CELESTIALS: MOBLEY + VIVALDI

Name: CELESTIALS: MOBLEY + VIVALDI
Start: 2025-05-20T19:30:00
End: 2025-05-22T19:30:00
Location: The Wallis

Tuesday, May 20 | 7:30 pm | The Wallis
Thursday, May 22 | 7:30 pm | The Huntington, Rothenberg Hall

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Program

George Frideric Handel

"The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba" from Solomon, HWV 67

"Eternal Source of Light Divine" from Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74

Overture from Rinaldo

"Yet, can I hear that dulcet lay" from The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69

Giuseppe Tartini

Trumpet Concerto in D major

Jeff Beal

End of Empire

Commission

John Dowland + Henry Purcell

Selection of Arias

John Dowland

"Flow My Tears"

Antonio Vivaldi

Stabat Mater

Estimated run time: 92 minutes, including a 20-minute intermission

CELESTIALS: MOBLEY + VIVALDI

Tuesday, May 20 | 7:30 pm | The Wallis
Thursday, May 22 | 7:30 pm | The Huntington, Rothenberg Hall

Due to the wildfires in Los Angeles, the January 11 + 12 performances of CELESTIALS: MOBLEY + VIVALDI at The Wallis and The Huntington have been postponed to May 20 + 22, respectively.

If you have tickets to either performance and cannot attend the rescheduled dates, you may contact the Box Office at boxoffice@laco.org or call (213) 221-3920. Box office hours are Monday-Friday, 12PM-5PM.

Our thoughts are with everyone impacted by the fires. Thank you to the firefighters and first responders for their tireless efforts. Stay safe. For fire resources collected by LACO click here.

Margaret Batjer Director of Chamber Music
Reginald Mobley Countertenor
David Washburn Trumpet

Meditate on sorrow, forgiveness, and the divine feminine as countertenor Reginald Mobley interprets Vivaldi’s rendition of Stabat Mater. Stroll through England in good company with songs by Purcell and Dowland before hearing Handel’s Eternal Source of Light Divine, written for Queen Anne’s birthday in 1713. Baroque trumpet features throughout, including the World Premiere of End of Empire, a LACO commission by Jeff Beal.