Cello Classical Concerts in Los Angeles

Program: Sergei Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante in E minor, Op. 125; Olivier Messiaen: Les Offrandes oubliées; Alexander Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy Performers: Colburn Orchestra; Ludovic Morlot (conductor); Jakob Taylor (cello) This program of sweeping drama, vivid colors, and transcendent melodies begins with Prokofiev’s Sinfonia Concertante, a spirited masterwork celebrating the cello’s lyricism and range. Messiaen then takes the audience on an impassioned spiritual journey in Les Offrandes oubliées before the concert closes with the ethereal grandeur of Scriabin’s The Poem of Ecstasy .