The Philharmonic Society of Orange County regrets to announce that the remainder of its 2019-20 season performances will be postponed.  Due to the increasing concerns regarding the COVID-19 outbreak and California Governor Gavin Newsom’s recent state of emergency declaration and order for all residents to stay at home until further notice, the Philharmonic Society is actively exploring the possibility of reengaging artists for future performances, with exact dates still to be determined.

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Jaime Martín, music director
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

Part of Beethoven@250
Donna L. Kendall Classical Series

DERRICK SPIVA: Prisms, Cycles, Leaps Part III (world premiere)
SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 “Eroica”

Winner of the 2016 BBC Young Musician of the Year Award, cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason is also the recipient of the Royal Philharmonic Society's 2016 Young Instrumentalist Duet Prize; the 2017 South Bank Sky Arts Awards' The Times Breakthrough prize in the 'Classical' category; and both the Male Artist of the Year and the Critics' Choice Award at the 2018 Classic BRIT Awards. His performance at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at Windsor Castle was greeted with universal excitement after being watched by nearly two billion people globally. His debut recording for Decca Classics, Inspiration (released January 2018), featured Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1 with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla. The phenomenal success of the album propelled Kanneh-Mason to a debut spot at number 18 in the UK's Official Albums Chart, and number 1 in the Classical Chart. In addition to being the highest-charting BBC Young Musician on the UK's Official Albums Chart, Sheku Kanneh-Mason is also the first BBC Young Musician to break into the albums Top 40 with their debut record.

Beloved by audiences and praised by critics, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, known to Angelenos as LACO, is a preeminent interpreter of historical masterworks as well as a champion of contemporary composers. Headquartered in the heart of the country’s cultural capital, LACO has been proclaimed “America’s finest chamber orchestra” (Public Radio International), “LA’s most unintimidating chamber music experience” (Los Angeles Magazine), “resplendent” (Los Angeles Times), and “one of the world’s great chamber orchestras”(KUSC Classical FM).