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Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the LA Phil
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“it was easy to imagine that he had been the magician who makes the puppets come alive”
Reviewed at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles on 30 March 2024
Stravinsky, Petrushka
Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 4 in F minor, Op.36
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Michael Tilson Thomas, Conductor
A cerebral bacchanalia: Young's bold, brainy Messiaen at Disney Hall
*****
Dudamel and Catalan choirs dazzle in Beethoven’s Missa solemnis
*****
Shock, spectacle and endurance: Yuja Wang and Thomas Adès at full tilt
***11
John Adams leads Americana, past and present, with LA Phil
*****
Salonen and the LA Philharmonic take on the forces of nature
****1
Winter Daydreams and a Jazz Age Nutcracker at Disney Hall
****1
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