SoCal music & dance, April 15-22: The Labèques with the LA Phil, ABT‘s Studio Company and more
Classical, opera, jazz, folk, pop, rock, ballet, tap, flamenco, contemporary dance and more for LA & OC
Welcome to the latest TV or Not TV newsletter spotlighting live music and dance performances all around Southern California this coming week. I’m Matt Cooper, former listings coordinator for the LA Times’ Calendar section.
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Classical & opera
The Pacific Trio Violinist Roger Wilkie, cellist John Walz and pianist Edith Orloff play pieces by Schubert, Ravel, et al. St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 580 Hilgard Ave., Westwood. 8 p.m. Monday, April 15. $12.50-$57.55. (310) 558-3500. themusicguild.org
‘John Adams Conducts the LA Phil New Music Group’ The program includes Anthony Davis’ “You Have the Right to Remain Silent” plus the world premieres of “LA Phil Etudes: Book 1” and Zosha Di Castri’s “Noctiluca.“ Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., downtown L.A. 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 16. $35-$66. (323) 850-2000. laphil.com
‘La Traviata’ A Parisian courtesan lives, laughs, loves — and then dies — as LA Opera presents director Shawna Lucey’s new staging of Verdi’s tragic tale; with soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen; sung in Italian with English subtitles. Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N. Grand Ave., downtown L.A. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 18; 2 p.m. Sunday, April 21; 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday, April 24 & 27. $29 and up. (213) 972-8001. laopera.org
‘The Labèques, Muhly, and Dessner’ Guest conductor Gustavo Gimeno and the LA Phil are joined by sibling piano duo Katia and Marielle Labèque for double piano concertos by Nico Muhly and Brice Dessner; program also includes Prokofiev’s Suite from “Romeo and Juliet.” Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., downtown L.A. 8 p.m. Thursday, April 18; 11 a.m. Friday, April 19; 2 p.m. Sunday, April 21. $20-$158 (323) 850-2000. laphil.com
St. Matthew’s Music Guild Clarinetist Boris Allakhverdyan joins the Chamber Orchestra at St. Matthew’s for Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto; program also includes David Diamond’s Concerto for Small Orchestra and Marianna Martinez’ Sinfonia in C. St. Matthew’s Church, 1031 Bienveneda Ave., Pacific Palisades. 8 p.m. Friday, April 19. $45. (310) 573-7422. musicguildonline.org
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