Noon to Midnight Field Recordings
LA Phil Announces Full Lineup of
Noon to Midnight: Field Recordings
Saturday, November 16, 2024, 12 p.m.-12 a.m.
LOS ANGELES (September 24, 2024) — The Los Angeles Philharmonic announces new details about Noon to Midnight: Field Recordings, a 12-hour festival featuring live performances and art installations activating every corner of the Walt Disney Concert Hall campus on Saturday, November 16, 2024, from noon to midnight. This edition of the LA Phil’s beloved new-music marathon explores the intersections of art, technology and nature through the theme of field recordings.
Curated by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Reid, Noon to Midnight features the work of visionary composers performed by a host of Los Angeles-based ensembles and solo artists. In her statement on the festival, Reid said, “The works can be revelatory, challenging, mournful, joyful and meditative. Various perspectives converge in a dynamic conversation throughout the day, exploring how curious, creative humans use sound to carve their own unique paths through physical and emotional landscapes. Noon to Midnight is a celebration of creativity in Los Angeles and an invitation to listen deeply to the world around us.”
The festival features more than 35 composers, 14 of whom—including Marc Lowenstein, Derrick Skye, Rajna Swaminathan, M.A. Tiesenga and Andrew Yee—will premiere new works. Fifteen ensembles will perform along with five conductors: Los Angeles Master Chorale Kiki & David Gindler Artistic Director Grant Gershon, Joseph Pereira, Derrick Skye, Dr. Tram Sparks and Molly Turner.
At the center of the program is the world premiere of Doug Aitken’s Lightscape, a groundbreaking film-based artwork accompanied by live performances from the Los Angeles Master Chorale and the LA Phil New Music Group. For more information about this program, see the press release here. Please note, this portion of Noon to Midnight is a separate ticketed event.
Audiences can engage directly with the festival’s theme through intimate performances, a listening room, interactive installations and conversations led by LA Phil’s Insight program. The festival also features a beer garden, food trucks and surprise giveaways.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
MAIN STAGE
1:10-2:30 p.m.: Delirium Musicum
Andrew NORMAN The Companion Guide to Rome (c. 30 minutes)
Andrew YEE Trees of Green-Wood (c. 5 minutes), world premiere of newly expanded string arrangement
Laurel Irene, soprano
Philip GLASS Violin Concerto No. 2, “The American Four Seasons,” fourth movement (c. 7 minutes)
Gabriella SMITH Desert Ecology (c. 23 minutes), commissioned by The Soraya for Delirium Musicum
3:30-4:30 p.m.: LA Phil New Music Group (unconducted)
Raven CHACON Three Songs (c. 6 minutes), film triptych
Raven CHACON Horse Notations (c. 20 minutes)
Odeya NINI Come Close and Sea (c. 8 minutes), world premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from the Hillenburg Family
Odeya Nini, voice
John Luther ADAMS Dark Waves (c. 12 minutes)
A Tribute to Sarah Gibson, archival video recording (c. 7 minutes)
5:30-6:30 p.m.: LA Phil New Music Group
Molly Turner, conductor
Ingram MARSHALL Fog Tropes (c. 10 minutes)
Derrick SKYE Alluvion (8-10 minutes), world premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from the Hillenburg Family
Donnacha DENNEHY Tessellatum (Version II) (c. 38 minutes), world premiere, version for solo viola and strings
Nadia Sirota, viola
Steven Mertens, animation
8:00-9:10 p.m.: Lightscape
Doug AITKEN Lightscape (c. 67 minutes), world premiere, with generous support from the Hillenburg Family. Additional support is provided by Peter and Elizabeth Goulds, L.A. Louver.
