Program
- STRAVINSKY Song of the Nightingale
- Timo ANDRES new piano concerto for Aaron Diehl (world premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting)
- Intermission
- John ADAMS City Noir (LA Phil commission with generous support from the Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg Fund)
About this Performance
LA Phil Creative Chair John Adams leads the orchestra in Stravinsky’s colorful and Impressionistic Song of the Nightingale, which is set in the court of the Emperor of China. With influences ranging from Brahms and Mozart to Sigur Rós and Radiohead, Timo Andres is a favorite young composer of Adams’ who conducts the world premiere of his concerto written for pianist Aaron Diehl. Adams closes the program with his City Noir, inspired by Los Angeles and classic films that the composer said is reminiscent of “a very crowded boulevard peopled with strange characters… who only come out very late on a very hot night.”
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