Lou Harrison

Odd instruments are music to composers' ears

2012-04-08 00:00:00

The score for Oscar Bettison's chamber concerto "Livre des Sauvages" ("The Book of Savages") should come with an IKEA-like warning: Some Assembly Required. The half-hour work, which will be given its premiere Tuesday at Walt Disney Concert Hall as part of...

Adventures around town with the noble and profound cello

2012-04-11 16:33:33

Influences: Mark Alan Hilt of Jacaranda

2012-04-18 00:00:00

Since its founding in 2003, Jacaranda has proved itself one of the best and most adventurous chamber music series in the country. Based at the First Presbyterian Church in Santa Monica, Jacaranda offers a mix of new and old, with an emphasis on West Coast...

Music review: John Adams' 'Absolute Jest' in San Francisco

2012-03-16 16:34:00

Music review: The Baltimore Symphony at Segerstrom Concert Hall

2012-03-29 16:32:52

A surprising, welcome sight: An informal new music festival hits L.A.

2011-06-24 16:33:00

L.A. Master Chorale's Korean cantata/song cycle/concerto

2011-02-26 16:32:59

Music review: Yo-Yo Ma and his Silk Road Ensemble stop off at Walt Disney Concert Hall

2011-04-05 16:33:20

Culture Watch: What's new in music and magazines

2011-01-19 16:32:49

Music review: A great pianist once more flies under the radar

2010-07-22 16:33:08

Mills College, a school without walls

2009-02-08 00:00:00

For the last seven decades, Mills College, which will celebrate the renovation of its gorgeous Spanish-style concert hall with a gala concert Feb. 21, has provided a haven for a remarkable number of cutting-edge composers. No matter how academically...

Jacaranda series blossoms again

2008-10-20 00:00:00

A Lou Harrison craze has appeared frustratingly just around the corner ever since this poster boy for gorgeous nonconformist California music died in 2003. Friday night Jacaranda, Santa Monica's new music series, opened its new season with a half-Harrison...

The Joshua Tree home built by composer Lou Harrison, during construction.

2004-02-11 16:09:27

Lou Harrison watches the construction of the home in April 2000. He was able to visit the completed home only a few times before his death.

2004-02-11 16:00:33

The Joshua Tree retreat built by Lou Harrison is of a piece with the late composer's musical works: Elements from around the globe come together in a striking and harmonious whole. Secreted within the walls are bales of straw.

2004-02-11 15:57:35