Today’s Best Bets

Music

The Los Angeles Philharmonic tackles the Cello Concerto by Elgar and Stravinsky’s complete ballet score to “The Firebird.”

* Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N. Grand Ave., (323) 850-2000. 1:30 p.m. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

Folk Music

Christine Lavin is an articulate advocate for the contemporary folk community and an enterprising entrepreneur with her own record label, but her claim to fame is being one of the scene’s leading singer-songwriters.

* Neighborhood Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd., Pasadena. (626) 303-7014. 8 p.m.

Stage

“Alone at the Beach,” by Richard Dresser, is a romantic comedy about what happens when one man’s dreams meet the reality of five people’s problems as they share a house for the summer.

* “Alone at the Beach,” Stella Adler Theatre, 6773 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, (323) 660-8587. 8 p.m. Regular schedule: Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m. Ends Feb. 15.

Jazz

One of jazz’s great trumpeters, the exciting Brian Lynch, was a member of the last edition of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. Now he performs with his own foursome.

* Club Brasserie, Bel Age Hotel, 1020 N. San Vicente Blvd., West Hollywood. (310) 854-1111. 9 p.m. Also Saturday.