned Soft Structures featuring an installation of performances by Southland Ensemble, HOCKET Duo,Carmina Escobar, Scott Cazan and more; and finally, the long running series of new music Monday Evening Concerts, curated by Artistic Director Jonathan Hepfer, will be the final performance in BP Hall.
In Keck Amphitheatre, located on the rooftop garden of Walt Disney Concert Hall, will be percussionist Steven Schick performing John Luther Adams' Mathematics of Resonant Bodies. Additional performances include the USC Percussion Group, led by LA Phil Principal Timpanist Joseph Pereira; percussion ensemble red fish blue fish, led by Schick;SASSASS (The Society for the Activation of Social Space Through Art and Sound) and the soundShoppe Orchestra; and MondayEvening Concerts, curated by Hepfer.
This year, Noon to Midnight also makes use of Walt Disney Concert Hall'sGrand Staircase, with a performance of two world premiere pieces commissioned and performed by Rage Thormbones, who will perform on the Grand Plaza at the top of the staircase. The Grand Staircase will also be the site of a performance by guitar octet Los Angeles Electric 8.
The final performance of the evening will be held by the wulf in theFounders Room, and will include sound installations by Stephanie Smith, Casey Anderson, Davy Sumner and Rick Bahto.
Noon to Midnight attendees will also be able to enjoy beer tastings and food trucks courtesy of Smorgasburg LA.
For more information and full artists' biographies, please visit: laphil.com.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2017
Walt Disney Concert Hall,
111 S. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles
Noon to Midnight: A Day of New Music - Saturday, November 18, 2017
12:00pm - Walt Disney Concert Hall
LA Phil New Music Group and The Industry
Yuval Sharon, director
Christopher Rountree, conductor
Sigourney Weaver, narrator
Hila Plitmann, La sirena
Annie GOSFIELD War of the Worlds (world premiere, LA Phil commission)
Adapted and directed by Yuval Sharon
Music by Annie Gosfield
Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group
Jonathan Deans, concept sound designer
David Bullard, concert hall sound designer
Jody Elff, siren sites sound designer
Jaymee Ngernwichit, costume designer
Suzanna Guzmán, Mrs. Martinez/Estella Ramos, Acting Secretary of the Interior
Joanna Lyn-Jacobs, Melissa Morse and Starshine
Hadleigh Adams, General Lansing
Jon Lee Keenan, Gunner/Stage Hand, Chorus
David Castillo, Officer, Chorus
James Hayden, Commander/Sound Designer, Chorus
Co-produced by The Industry and Now Art
The War of the Worlds radio play by Howard Koch used by permission of Peter Koch
12:40pm - Keck Amphitheatre
Steven Schick, percussion
John Luther ADAMS Mathematics of Resonant Bodies
1:00pm - BP Hall
HOCKET Duo
Sarah Gibson, piano
Thomas Kotcheff, piano
Andy AKIHO Karakurenai
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Nina C YOUNG Typesetter (world premiere, LA Phil commission)
Thomas KOTCHEFF wgah'nahl fhtagn
1:10pm - Grand Plaza
RAGE THORMBONES
Matt Barbier, trombone
Weston Olencki, trombone
Sam PLUTA for George Lewis (world premiere, Rage Thormbones commission)
Catherine Lamb Periphery for 2 (world premiere, Rage Thormbones commission)
2:00pm - Walt Disney Concert Hall
LA Phil New Music Group and The Industry
Yuval Sharon, director
Christopher Rountree, conductor
Sigourney Weaver, narrator
Hila Plitmann, La sirena
Annie GOSFIELD War of the Worlds (world premiere, LA Phil commission)
*see above for full cast and creative team listing
3:00pm - BP Hall
LA Signal Lab
Noah Meites, conductor and trumpet
Sean Pawling, trombone
Hitomi Oba, tenor saxophone and vocals
Dan Marschak, piano and synthesizer
Ross Garren, synthesizer and harmonica
Adrianne Pope, violin
Linnea Powell, viola
Stephen Pfeifer, bass
Dan MARSCHAK Coalesce
Nick DEPINNA Aqua Corelli
Noah MEITES Water and Power
Hitomi OBA Souranbushi 3
3:00pm - Grand Avenue Sidewalk
Los Angeles Electric 8
Gabriel Deutsch, guitar
Nicholas Deyoe, guitar
Tom Frazer, guitar
Jeremy Kerner, guitar
Eric Kiersnowski, guitar
Andy Lee, guitar
Felix Salazar, guitar
JohnPaul Trotter, guitar
Daniel CORRAL Circle Limit III
3:15pm - Keck Amphitheatre
USC Percussion Group
Joseph Pereira, conductor
Jieun Chung, percussion
Thomas Kolakowski, percussion
Amy Ksandr, percussion
Bernadette Manalo, percussion
David Riccobono, percussion
Wesley Strasser, percussion
