Looking back at Weimar: Salonen conducts the LA Phil

Por Néstor Castiglione, 09 febrero 2020

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“Salonen’s direction... was a faultless display of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s excellence”

Crítica hecha desde Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles el 7 febrero 2020

Hindemith, Ragtime

Weill, Concerto for Violin and Wind Instruments, Op.12

Bach, Schmuecke dich, o liebe Seele - chorale prelude in E Flat Major, BWV654

Bach, Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist (Orgel-Büchlein) in G Major, BWV631

Hindemith, Mathis der Maler Symphony

Carolin Widmann, Violín

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Dirección

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Las manos y los oídos de Beethoven: Dudamel dirige Fidelio en el Liceu

Maria Sánchez, 26th May

Conocimiento y sensibilidad en la propuesta liderada por Dudamel, posibilitando una interpretación para oyentes y sordos con la participación del Coro de Manos Blancas y la Deaf West Theatre.

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A cerebral bacchanalia: Young's bold, brainy Messiaen at Disney Hall

Néstor Castiglione, 10th April

Simone Young's take on Messiaen's Turangalîla with the Los Angeles Philharmonic proves a night to remember.

*****

Dudamel and Catalan choirs dazzle in Beethoven’s Missa solemnis

Néstor Castiglione, 20th February

In Los Angeles, Gustavo Dudamel conducts Beethoven's Missa solemnis for the first time... and it proves worth the wait.

*****

Shock, spectacle and endurance: Yuja Wang and Thomas Adès at full tilt

Laurence Vittes, 8th February

If Prokofiev’s original intention in his Second Piano Concerto was shock and awe, Yuja Wang gives exactly the right performance with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

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John Adams leads Americana, past and present, with LA Phil

Néstor Castiglione, 23rd January

Compelling as a composer and conductor, Adams restored Roy Harris' Third Symphony to the Los Angeles repertoire, alongside one of his most recent works.

*****

Salonen and the LA Philharmonic take on the forces of nature

Néstor Castiglione, 9th January

Reflections of nature and humanity's place within it in Salonen's 2026 return

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Néstor Castiglione

Néstor Castiglione is a freelance music critic, program note annotator, translator, and lecturer born and raised in Los Angeles. Aside from classical music, he also writes and lectures on the culture and popular music of early Shōwa Japan (1925 – 1945). His website is Echorrhea and you can also follow him on Instagram @echorrhea.