Obra: Become Ocean

Excellent performances of Scelsi's Uaxuctum and John Luther Adams' prescient Become Ocean were by accompanied by an impressive, but ultimately distracting audiovisual display.

A programme based around aquatic themes visited the choppy waters of Scandinavia and the calmer tides of the Mediterranean before plumbing the shallows of an unfathomable recent work.  

Ludovic Morlot guest-conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a life-affirming programme pairing classic Beethoven with a contemporary masterpiece by John Luther Adams.