During the LA Philharmonic’s 2018/19 season, they are commissioning 50 new works from artists including Louis Andriessen, Unsuk Chin, Philip Glass, and Steve Reich, just to name a few. Composer and curator of the first of the LA Phil’s new music series, entitled Green Umbrella, Andrew Norman talks about the Southern Californian composers that he’s presenting.
Green Umbrella Series
Photo: Shervin Lanez
Playlist
Omie Wise, by Bryce Dessner
eighth blackbird
Codex Seraphinianus: Machinery, Anthropology, Games, by Marcos Balter
International Contemporary Ensemble
Aheym, by Bryce Dessner
Kronos Quartet
Templating Tranquility (excerpt), by Tyshawn Sorey
Tyshawn Sorey Trio
New York Tendaberry, by Laura Nyro
Renée Fleming, soprano; Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Billy Childs, piano
The Manufacture of Tangled Ivory- Part II, by Annie Gosfield
Roger Kleier, electric guitar; Christine Bard and Jim Pugliese, percussion; Annie Gosfield, sampler
Four Roses, by Annie Gosfield
Ted Mook, cello; Annie Gosfield, sampler
