Saint-Saëns & The Carnival of the Animals
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Walt Disney Concert HallSouth Hope Street, Los Angeles 90012
The Los Angeles Philharmonic presents Saint-Saëns & The Carnival of the Animals at Walt Disney Concert Hall. The billed program points to Camille Saint-Saëns’s beloved musical menagerie, a work whose title promises animals in sound, from the work’s grand procession to its smaller character sketches. It is a daytime orchestral performance in the Philharmonic’s home hall, with the focus squarely on the ensemble and Saint-Saëns’s score.
The Los Angeles Philharmonic is the resident orchestra of Walt Disney Concert Hall in Downtown Los Angeles. Its performances there take place in Frank Gehry’s hall, whose auditorium was designed for clear, richly detailed sound and places the audience around the stage amid warm wood surfaces. The orchestra appears here in the setting most closely associated with its regular concert season: a purpose-built room for attentive listening, with more than two thousand seats and acoustics intended to carry orchestral detail throughout the hall.
Designed by Frank Gehry, this concert hall is a striking architectural landmark with sweeping stainless steel curves that catch the light outside, while inside, its acoustics are meticulously crafted to deliver rich, clear sound to every seat. The auditorium seats over two thousand people in a space where the audience is fully immersed in the music, surrounded by warm wood paneling and a stage that brings performers close to listeners. The venue hosts ticketed performances by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and other ensembles, offering an evening focused on attentive listening rather than casual socializing. Nearby bars and restaurants in Downtown Los Angeles provide options for pre- or post-show dining, but inside, the experience centers on the music in a refined, elegant setting.