Saturday, June 4, 2016, 7 pm
The Orpheum Theatre
842 South Broadway Street
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) provides the interplay of music and film with “LACO @ the Movies: An Evening of Disney Silly Symphonies.” This program of dazzling and delightful Academy Award®-winning animation created by Walt Disney Studios between 1929 and 1939, with orchestral scores performed live by Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra led by six-time Emmy® award-winning composer Mark Watters, on Saturday, June 4, 2016, 7 pm, at the historic Orpheum Theatre movie palace in downtown Los Angeles. The Orpheum Theatre
842 South Broadway Street
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Based on timeless fairy tales that most of us moms and dads enjoyed in our youth and fantastical scenarios, the seven classic animated Silly Symphony shorts include five Academy Award®-winners, the first Silly Symphony short produced and directed by Walt Disney, the first commercial color short and the first to utilize a multiplane camera to create depth of field. With animation by a number of Disney legends, these films are set against a backdrop of lively music.
projecting on the silver screen
a curated selection of landmark animated shorts including the first commercial short produced in Technicolor and five Academy Award winners!
The Skeleton Dance (1929)
Flowers and Trees (1932)
Three Little Pigs (1933)
The Old Mill (1937)
The Ugly Duckling (1939)
The Country Cousin (1936)
Music Land (1935)
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra is considered one of the world’s premier chamber orchestras as well as a pacesetter in presenting wide-ranging repertoire and adventurous commissions. Its 2015-16 season features a compelling mix of beloved masterpieces and genre-defying premieres from firmly established as well as notable up-and-coming composers programmed by Jeffrey Kahane, one of the world’s foremost conductors and pianists, who marks his 19th season as LACO’s music director.
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra is considered one of the world’s premier chamber orchestras as well as a pacesetter in presenting wide-ranging repertoire and adventurous commissions. Its 2015-16 season features a compelling mix of beloved masterpieces and genre-defying premieres from firmly established as well as notable up-and-coming composers programmed by Jeffrey Kahane, one of the world’s foremost conductors and pianists, who marks his 19th season as LACO’s music director.
