The logo for the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s 12-hour new music extravaganza, Noon to Midnight, was a large bright yellow sun surrounded by a color wheel of small rings darkening from orange to, well, midnight blue. We lounged on the pillows and chairs and drank free wine as though we were big shots at L.A. Phil intermission. This was the second of what promises to be an annual marathon of pop-up performances inside and all around Disney Hall. Eighteen SoCal ensembles, most made up of the least daunted young performers you are likely to encounter anywhere, held court. They gathered during the orchestra’s CDMX festival of Mexican music last month to workshop their pieces.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 21, 2017 00:45 UTC