The collaborative work involves L.A.’s recent poet laureate, composer Sarah Hennies, and a women’s whistling group.
The players give strong performances of Adolphe’s piece and the Romantic music filling out the concert.
With a premiere by Nicolás Lell Benavides and an appearance by mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor, the show touches a lot of bases.
Many prominent U.S. musicians have been drafted into the effort to improve their country’s image abroad, including the “dean of American composers.”
Conductor Ludovic Morlot leads a program that also includes new art to accompany Mussorgsky/Ravel’s Pictures at an Exhibition.
The Bay Area’s best young musicians will be playing everything from Gustav Mahler to Anna Thorvaldsdottir across five concerts this year.
As amazing as the opera’s score and libretto are, the production has drawn raves for Kazan’s designs in particular.
The conductor-composer’s Tiu celebrates the 20th anniversary of Disney Hall in a concert that also features violinist Pekka Kuusisto.
