--- description: Now this is dedication to art title: Hear the Los Angeles Philharmonic Play Through A 5.1 Earthquake image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Hear the Los Angeles Philharmonic Play Through a 5.1 Earthquake by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 7, 2014 7:33 PM CUT by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 7, 2014 7:33 PM CUT The Los Angeles Philharmonic was six minutes into a performance of Ravel’s _Daphnis and Chloe_ on March 28 when a 5.1 earthquake shook Southern California. While lights flickered and patrons ran for the exits inside Walt Disney Concert Hall, the musicians played on. (h/t: [@JimmyOrr](https://twitter.com/JimmyOrr/status/453220103408996352 "undefined")) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/52141/los-angeles-philharmonic-plays-through-earthquake/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/52141/los-angeles-philharmonic-plays-through-earthquake/"},"headline":"Hear the Los Angeles Philharmonic Play Through a 5.1 Earthquake","datePublished":"2014-04-07T19:33:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:35.675Z","description":"Now this is dedication to art","url":"https://time.com/52141/los-angeles-philharmonic-plays-through-earthquake/","keywords":["Newsfeed","society","Music","viral","Disaster","Earthquake"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/52141/los-angeles-philharmonic-plays-through-earthquake/","name":"Hear the Los Angeles Philharmonic Play Through a 5.1 Earthquake"}}]}] ```