LA Chamber Orchestra presents Spotlight on LACO December 11, 2010

Cheer on principal clarinet Joshua Ranz as he performs the iconic Clarinet Concerto that Copland wrote for jazz great Benny Goodman. Then, celebrate the bicentennial of Schumann’s birth with principal cello Andrew Shulman in the composer’s tender, elegiac Concerto. Wolf’s blissful Serenade is the perfect foil for the melancholy of Schumann, and Kellogg’s textured tour de force, an homage to Mozart, contrasts with the wild beauty of Golijov’s Last Round, deemed “the best Piazzolla tango Piazzolla never wrote.” (Gramophone) It’s a program that showcases the extraordinary versatility of the LACO musicians. Featuring LACO principal clarinet Joshua Ranz and principal cello Andrew Shulman, the concert program includes Daniel Kellogg Mozart’s Hymn, Golijov's Last Round, Copland's Clarinet Concerto, Wolf's Italian Serenade and Schumann's Cello Concerto in A minor.

Official Website: http://www.laco.org/performances/145/