A Starry Night of Contemporary Composition Under the LA Phil’s Green Umbrella
SAN FRANCISCO CLASSICAL VOICE
By Richard S. Ginell
Here in a nutshell is what went on under the Green Umbrella at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Tuesday night, April 16.
There were no less than five world premieres, four of which kicked off a promising project, LA Phil Etudes, along with a fifth by Canadian-born composer Zosha Di Castri. Anthony Davis, famed for his operas X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X and The Central Park Five, was present to take in his terrific jazz-drenched clarinet concerto, You Have the Right to Remain Silent. LA Phil Creative Chair John Adams conducted.
It all went more than well. This was a consistently stimulating evening of new music, sometimes in surprising ways.