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Sunday, October 3, 2004 at 7 pm

Concert Timeline

1841: Antonin Dvorák is born on September 8.

1848: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo cedes California to the United States on February 2.

1850: On April 4, Los Angeles was incorporated as a city in the state of California and on September 9, California is admitted into the Union.

1855: The first public school in Los Angeles is built at Spring and 2nd Street.

1860: The population of Los Angeles is 4,385.

1867: Prudent Beaudry buys Bunker Hill for $51 and develops it for affluent Angelenos.

1880: The University of Southern California is founded.

1880: The population of Los Angeles is 11,183.

1887: Dvorák composes Mass in D.

1887: The Southern Pacific brings 120,000 visitors to Los Angeles.

1887: Harvey Wilcox lays out the town of Hollywood.

1890: Dvorák composes his Requiem.

1890: The population of Los Angeles is 50,395.

1892: Dvorák moves to New York where he is the director of the National Conservatory.

1893: Dvorák writes his ninth symphony, “From the New World.”

1895: An electric car line from Los Angeles to Pasadena is built.

1895: Harley Hamilton forms the Woman’s Symphony Orchestra in Los Angeles.

1896: Griffith J. Griffith donates 3,500 acres to Los Angeles to form the nation’s biggest urban park.

1897: Dvorák is a pallbearer at Brahms’ funeral.

1901: Dorothy Buffum Chandler is born in Lafayette, Illinois on May 19.

1901: Walter Elias Disney is born on December 5 in Chicago.

1901: Angels Flight railway on Bunker Hill begins operation.

1904: Dvorák dies in Prague on May 1.

1904: Abbot Kinney founds Venice of America.

1908: The Power of the Sultan is the first movie shot entirely in Los Angeles.

1940: A Burbank-based entertainment empire is founded by Walt Disney.

1943: Duruflé is appointed professor of harmony at Paris Conservatoire. He remains there until 1969.

1943: Morten Lauridsen is born in Colfax, Washington on February 27.

1946: Roger Wagner establishes the Roger Wagner Chorale in Los Angeles.

1959: James MacMillan is born in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire on July 16.

1959: The Dodgers win the World Series in the Los Angeles Coliseum.

1960: Grant Gershon is born in Norwalk California on November 10. The population of Los Angeles city is 2,461.595; county is 6,038,771.

1962: The architecture firm of Frank O. Gehry and Associates opens for business.

1964: Roger Wagner forms the Los Angeles Master Chorale at the new Music Center of Los Angeles County.

1964: Los Angeles becomes the second most populous city in the nation.

1967: Following his studies in advanced composition with Ingolf Dahl and Halsey Stevens, Morten Lauridsen joins the faculty of the University of Southern California School of Music.

1968: Presidential candidate Robert Kennedy is assassinated at the Ambassador Hotel on June 5.

1980: Los Angeles city populaton is 2,967,000; county is 7,477,503.

1981: Grant Gershon, as a member of the USC Chamber Singers, sings the world premiere performance of Morten Lauridsen’s Mid-Winter Songs.

1984: The 23rd Olympiad Summer Games are held in Los Angeles and the city celebrates with its first Arts Festival.

1985: Los Angeles Music Center Opera is founded.

1985: Grant Gershon graduates from USC.

1987: Lillian Disney makes an initial gift of $50 million to build a world-class performance venue as a gift to the people of Los Angeles and a tribute to Walt Disney's devotion to the arts.

1988: Frank Gehry is selected to design Walt Disney Concert Hall.

1991: Frank Gehry reveals his design for Walt Disney Concert Hall.

1992: MacMillan premieres his percussion concerto, Veni, Veni Emmanuel, composed for Evelyn Glennie.

1994: The Northridge earthquake (6.7) shakes Los Angeles, resulting in 61 deaths and 20,000 people made homeless.

1994: A new multimedia entertainment company, DreamWorks, is formed.

1994: Grant Gershon is appointed Assistant Conductor of LA Philharmonic.

1994: Marshall Rutter commissions Morten Lauridsen to write O Magnum Mysterium for the Master Chorale.

1995: Morten Lauridsen is appointed Composer-in-Residence for the Los Angeles Master Chorale.

1996: Grant Gershon conducts the LA Philharmonic in the West Coast premiere of James MacMillan's Veni, Veni Emmanuel, with percussion soloist Evelyn Glennie.

1996: Los Angeles County completes construction of the Disney Hall parking garage.

1997: Morten Lauridsen writes Lux Aeterna.

1999: MacMillan writes Magnificat for Wells Cathedral.

1999: Morten Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna, recorded by the Los Angeles Master Chorale, receives a Grammy nomination.

1999: In November, construction on Walt Disney Concert Hall begins.

2000: MacMillan’s Nunc dimittis premieres at Winchester Cathedral.

2000: Construction cranes begin installing the structural steel framework for Disney Hall.

2000: MacMillan becomes Composer/Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic.

2001: Grant Gershon becomes the Music Director of Los Angeles Master Chorale on Jul 1.

2002: The framework that supports the new Disney Hall organ is installed.

2003: The Glatter-Gotz staff begins installing the Disney Hall pipe organ on Apr 1.

2004: Queen Elizabeth bestows the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) to James MacMillan.

2004: On Sun, Oct 3, the Master Chorale’s 41st season opens with three organists featured in works by Antonin Dvorak, James MacMillan and Morten Lauridsen.

2004: On Thu, Oct 7, James MacMillan’s A Scotch Bestiary, commissioned by the LA Philharmonic and the BBC Philharmonic, premieres at Disney Hall.

2004: Disney Hall Organ Crawl, for Chorale donors of $1,000 or more, includes a demonstration by Frederick Swann and behind-the-scenes stories from Manuel Rosales, the organ builder. Sun, Oct 16

Download a guide to the season: chorale-seasonguide0405.pdf, 808KB