Chamber Music in SoCal

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra LACO.

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Recital Series.

Program: SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 8; DEBUSSY: Piano Trio in G major; DVOŘÁK: Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65 The Philharmonic Society opens its 2026-27 season with three of today’s most celebrated classical artists—pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, violinist Lisa Batiashvili, and cellist Gautier Capuçon—joining forces for an electrifying chamber music program. Featuring works by Shostakovich, Debussy, and Dvořák, this rare collaboration brings together extraordinary individual artistry in a performance praised as “a supergroup to savour” ( The Arts Desk ).

Program: Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 8; Claude Debussy: Piano Trio in G major, L. 5; Antonín Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65 Performers: Lisa Batiashvili (violin); Gautier Capuçon (cello); Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) “Jean-Yves Thibaudet’s piano, Lisa Batiashvili’s violin and Gautier Capuçon’s cello [stitch] their individual strands of sound into a sumptuous fabric” ( The Arts Desk ) during a night of Russian, French, and Czech music. Join three of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s most beloved guest soloists as they come together for a selection of expressive chamber works. Shostakovich’s trio evokes the agitated yearning of teenage romance, while Debussy’s trio brings out the “sweet, sentimental and sugared” ( The New York Times ) aspects of youth. Thibaudet, Batiashvili, and Capuçon close out their recital with a dark, aggressive, and fast-paced Dvořák trio from the era critic Eduard Hanslick deemed “the pinnacle of his career.”

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Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Orchestral Series.

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Orchestral Series.

Program: Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in D minor, Op. 42, Hob. III: 43; Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66; Johannes Brahms: String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36 Performers: Jin-Shan Dai (violin); Michelle Tseng (violin); Bing Wang (violin); Katherine Woo (violin); Ingrid Hutman (viola); Jenni Seo (viola); Robert deMaine (cello); Jason Lippmann (cello); Zachary Mowitz (cello); Jennie Jung (piano) Featuring restless arpeggios, furious tremolos, and a passage of warm, hymn-like chords, Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio No. 2 is a challenge for its performers and a delight for its listeners. Even the composer admitted it’s “a trifle nasty to play!” Two violins, two violas, and two cellos combine for the second half of the evening. Brahms’ dark but beautiful String Sextet No. 2 was written in the years following a failed relationship and captures love’s moments of sunshine and sorrow. The composer later confided to a friend, “Here I have freed myself from my last love.” Also on the program is a dark, tense, and refined work by Haydn, the “Father of the String Quartet.” Come early and enjoy a complimentary glass of wine before the performance, starting at 6:30pm.