{"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&#8217;s Highlight: Yuja Wang and Dudamel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing with the large number of commissions to celebrate the Centennial Anniversary of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Thursday marks the first of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.laphil.com\/events\/performances\/186\/2019-03-07\/dudamel-yuja-wang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">four performances<\/a> of the world premiere of a piano concerto by John Adams. The concerto is titled\u00a0<em>Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?<\/em>\u00a0 Gustavo Dudamel will lead the LA Phil with Yuja Wang at the piano.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4649\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4649\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4649\" src=\"https:\/\/culturalattache.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/John-Adams-Pen-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Yuja Wang plays the world premiere of a new piano concerto by John Adams\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/culturalattache.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/John-Adams-Pen-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/culturalattache.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/John-Adams-Pen-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/culturalattache.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/John-Adams-Pen-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/culturalattache.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/John-Adams-Pen-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/culturalattache.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/John-Adams-Pen-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/culturalattache.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/John-Adams-Pen-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/culturalattache.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/John-Adams-Pen.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4649\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Composer John Adams (Photo by Deborah O&#8217;Grady)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The three-movement concerto is played straight through without pause.\u00a0<em>Must the Devil&#8230;<\/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<p>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\u00a0<em>El Ni\u00f1o<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Death of Klinghoffer<\/em>, a violin concerto and\u00a0two other piano concerti.\u00a0<em>Must the Devil&#8230;<\/em>is his third.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7JpMur9Zico\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.laphil.com\/events\/performances\/291\/2019-06-01\/adams-conducts-on-noon-to-midnight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 1st<\/a> Adams will lead the LA Philharmonic New Music Group in an evening of five world premieres at Walt Disney Concert Hall.<\/p>\n<p>The LA Philharmonic has an upcoming tour that will showcase\u00a0<em>Must the Devil&#8230;\u00a0<\/em>with Wang again at the piano. Wang has been widely acclaimed for her dramatic playing style. She will return to the LA Phil for a performance of this work in July at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodbowl.com\/events\/performances\/582\/2019-07-25\/dudamel-yuja-wang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hollywood Bowl<\/a>. It will be interesting to see how her performance evolves with repeated performances.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GhBXx-2PadM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Walt Disney Concert Hall performances pair the concerto with Mahler&#8217;s 1st Symphony. Last week Dudamel lead the LA Phil in amazing performances of the composer&#8217;s 9th Symphony. He has proven himself to be a deeply passionate conductor of Mahler&#8217;s work.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jkwUz4aalDc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But it is the Adams world premiere with Wang at the piano that makes these four performances Cultural Attach\u00e9&#8217;s Highlight of the Week.<\/p>\n<p>Photo of Yuja Wang by Norbert Kniat\/Courtesy of Kanzen Arts<\/p>\n<p>Photo fo John Adams by Deborah O&#8217;Grady\/Courtesy of Earbox.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walt Disney Concert Hall<br \/>\n<br \/>\nMarch 7th &#8211; March 10th<br \/>\n<br \/>\nHIGHLY RECOMMENDED<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,24,25],"tags":[1438,536,855,141,2727,62,234,533],"class_list":{"0":"post-4647","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-classical-metronome","8":"category-featured","9":"category-whats-hot","10":"tag-gustav-mahler","11":"tag-gustavo-dudamel","12":"tag-john-adams","13":"tag-la-philharmonic","14":"tag-must-the-devil-have-all-the-good-tunes","15":"tag-the-hollywood-bowl","16":"tag-walt-disney-concert-hall","17":"tag-yuja-wang"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - 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