Los Angeles Has America’s Most Important Orchestra. Period.
The New York Times lauds L.A. Phil programming
From Bruch’s Concerto for Two Pianos to Distinguished Professor Peter Sellars' staging of “Das Paradies und die Peri”, the orchestra's dynamic and diverse roster sets itself apart.
"LOS ANGELES — On Saturday, I went to a symphony hall and had an experience unlike any I’ve had before.At 11:30 p.m., a couple thousand people stood and cheered for the lush and loud art-rock band Sigur Ros. Many had filed into Walt Disney Concert Hall here nearly five hours earlier, for some new chamber works from Iceland, ending with the final piece fading away, faint strings mingling with the players’ gentle humming. During the evening, the Los Angeles Philharmonic joined Sigur Ros for a set, and the orchestra on its own played both a very recent work and a mad rarity from 1930, Jon Leifs’s roaring Organ Concerto.
Oh, and there was an a cappella choir, too."— Zachary Woolfe, Apr. 18, 2017
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