West Coast, Left Coast Festival Xb
http://www.laphil.com/tickets/festival-wclc.cfm
LAPhil / John Adams, Conductor: Saturday, 5 Dec 2009 8:00pm
WDCH:Ron Burkle / Ralph’s Food 4 Less Foundation Auditorium
The hall is 70% full.
The final Festival event for me and it was a winner, concluding with one of my favorite pieces of the decade: Adams’ “The Dharma at Big Sur” , Leila Josefowicz playing a true electric violin. Dazzling
The other three pieces were new to me:
1) Paul Dresher (1951 -): “Glimpsed from Afar” – a duo for Quadrachord and Marimba Lumina” (2006). Paul played Quadrachord and Joel Davel played Marimba Lumina. Both are newly invented instruments. Together, they came make some big statements in this room. Quite an interesting piece. You will challenged to get a Quadrachord into your living room – it is nearly 14 feet long.
2) William Kraft (1923 -): Timpani Concerto No 1 (1983). How many ways can you strike a timpani? Hands with gloves. Hands without gloves. Sticks and mallets. Joseph Pereira, was the soloists. He had 5 drums and Kraft gave a lot of ways to show off.
3) Leonard Rosenman (1924 – 2008) . Selected music from the score for the film “Rebel Without a Cause” (1955) . Before they play the music, John honors Leonard, who died last year.
Very clever program
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