The Los Angeles Recroder Orchestra (LARO)) invites you to an unusual concert: music designed from people having fun, from the early Baroque to the 20th century.
The orchestra, which has been concertizing since its inception in 2005, consists of 30 players performing on the entire range of recorders from sopranino, to soprano, alto, tenor, bass, to great bass,contra bass, sub great bass, and the 8 foot subcontrabass.
Sunday’s concert, conducted by Thomas Axworthy, begins with George Frideric Handel’s popular Water Music which had its premier in 1717. King George I requested concert music to be played on the River Thames and Handel’s musicians obliged with a performance on a barge.
Music from the circus highlights the second half of the program, which includes Circumuziek, written by Ton ter Doest (1990) for Calefax, a Dutch reed quintet. The movements are sounds of the circus, written in contmporary musical settings.
The concerts are free.
For more information: www.larohome.org.
