{"id":4647,"date":"2019-03-07T16:11:53","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T16:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culturalattache.co\/?p=4647"},"modified":"2019-03-11T02:53:21","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T02:53:21","slug":"this-weeks-highlight-yuja-wang-and-dudamel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culturalattache.co\/2019\/03\/07\/this-weeks-highlight-yuja-wang-and-dudamel\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week’s Highlight: Yuja Wang and Dudamel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Continuing with the large number of commissions to celebrate the Centennial Anniversary of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Thursday marks the first of four performances<\/a> of the world premiere of a piano concerto by John Adams. The concerto is titled\u00a0Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?<\/em>\u00a0 Gustavo Dudamel will lead the LA Phil with Yuja Wang at the piano.<\/p>\n

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Composer John Adams (Photo by Deborah O’Grady)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The three-movement concerto is played straight through without pause.\u00a0Must the Devil…<\/em>, according to early reports, follows the fast-slow-fast structure commonly found in concerti. \u00a0It is also reported that the concerto has been written to include bass guitar and a detuned honky tonk piano.<\/p>\n

Adams, who holds the title of Creative Chair with the LA Phil, is a prolific composer who was just awarded the 2019 Erasmus Prize for his contributions to the arts. Amongst his compositions are\u00a0El Ni\u00f1o<\/em>,\u00a0The Death of Klinghoffer<\/em>, a violin concerto and\u00a0two other piano concerti.\u00a0Must the Devil…<\/em>is his third.<\/p>\n