Thursday, December 10, 1998
A&E Briefs
A capella group pays homage to composer
Artists pushing albums with names akin to "Live in Oxford" may
not always garner household name status.
Maybe that’s why the Tallis Scholars, who perform in Royce Hall
on Friday at 8 p.m., took 25 years to claim international renown as
the premiere interpreters of the sacred vocal music of the
Renaissance.
Straight from their 1,000th concert in New York City, the
English a capella group Tallis Scholars will sing the works of
Palestrina, Josquin, Lassus, Victoria and Byrd.
The ensemble pays special homage to the work of Thomas Tallis,
the English Renaissance composer for whom the group is named.
The Oxford-educated director, Peter Phillips, leads the group in
Tallis’ Christmas music, as well as selections from their 25th
anniversary 2-CD set, "Silver."
The star in Tallis’ a capella crown may well be the ensemble’s
1994 Sistine Chapel visit, to which the group was invited by the
Vatican to commemorate the 400th anniversary of composer Giovanni
Pierluigi da Palestrina’s death.
In an unprecedented move, the Vatican allowed Phillips and the
group to construct a stage in front of the legendary Sistine
altar.
Tickets to Friday’s 8 p.m. concert are $30, $24 and $19. They
are $9 for UCLA students.
For more information, call (310) 825-2101.
Upcoming Book Soup book signings
The well-baked playboy George Hamilton will be on hand at Book
Soup bookstore on Sunday to sign his new guidebook to life.
Yes, George Hamilton has a book.
"Life’s Little Pleasures," a manifesto on getting the most out
of life and intensive skin tanning, hit shelves this month.
Hamilton begins signing – and dispensing life advice like no
other elder – at 4 p.m.
On Dec. 17, the three members of Culture Clash, the
Latino/Chicano comedy and satire troupe, will sign their new book,
"Culture Clash: Life, Death and Revolutionary Comedy."
Heavily influenced by Charlie Chaplin, Lenny Bruce, the Marx
Brothers and Catinflas, the troupe will perform at 4 p.m.,
discussing the use of vaudeville as a political weapon.
Book Soup is located at 8818 Sunset Blvd. in West Hollywood.
For more information about these and other signings, call (310)
659-3110.
Placebo performs
at The Whisky
The British trio Placebo plays The Whisky this Sunday in support
of their latest album "Without You I am Nothing."
Lead singer Brain Molko struts his androgenous self on stage
performing guitar-heavy pop music.
After the success of their self-titled debut, Placebo’s new
venture goes a bit deeper lyrically and the melodies have matured.
Often compared to David Bowie, Molko lends a feminine quality to
his vocals while his band-mates deliver a sonic explosion of hard
driving sounds.
Tickets are on sale now for $10. Call Bass or The Whisky at
652-4202 for more information.
Giant Menorah
kicks off holiday
Hundreds of Jewish families will congregate in Old Pasadena on
Sunday for the lighting of an oversized menorah in the courtyard of
the restaurant One Colorado.
Starting at 3 p.m., the program will include a dreidel
distribution, Hanukkah gelt, and a new addition, an olive pressing
workshop.
Visitors will participate in making oil from olives,
representative of the oil that is used to light the menorah.
The event is sponsored by Chabad of Pasadena, an educational and
religious group that is part of the largest network of Jewish and
social services in the world. In its international work, Chabad
sponsors public menorah lightings in Australia, Africa, Hong Kong
and the White House lawn.
The menorah lighting ceremony will begin at 4:30 p.m. this
Sunday. For more information, call Chabad at (626) 564-8820.UCLA
Performing Arts
A cappella group Tallis Scholars will
perform Dec. 11 in Royce Hall.
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