CAMA + LA Phil / Gala 100th Anniversary Concert / 100 Years to the Day / March 6, 1920 – March 6, 2020 / International Series at The Granada Theatre

Wallenstein
Doráti
Solti Eichheim Klemperer
CAMA + LA PHIL
history at THE GRANADA
© Rothschild
© SB Historical Society
Zubin Mehta
Santa Barbara’s historic Granada
Theatre, opening first in 1924, has an
intimate connection to both CAMA and
the Los Angeles Philharmonic. First presented
in Santa Barbara by the Civic Music Committee
(one of CAMA’s direct predecessors) in 1920,
the Los Angeles Philharmonic gave the CAMA
archives’ first documented Granada concert
during the 1925/26 season. The LA Phil also gave
CAMA’s final concert at the “old Granada,” on
April 21, 1976, with Zubin Mehta conducting a
program of Mozart and Mahler. In between, CAMA
presented the LA Phil in dozens of concerts at
the Granada—48 concerts during the 1950s alone.
More than 40 conductors led the Los
Angeles Philharmonic as Music Director or guest
conductor in concerts at the Granada Theatre
from 1925–1976, including (in chronological
order) Henry Eichheim, Otto Klemperer, Alfred
Wallenstein, Bruno Walter, George Szell, Igor
Stravinsky, John Barnett, Georg Solti, Erich
Leinsdorf, Karl Böhm, John Barbirolli, Eugen
Jochum, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Zubin Mehta,
Rafael Kubelik, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Antal
Doráti, Daniel Barenboim, Michael Tilson Thomas,
Carlo Maria Giulini, André Previn, and more.
CAMA’s historic presentations at the Granada
include other world-class orchestras as well—
such as the Berlin Philharmonic, Concertgebouw
Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia
Orchestra, and more.
After 32 years at the Arlington Theatre,
CAMA’s orchestra series returned to The Granada
Theatre on May 3, 2008 with a concert by none
other than the LA Phil! •
CAMA AT THE GRANADA THEATRE • LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
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