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.  

ABOUT THE LA PHIL 

Under the leadership of Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel, the LA Phil offers live performances, media initiatives and learning programs that inspire and strengthen communities in Los Angeles and beyond. The Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra is the foundation of the LA Phil’s offerings, which also include a multi-genre, multidisciplinary presenting program and such youth development programs as YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles). Performances are offered on three historic stages—Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Hollywood Bowl and The Ford—as well as through a variety of media platforms. In all its endeavors, the LA Phil seeks to enrich the lives of individuals and communities through musical, artistic and learning experiences that resonate in our world today.