Many stories have been told about Orson Welles legendary radio broadcast about a martian invasion that had the public panicking in 1938. The H.G. Wells story was just the beginning.
Leave it to recent MacArthur Genius grant recipient Yuval Sharon (Invisible Cities, Hopscotch) to come up with a unique way of presenting this work. His partner for this project is composer Annie Gosfield who will not only be taking advantage of the LA Philharmonic’s New Music Group, but will use vintage WWII sirens placed around town. Communications amongst those sirens and the concert hall will allow people to experience the show comfortably ensconced in the Walt Disney Concert Hall or in the locations of these three sirens.
The first performance is on November 12th. Additional performances take place on November 18th. Christopher Rountree of wild Up will be conducting.
