{"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":"<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’Grady)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The three-movement concerto is played straight through without pause.\u00a0<em>Must 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<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…<\/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…\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’s 1st Symphony. Last week Dudamel lead the LA Phil in amazing performances of the composer’s 9th Symphony. He has proven himself to be a deeply passionate conductor of Mahler’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’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’Grady\/Courtesy of Earbox.com<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walt Disney Concert Hall<br \/>\n<br \/>\nMarch 7th – 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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