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2019/20 Walt Disney Concert Hall

Green Umbrella (GU1)

Under Creative Director John Adams, Green Umbrella is at the heart of the LA Phil’s commitment to the future of our art. Besides leading the LA Phil New Music Group, each conductor this season has also collaborated in curating their program, providing more perspectives on today’s varied voices.

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John Adams & Jay Campbell

The fascinating first Green Umbrella program of the season is cello-centric.

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Program

    • Gabriella SMITH
    Carrot Revolution for string quartet
    • Marc SABAT
    Partite Requiem (world premiere, LA Phil commission)
    • Eric WUBBELS
    gretchen am spinnrade
  • Intermission
    • Sky MACKLAY
    Swarm Collecting (world premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from the Deborah Borda Women in the Arts Initiative)
    • Tristan PERICH
    Formations for solo cello and electronics

Artists

  • LA Phil New Music Group
  • John Adams, conductor
  • Jay Campbell, cello
  • Eric Wubbels, piano
  • Co-curated by John Adams and Jay Campbell
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A Tribute to Oliver Knussen

We celebrate our late colleague with this Green Umbrella program.

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Program

    • KNUSSEN
    Two Organa
    • Huw WATKINS
    Piano Quartet
    • KNUSSEN
    Ophelia Dances Book 1
    • Helen GRIME
    A Cold Spring
  • Intermission
    • HARVEY
    Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco
    • KNUSSEN
    Reflection
    • Colin MATTHEWS
    Hidden Variables

Artists

  • LA Phil New Music Group
  • Susanna Mälkki, conductor
  • Leila Josefowicz, violin
  • John Novacek, piano
  • Co-curated by Susanna Mälkki and Leila Josefowicz
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Bjarnason & Ólafsson

Bjarnason and Ólafsson reflect the sound world of their Nordic roots.

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Program

    • Bent SØRENSEN
    The Weeping White Room
    • SAARIAHO
    Sept Papillons for solo cello
    • Thurídur JÓNSDÓTTIR
    The CV of a Butterfly (world premiere, LA Phil commission)
    • Daníel BJARNASON
    5 Possibilities for piano, cello and clarinet
    • Bent SØRENSEN
    Mignon – Papillons for piano and strings (U.S. premiere)
  • Post-concert set:
    • Daníel BJARNASON
    Qui Tollis
    • SAARIAHO
    Trois Rivières
    • Rolf WALLIN
    Stonewave

Artists

  • LA Phil New Music Group
  • Daníel Bjarnason, conductor
  • Víkingur Ólafsson, piano
  • Eric Byers, cello
  • Boris Allakhverdyan, clarinet
  • Co-curated by Daníel Bjarnason and Víkingur Ólafsson
  • Post-concert set:
  • Joseph Pereira, conductor and percussion
  • Matthew Howard, percussion
  • Jeffrey Grant, percussion
  • Nick Terry, percussion
  • Tyler Stell, percussion
  • Andres Rosenthal Piccardo, percussion
  • Eduardo Meneses, percussion
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(Canceled) Du Yun & David Bloom

Be inspired by the unexpected creations of these composers.

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Program

    • Carlos Gutiérrez QUIROGA
    Jintili
    • Vicente ALEXIM
    Impulses
    • Aida SHIRAZI
    Lullaby for Shattered Angels
    • Mazz SWIFT
    New Work for Orchestra (world premiere, LA Phil Commission with generous support from The Hillenburg Family)
    • DU YUN
    new work (world premiere, LA Phil commission)
    • Rajna SWAMINATHAN
    new work (world premiere, LA Phil commission)

Artists

  • LA Phil New Music Group
  • David Bloom, conductor
  • Co-curated by Du Yun and David Bloom
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(Canceled) Steve Reich Premiere

Don’t miss this evening devoted to Steve Reich, including a multimedia premiere.

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Program

    • Steve REICH
    Double Sextet
    • Steve REICH
    Runner
    • Steve REICH
    Reich/Richter (LA Phil commission with generous support from the MaddocksBrown Fund for New Music; film by Gerhard Richter & Corinna Belz)

Artists

  • LA Phil New Music Group
  • Brad Lubman, conductor

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