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Beethoven and Julia Adolphe

Julia Adolphe’s much anticipated violin concerto precedes Beethoven’s celebration of dance rhythms.

Xian Zhang

Martin Chalifour

Julia Adolphe

Beethoven and Julia Adolphe

Fri Dec 3, 2021 8pm Walt Disney Concert Hall

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Returning after previous successes, conductor Xian Zhang leads with Nokuthula Ngwenyama’s captivating and soaring Primal Message. The 2018 world premiere of Julia Adolphe’s LA Phil-commissioned Underneath the Sheen earned the composer praise for her ability to write with “grandeur as well as intimacy.” Adolphe’s new Violin Concerto—commissioned before the pandemic—will receive its first-ever performance with the help of Principal Concertmaster Martin Chalifour. Finally, it’s one of Beethoven’s most exciting symphonies, from the much-loved beauties of its funereal second movement to the ecstatic revels of its explosive finale.

This performance is generously supported in part by the Kohl Virtuoso Violin Fund.

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