Grant Gershon, conductor
Los Angeles Master Chorale
LA Phil New Music Group
10:15-11:15 p.m.: The Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra – PAPA: a Sonic Compendium
Mekala Session, bandleader
Brian Hargrove, string arrangements
Kamau Daáood, poetry
Chris Williams, field recordings
BP HALL
12:00-1:00 p.m.: Michael Pisaro-Liu and Cherlyn Hsing-Hsin Liu
Michael PISARO-LIU Transparent City (c. 40 minutes)
Cherlyn Hsing-Hsin LIU I Carry the Universe with Me (film, 20 minutes)
Michael Pisaro-Liu, electric guitar and objects
Cherlyn Hsing-Hsin LIU, film
2:00-3:00 p.m.: Wild Up Composers
Molly Turner, conductor
Andrew McINTOSH Learning (c. 13 minutes)
Andrew McIntosh, solo percussion and field recordings
M.A. TIESENGA On paths (c. 22 minutes), world premiere
Patrick SHIROISHI Khristina (16-18 minutes), world premiere, LA Phil commission
4:00-5:00 p.m.: Calder Quartet – Desert Crossing
Missy MAZZOLI Death Valley Junction (8.5 minutes)
Marvel Jem ROTH Lens for string quartet and electronic found sounds (c. 5 minutes)
John Luther ADAMS Canticles of the Sky for string quartet (c. 18 minutes)
Steve REICH Different Trains (c. 27 minutes)
5:30-6:15 p.m.: Annea Lockwood – Water Energy
Annea LOCKWOOD Jitterbug (c. 40 minutes)
Annea Lockwood, field recording playback
Vicki Ray, pianos
Wesley Sumpter, percussion
Annea LOCKWOOD Buoyant (c. 6 minutes), field recording
6:45-7:45 p.m.: Laraaji – Bliss, Beauty, Beyond (a celestial sound trance-mission)
Laraaji, solo electric prepared zither/autoharp, electric kalimba, voice, piano
8:15-9:15 p.m.: Jeremiah Chiu and Marta Sofia Honer – Different Rooms
Jeremiah Chiu, modular synthesizer, live sampling
Marta Sofia Honer, viola, electronics
9:15-10:15 p.m.: Josh Johnson – Unusual Object
Josh Johnson, saxophone, electronics
11:00 p.m.-midnight: Visionary States – Evening Attunement: Night Ragas
Robin Sukhadia, curator, tabla
Rajib Karmakar, sitar
Aakash Pujara, bansuri
Kailash Sukhadia, recorded sounds, Ableton Push
KECK AMPHITHEATRE/BLUE RIBBON GARDEN
12:30-1:30 p.m.: USC Percussion Group – Elements in Sound (Keck Amphitheatre)
Joseph Pereira, conductor, curator
Masakazu NATSUDA Wooden Music, for 9 percussionists (c. 10 minutes)
George LEWIS Le témoignage des lumières (c. 8 minutes), West Coast premiere
Ted HEARNE Thaw (c. 12 minutes)
Ondřej ADÁMEK Fishbones (c. 17 minutes)
1:30-2:15 p.m.: Dr. Dawn Norfleet Trio – Instant in Season (Blue Ribbon Garden)
Dr. Dawn Norfleet, flute, voice
Dr. JoVia Armstrong, percussion
Fabricio Cavero, voice, clay music instruments, electronics
2:15-3:15 p.m.: Isaura Quartet – Site/Line (Keck Amphitheatre)
Leilehua LANZILOTTI Ahupua‘a (c. 11 minutes)
Aleksandra VREBALOV The Sea Ranch Songs (c. 10 minutes)
Mvt. 2 Fort Ross Chorale
Mvt. 6 Creatures
Mvt. 9 Starry Night
Tomeka REID Prospective Dwellers (c. 5 minutes)
John EAGLE inside-outside (c. 10 minutes), world premiere, Isaura Quartet commission
Mingjia CHEN the speed at which we change (c. 10 minutes), world premiere, Isaura Quartet commission
3:15-3:45 p.m.: Meara O’Reilly – Hockets for Two Flutes (Williams Garden Spiral in Blue Ribbon Garden)
Meara O’REILLY Hockets for Two Voices transcribed for flutes (c. 12 minutes)
Meara O’REILLY Hockets for Two Flutes (c. 12 minutes), world premiere
Rachel Beetz, flute
Michael Matsuno, flute
Installation: Lily Clark, Double Sided Dewpoint
4:00-5:00 p.m.: Bridge to Everywhere – Breath / Heartbeat / Surrender (Blue Ribbon Garden)
Marc LOWENSTEIN ר֣וּחַ, new work for string quartet, soprano and field recordings (c. 8 minutes), world premiere
Laurel Irene, soprano
