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All right, so he's not yet a household name, at least in the U.S. But if Esa-Pekka Salonen has his way, that woman -- and thousands of people like her -- will be flocking downtown someday soon to see and hear him lead the Los Angeles Philharmonic. "I want to...
MUSIC: Symphonic Success Story
IT IS THE UNLIKELIEST OF SYMPHONIC success stories. The composer: a little- known Polish avant-gardist named Henryk Gorecki. The music: his Symphony No. 3, subtitled Symphony of Sorrowful Songs -- a transcendental meditation on mortality and redemption for orchestra and soprano. In three slow, slow, very slow movements lasting nearly...
Musicians make Christmas albums for the same reason other people invest in municipal bonds: the expectation that a relatively simple investment will yield a steady income for years to come. Accordingly, each holiday season brings yet another wave of musical tidings from performers hoping to cash in. And they come...
If Philip Glass met Phil Spector . . . well, they'd probably just stare at each other. But it's conceivable that the composer and the pop mogul might collaborate on a 73-minute 12-second postmodern song cycle you could dance or dream to. That's the symphonic rock album Moodfood...