Classical Music News for January/February 2020

LOS ANGELES NEWS

SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS

Most critics and historians consider F.W. Murnau’s SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS, which won three awards at the first Academy Awards ceremony in 1929, to be one of the best films ever made.

For some admirers, its only flaw has been its relatively jarring soundtrack. Now, for a world-premiere production by Los Angeles Master Chorale, Emmy Award-winning composer Jeff Beal has created a brand-new film score for choir and chamber orchestra, giving SUNRISE the sound track it deserves.
   

   
SUNRISE will be presented January 26, 2020, 7pm, at Walt Disney Concert Hall, with Grant Gershon conducting the Master Chorale choir (62 voices) and a chamber orchestra. The classic silent film will be projected on a giant center-stage screen.

(Call 213-972-7282 or visit lamasterchorale.org)


VIANO STRING QUARTET

The Viano String Quartet, winners of the Wigmore and Fischoff Competitions, will give recitals February 10-12 to help celebrate the Music Guild’s 75th anniversary season. The Quartet will perform works by Dvorak, Beethoven and Schumann (the exciting pianist Micah Yu will be featured with the Quartet on the latter work).

Music Guild’s venues are University Synagogue, Brentwood; Daniel Recital Hall, Cal State Long Beach; and Adat Ari Temple, N. Hollywood.
Refreshments are served on Mondays and Wednesdays, 7.30 to 8 pm, and at intermission.

Call the Music Guild at 310-558-3500 or visit concerts@themusicguild.org

      
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