Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s Westside Chamber Series opens with “Strings for the Ages,” a genre-spanning program highlighting quintessential works from each classical music period, from the Baroque era to the 20th Century, on Jan. 8.

The concert will be held at 8 p.m., at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica.

Led by Director of Chamber Music and Concertmaster Margaret Batjer, the program features five works, including Britten’s “Simple Symphony Op. 4,” which premiered in 1934 and is based on material the composer wrote between the ages of nine and twelve, and Corelli’s  “Concerto Grosso in D Major Op. 6, No. 4,” composed in 1712 and considered a key work in the baroque instrumental music canon.

LACO will also perform Arvo Pärt’s “Summa for String Orchestra,” originally written in 1978 as an a cappella vocal work inspired by a Medieval chant.

The program concludes with Geminiani’s “Concerto Grosso in D Major Op. 5, No 1,”  a work inspired by Corelli, Geminiani’s teacher and Grieg’s “Holberg Suite for String Orchestra,” a five-movement French baroque dance suite composed for piano in 1884.

Batjer has served as concertmaster of Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra since 1998, which has featured her on numerous world premieres and CDs, including a Deutsche Grammophon recording of Bach’s “Concerto for Two Violins” with violinist Hilary Hahn.

Tickets are $58 and may be purchased online at laco.org or by calling (213)622-7001 x1.

Discounted tickets are also available by phone for students and seniors 65 years and older.