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| Joseph Perira and Gustavo Dudamel (photo: Mark Allan for the Barbican) |
Perhaps the unfamiliarity of the first programme of
the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s three night Barbican residency was too much for
some – even with the world’s hottest conducting property on the podium, there
were auditorium seats to spare – but in scheduling quite so much new music, the
LA musicians and their music director Gustavo Dudamel demonstrated the kind of
bravery few other world-class orchestras posses. This was a taste of the LA
Phil’s Green Umbrella series of concerts, dedicated to new music and headed by
John Adams. The orchestra’s New Music Group tackled three widely contrasting
works with terrific assurance, bringing chilly London a tantalising slice of
LA’s new music scene.
The programme featured music by Adams, the LA Phil
principal timpanist Joseph Pereira and Korean composer Unsuk Chin. You
can read my full review at Classical Source.
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