Angélica NEGRÓN Azul, Naranja, Salado (c. 40 minutes)
Derrick Skye, conductor
5:15-6:00 p.m.: RedKoral Trio – Stellar Atmospheres: From the Garden to the Cosmos (Keck Amphitheatre)
Wadada Leo SMITH The Earth: A Blue Sanctuary, Light, Gardens of Organic Flowers,
Underground Rivers, Lakes and Pomegranate Lagoons (c. 18 minutes)
Alison BJORKEDAL Hum (c. 7 minutes), world premiere
Eve BEGLARIAN From the Same Melancholy Fate (c. 6 minutes)
Anne LeBARON new work for trio and field recordings (c. 10 minutes), world premiere
Shalini Vijayan, violin
Andrew McIntosh, viola
Alison Bjorkedal, harp
6:15-7:00 p.m.: Celia Hollander – L.A. Interval (Blue Ribbon Garden)
Celia Hollander, keyboard, laptop, MIDI controller, audio interface
7:15-8:00 p.m.: Oscillations (Keck Amphitheatre)
Ellen REID Oscillations: One Hundred Years and Forever (LA Phil commission)
USC Thornton Chamber Singers
Dr. Tram Sparks, conductor
Hana Kim and Keith Skretch, projections
Sarah LaBrie, lyrics
Sayd Randle, lead research
8:00-9:00 p.m.: Rajna Swaminathan – Mangal (Blue Ribbon Garden)
Rajna SWAMINATHAN Mangal x Ocean Memory (c. 50 minutes), world premiere, commissioned by the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy’s Composing Earth Series
Rajna Swaminathan, mridangam, kanjira, voice, curation
Samarth Nagarkar, voice
Anya Yermakova, movement, electronics
Shalini Vijayan, violin
Eyvind Kang, viola d’amore
Patrick Shiroishi, saxophones
9:00-9:50 p.m.: Colloboh (Keck Amphitheatre)
Colloboh, live performance
Clayton McCracken, projections
INSTALLATIONS/ACTIVATIONS
FOUNDERS ROOM
Field Recording Listening Lounge curated by In Sheep’s Clothing, Hi-Fi
Conversations presented by LA Phil Insight featuring composers, acoustic ecologists, field recordists and climate scientists
INSTALLATIONS
Alexey Seliverstov, The Cloud Orchestra (East Terrace Lobby)
Chris Kallmyer, Furniture Music (Blue Ribbon Garden)
Ka Baird, Mobile Microphone (roving)
Lachlan Turczan, Sympathetic Resonance (Carson Amphitheatre)
Lily Clark, Double Sided Dew Point (Williams Garden Spiral)
Mercedes Dorame, Water Portal (Lobby)
Programs, artists, dates, prices and availability are subject to change. Ticket limits may apply. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit this link.
Noon to Midnight is part of PST ART: Art & Science Collide. PST ART is presented by Getty. For more information, please visit pst.art.
Noon to Midnight is generously supported by the Contemporary Initiatives Fund.
Commissioning support for Noon to Midnight is generously provided in part by the Hillenburg Family.
ABOUT ELLEN REID
Ellen Reid is one of the most innovative artists of her generation. An American composer and sound artist whose breadth of work spans opera, sound design, film scoring, avant-pop, ensemble and choral writing, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Music for her opera p r i s m in 2019. Reid’s orchestral work has been performed by the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, among many others.
In addition to the Pulitzer Prize for Music, p r i s m won the Music Critics Association of North America award for Best New Opera in 2019. Reid is a recipient of Lincoln Center’s Emerging Artist Award, has been one of Musical America’s 30 Professionals of the Year and is a Sundance Institute Interdisciplinary Program Grantee. Reid has served as the Contemporary Music Chair of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and she is currently the first composer to be in residence with Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw concert hall and the Concertgebouw Orchestra simultaneously.