Wesley Sumpter, percussion
Jonathan Wisner, percussion
Panayiotis KOKORAS Paranormal
Michel VAN DER AA Between
Ondreij ADAMEK Fishbones
4:00pm - Walt Disney Concert Hall
LA Phil's National Composers Intensive
wild Up
Christopher Rountree, conductor
David BIRD New Work (world premiere)
Tonia KO Very Tall Very Bright (world premiere)
Aldo LOMBERA In (E)Motion (world premiere)
Nate MAY The Living Form Contains Its Own History (world premiere)
Erika VEGA Icebergs Breaking Under Cloudy Skies (world premiere)
Juan Andres VERGARA Lines (world premiere)
4:10pm - BP Hall
Nick Photinos, cello
Vicki Ray, piano
Bryce DESSNER Lewisburg
Andrew Norman Five Sonnets
David Lang undanceable
David T LITTLE and the sky was still there
Molly JOYCE Sit and Dance
Florent GHYS Game, Information and Flowers from Petits Artéfacts
5:00pm - Keck Amphitheatre
red fish blue fish
Steven Schick, conductor
Gérard GRISEY Le Noir de l'Etoile
5:30pm - Walt Disney Concert Hall
Jacaranda Music
Patrick Scott, artistic director
Mark GRAY New Work (world premiere, LA Phil commission)
Dylan MATTINGLY Three Choruses from The Bakkhai
5:30pm - BP Hall
Chris KALLMYER Soft Structures (world premiere, LA Phil commission)
An installation including performances by Southland Ensemble, HOCKET Duo, Carmina Escobar, Scott Cazan, Lewis Pesacov, Odeya Nini and more.
6:45pm - Walt Disney Concert Hall
gnarwhallaby
Brian Walsh, clarinets and saxophones
Richard Valitutto, piano and keyboards
Derek Stein, cello
Matt Barbier, trombones and euphonium
Élise ROY homeostasis (world premiere, LA Phil commission)
Richard Barrett tkiva (world premiere)
7:15pm - Walt Disney Concert Hall
red fish blue fish
Steven Schick, conductor
Wenjing GUO Parade
7:15pm - Keck Amphitheatre
SASSAS (The Society for the Activation of Social Space)
soundShoppe Orchestra
Bernd Buerklin, David Hendren, Case Hudson, Susie Kozawa,
Don Lewis, John Lewis, Jorge Martin, Cameron McNair,
Joe Potts, Rick Potts, Mike Ruiz, Vetza
SOUND WORKSHOP & NOISE JAM
8:00pm - Walt Disney Concert Hall
wild Up
Christopher Rountree, conductor
Alex TEMPLE The Man Who Hated Everything
Gérard PESSON Rescousse
Andrew THOLL New Work (world premiere, wild Up commission)
Du Yun Mantichora
Scott WALKER RUBATO (It: 'Stolen Time') (world premiere, LA Phil and wild Up co-commission)
Pauline OLIVEROS Tuning Meditation
9:30pm - Keck Amphitheatre
Monday Evening Concerts
Jonathan Hepfer, artistic director
Steve REICH Pendulum Music
Éliane RADIGUE Usral
9:30pm - BP Hall
Monday Evening Concerts
Jonathan Hepfer, artistic director
Anne LEBARON Poem for Doreen
James TENNEY Having Never Written a Note for Percussion
Pauline OLIVEROS Bye Bye Butterfly
Michael PISARO Ricefall
Anne LEBARON Poem for Doreen
10:00pm - Walt Disney Concert Hall
Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra
Krists AUZNIEKS Snippets of Joy (world premiere)
Peter SHIN Screaming Shapes
Pamela Z And the Movement of the Tongue (world premiere)
Gabriella SMITH Carrot Revolution (world premiere)
11:00pm - Founders Room
the wulf
Erika BELL Sucking Stones
Michael Winter ostinato and interrupt (audition)
With sound installations by: Stephanie Smith, Casey ANDERSON, Davy SUMNER, Rick BAHTO
Patrons purchasing tickets for War of the Worlds get access to all Noon to Midnight pop-up performances. Tickets for the Noon to Midnight pop-up performances only can be purchased for $10. War of the Worlds siren site seats can be reserved free of charge. Tickets are available for purchase at LAPhil.com, in person at the Walt Disney Concert Hall Box Office, or by phone at 323.850.2000.
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, under the vibrant leadership of Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel, presents an inspiring array of music from all genres - orchestral, chamber and Baroque music, organ and celebrity recitals, new music, jazz, world music and pop - at two of L.A.'s iconic venues, Walt Disney Concert Hall (www.laphil.com) and the Hollywood Bowl (www.hollywoodbowl.com). The LA Phil's season at Walt Disney Concert Hall extends from September through May, and throughout the summer at the Hollywood Bowl. With the preeminent Los Angeles Philharmonic at the foundation of its offerings, the LA Phil aims to enrich and transform lives through music, with a robust mix of artistic, education and community programs.
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