Our Principal Guest Conductor builds powerful momentum – with help from Tero Saarinen’s dance company.
About this Performance:
Principal Guest Conductor Susanna Mälkki cuts across a vast range of German music, featuring our brilliant Principal Cellist in Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s highly colorful and uniquely creative concerto from 1966, complete with dancers. The massive orchestra Strauss requires for his Alpine climb creates imposing force.
Program:
Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Webern): Ricercar
Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Concerto for cello and orchestra, en forme de pas de trois (U.S. premiere)
STRAUSS: An Alpine Symphony
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Susanna Mälkki conductor
Robert deMaine cello
Tero Saarinen Company
Upcoming concerts: www.laphil.com/calendar
Inside the Music schedule, details, and videos: www.laphil.com/insidethemusic