Celebrated author Mona Simpson, whose 2011 novel “My Hollywood” features a classical composer as protagonist, joins members of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, April 15, at The Broad Stage, 1310 Eleventh St.
The final program in the orchestra’s “Westside Connections” chamber music series pairs LACO’s virtuosic musicians with top authors for a fascinating exploration of the relationship between “Music & Story.”
Simpson, a Santa Monica Canyon resident, offers her insights into the Beethoven Violin Sonata that inspired Tolstoy’s novella “The Kreutzer Sonata,” which in turn inspired Janáček’s String Quartet No. 1, both of which are performed by LACO artists as part of the evening.
Janáček confided in a letter to his young muse Kamila Stösslová, “I was imagining a poor woman, tormented and run down, just like the one the Russian writer Tolstoy describes in his “Kreutzer Sonata.”
LACO Concertmaster Margaret Batjer curates and hosts the series. For tickets ($50), call (213) 622-7001, ext. 1 or visit laco.org.
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