Upbeat Live: Strauss, Smith, and Salonen
Chair of Music History at the Colburn Conservatory of Music, Kristi Brown-Montesano, explains the connection to nature in pieces by Bach, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Gabriella Smith and Strauss.
This talk was given at the performance of Strauss, Smith, and Salonen at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Pieces discussed:
BACH Preludio from Partita No. 3, BWV 1006 for solo violin
Esa-Pekka SALONEN Fog (U.S. premiere of orchestral version)
Gabriella SMITH Breathing Forests (world premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from the Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg Fund)
STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
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