The Music of Helmut Lachenmann April 13, 2008

Monday Evening Concerts Season Finale

The Music of Helmut Lachenmann

April 14, 2008
We encourage you to purchase your tickets now for the upcoming season
finale featuring the music of Helmut Lachenmann. Last month we caught
up with Lachenmann and conductor Michel Galante during their New York
rehearsals.

Watch our YouTube video preview:

Sunday April 13 Film
"Where I Have Never Been Before:"
The Composer Helmut Lachenmann

Director: Bettina Ehrhardt. 2006, 87 minutes, in German with English subtitles.

Discover how the German composer creates a music that is beautiful in
the most unexpected ways, exploring uncharted sonic territory while
engaging the great Western tradition.

Post-screening Q&A with director Bettina Ehrhardt and Helmut Lachenmann.

Live performance of Lachenmann's Dal Niente by Shizuyo Oka,
clarinetist of the Ensemble Recherche.
Sunday, April 13 at 11:00 A.M.
Doors open at 10:30 for refreshments from BREADBAR.
Goethe-Institut Los Angeles
5750 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 100
Los Angeles, CA 90036

General Admission: $5
Subscribers: Free (on a first come, first served basis)
Tickets available at the door only.
Sunday Morning Films is a co-presentation of Monday Evening Concerts
and the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles.

Monday April 14 Concert
Ein Kinderspiel

Helmut Lachenmann, piano

Mouvement ( – vor der Erstarrung)
West Coast Premiere

Argento Chamber Ensemble
Michel Galante, conductor

Allegro Sostenuto

Los Angeles Debut Appearance
Members of the Ensemble Recherche of Freiburg:
Jean-Pierre Collot, piano
Shizuyo Oka, clarinet
Åsa Åkerberg, cello
» Read the program notes by Paul Griffiths
» Read more about the artists
» Venue information
Monday, April 14 at 8:00 P.M.
Zipper Concert Hall at the Colburn School
200 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012

General Admission: $25, Students: $10
Order tickets online or call M.E.C. at (310) 836-6632

Official Website: http://mondayeveningconcerts.org/events/041408.html