Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Presented in association with OMNI Foundation for the Performing Arts
Saturday, November 8, 2025 7:30pm
Herbst TheatreVenue Information
$80/$70/$60
About This Performance
Four uniquely accomplished musicians bring a new energy to the concert stage with programs ranging from Bluegrass to Bach. The Grammy® Award-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet is one of the most multifaceted groups in any genre. LAGQ performances embody what the Los Angeles Times calls “...unrivaled joy, technical élan, and questing spirit.”
THE ROBERT AND RUTH DELL GUITAR SERIES
Program
SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR (arr. W. Kanengiser): Danse Négre from African Suite Op. 35
PHILLIP HOUGHTON: Opals
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (arr. W. Kanengiser):
From ”Moonlight Sonata” No. 14, Quasi una fantasia
HERMETO PASCOAL (arr. W. Kanengiser): De Sábado pra Dominguinhos
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS (arr. S. Assad): A Lenda do Caboclo
PAULO BELLINATIA: A Furiosa
J.S. BACH (arr. S. Tennant): Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, BWV 1048, III. Allegro
DOUGLAS LORA: Maracasalsa
WILLIAM KANENGISER: Air & Ground
FRANZ LISZT (arr. S. Tennant): Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor: Lassan Frisska
Performance Sponsors
Jason and Lola Laskey
Artist Information
Performer Biography
The Grammy Award-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet is one of the most multifaceted groups in any genre. The LAGQ is comprised of four uniquely accomplished musicians bringing a new energy to the concert stage with programs ranging from Bluegrass to Bach. They consistently play to sold-out houses world-wide. Their inventive, critically acclaimed transcriptions of concert masterworks provide a fresh look at the music of the past, while their interpretations of works from the contemporary and world-music realms continually break new ground.