Monday Evening Concerts: Bach and Music of Today March 19, 2007

On March 19 at 8:00 p.m. MEC presents the music of Unsuk Chin, Kurt Rohde, George Benjamin and Ichiro Nodaira alongside keyboard works by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Guest curated by former Los Angeles Opera director Kent Nagano, this concert features the first Los Angeles appearance of Japanese composer Ichiro Nodaira, who also performs on piano and conducts the Monday Evening Concerts Ensemble.

Artists
Ichiro Nodaira, conductor and piano
Kurt Rohde, viola
Ellen Ruth Rose, viola
MEC Ensemble

Program
J.S. Bach: Prelude and fugue in C major
J.S. Bach: Prelude and fugue in C# major
George Benjamin: Viola Viola
Unsuk Chin: Fantaisie Mécanique (L.A. premiere)
J.S. Bach: Chromatic fantasy and fugue
Kurt Rohde: Double Trouble
Ichiro Nodaira: Texture du délire I (U.S. premiere)
J.S. Bach / Busoni: Chaconne

General Admission: $25
Students: $10

Order online at www.mondayeveningconcerts.org or call the Monday Evening Concerts box office at 310-836-6632

Zipper Concert Hall at the Colburn School
200 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Official Website: http://www.mondayeveningconcerts.org