Program
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- Michael GORDON
- 2bd, LA Phil Etudes Book 4, Part 1
- world premiere
- LA Phil commission with generous support from the Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg Fund
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- Duos
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- Intermission
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- Vignette for Bassoon, LA Phil Etudes Book 4, Part 2
- world premiere
- LA Phil commission with generous support from the Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg Fund
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- Improvisation
Artists
- LA Phil New Music Group
- Molly Turner, conductor, plant material
- Gabriella Smith, violin, vocals, electronics, plant material, curator
- Gabriel Cabezas, cello, electronics, plant material
- Billy Childs, piano
- Dan "Chimy" Chmielinski, bass
- Christian Euman, drums, plant material
- Matthew Howard, percussion, plant material
- Evan Kuhlmann, bassoon, plant material
- Michael Gordon, plant material
About this Performance
The New York Times wrote that Gabriella Smith’s music “exudes inventiveness with a welcoming personality, rousing energy and torrents of joy.” Smith expresses that joy in her music and collaborations, even as it asks listeners to preserve our fragile planet. Her first album, Lost Coast, channeled imagery inspired by a five-day backpacking trip through California’s Lost Coast Trail with her Curtis Institute roommate and friend Gabriel Cabezas. Cabezas’s cello and Smith’s violin and vocals combine acoustically and through electronic loops to express anger and grief at natural devastation blended with wonder and hope. And in John Cage’s Branches, its performers are asked to use plant-based instruments including amplified cactus.
Los Angeles-based composer and jazz pianist Billy Childs builds upon Smith’s natural themes when his trio performs My Roots Spread Far and Wide, which pays homage to the giant sequoia tree through the trio’s improvisations paired with rich string harmonies. Opening this evening curated by Smith as well as following intermission are two new works in the LA Phil Etudes project, which offer solo opportunities for LA Phil percussionist Matthew Howard and bassoonist Evan Kuhlmann, respectively.
This performance is generously supported in part by the Kohl Virtuoso Violin Fund and the Hillenburg Family.
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