NEW ORLEANS (press release) – The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO), the region’s premier orchestra based in New Orleans, introduces its reimagined chamber music series, MUSIC AT THE NEW MARIGNY. Curated by LPO’s new music Director Matthew Kraemer, this series will provide an intimate concert experience with music by composers including Stravinsky, Gershwin, Bach, and more performed by LPO musicians. Each program will also feature a piece of music written by a local composer to amplify the musical artistry that is represented throughout the New Orleans metro community. MUSIC AT THE NEW MARIGNY concerts will take place at the New Marigny Theater in New Orleans. For more information, visit www.lpomusic.com.
The four local composers to be featured throughout the series are PETER DUTILLY, TUCKER FULLER, MALCOLM PARSON, and CHRISTOPHER TRAPANI. Their works have been heard and recognized within the local community and on a national stage. DUTILLY is a violist and an LPO musician, FULLER is an LPO-commissioned composer and past collaborator with the Marigny Opera House and Marigny Ballet, PARSON is a past member of the Turtle Island Quartet and GRAMMY-nominated artist for their feature in Terence Blanchard’s album, “Absence,” and TRAPANI is a BBC and Radio France commissioned composer and has had works performed in Carnegie Hall in New York City.
WHO: Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
WHAT: Music at the New Marigny Series
WHERE: New Marigny Theater, 2301 Marais Street, New Orleans, LA 70117
WHEN: Sept. 20, Oct. 25, Jan. 3, and March 13
TICKETS
General admission tickets are $28 and General admission tickets with reserved seating are $38. For tickets and more information, visit www.lpomusic.com or contact LPO Patron Services by calling 504.523.650.
MUSIC AT THE NEW MARIGNY SERIES SCHEDULE
Stravinsky at the New Marigny
September 20, 2023 | 6 PM
PROGRAM:
Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano
Handel: Selections from Water Music
Parson: ALFRED for Chamber Orchestra
Honegger: Pastorale d’ete
Stravinsky: Suite from Pulcinella
Milhaud at the New Marigny
October 25, 2023 | 6 PM
PROGRAM:
Gershwin: Overture from Primrose
Ibert: Divertissement
Trapani: Sing Into My Mouth
Antheil: A Jazz Symphony
Weill: Little Threepenny Music (suite from TheThreepenny Opera)
Milhaud: La création du monde, op. 81
Bach at the New Marigny
January 3, 2024 | 6 PM
PROGRAM:
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Theofanidis: Muse
Fuller: Orfeo & Eurydice from the ballet ORFEO
St. George: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 11
Tansman: Variations sur un thème de Frescobaldi (1937)
Telemann: Ouverture-Suite, TWV 55:D18
Copland at the New Marigny
March 13, 2024 | 6 PM
PROGRAM:
Thomson: Suite from The River
Ligeti: Concert Românesc
Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances
Dutilly: A Little Fantasy
Copland: Appalachian Spring
