Program
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- Rewilding
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- Intermission
About this Performance
Scriabin’s vision for Prometheus lays out the mythic tale of humanity receiving the gift of fire not just through mystical music but through an all-consuming work of art that draws on the audience’s senses. The Russian composer, who described himself as synesthetic, envisioned a color organ for the piece that would project various hues of light that he associated with each musical tone or chord.
In the first half of the program, the LA Phil’s Conductor Laureate leads a recent work by one of his regular collaborators: composer Gabriella Smith. Rewilding is inspired by Smith’s climate activism and lifelong passion for backpacking and bicycling. By using twigs, walnuts, bike wheels, and other objects as percussion instruments, she creates her idea of the sound of restoring, or “rewilding,” an ecosystem.
Afterward, Salonen guides Debussy’s radiant, Impressionistic cantata, La damoiselle élue, with soprano Liv Redpath, mezzo-soprano Jingjing Xu, and the voices of the Los Angeles Master Chorale.
This performance is generously supported in part by the Kohl Virtuoso Violin Fund.
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