Dudamel Launches His Final Season
I could hardly breath through the first piece, it was the premiere of a composition by Ellen Reid, Earth Between Oceans, commissioned by the LA Philharmonic. There isn’t a recording yet and I doubt that a recording would give the same smack-in-the-face glory of this live performance, the stage shoulder to shoulder with musicians and the LA Master Chorale making me shiver. Marsha wasn’t over the moon for it, there was rarely a melody to be found, but she did like being there to experience it live.
The second half was a Richard Strauss composition An Alpine Symphony, a wonderful piece that rocked the rafters too. The wiki article is particularly interesting I think and you can click the link to read about it.
