From Newsday, a review by vilaine fille alter ego Marion Lignana Rosenberg of last weekend's phenomenal Avery Fisher Hall concerts by the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Esa-Pekka Salonen.
I loved (*loved*) John Adams' "The Dharma at Big Sur" and could barely move after the Shostakovich 10th. Damn these puny 500-word reviews, and the extracurricular exertions (earning a living, par exemple) that keep me from blogging more.
The Walt Disney Concert Hall postage stamp was cut from my article, but you can see it at PlaybillArts.com.
I never thought I would say this, but I kind of want to move to Los Angeles, or at least visit more often. (Oh, wait: I'd have to drive. Never mind.)
Please see, as well, Bradley Bambarger's beautiful article from the Star-Ledger.
The Opéra Bastille performance of Wagner's Tristan conducted by Salonen will be carried by WHRB on 31 July starting at 19h00 EDT; check OperaCast.com for other dates and stations.
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What makes me start every time I read about him, instead, is *how is it possible* Esa-Pekka Salonen started directing orchestras in 1984, when he looks as if he was born in 1984 himself...Dorian Gray syndrome?!?
:)
Posted by: giorgia | 09 June 2005 at 17:52
I've been a great admirer of Esa-Pekka Salonen ever since I heard him breathing new life into Haydn's symphonies early in his career. I would love to have heard the Adams, Ravel and Shostakovich #10 by him.
Posted by: alan | 09 June 2005 at 12:58