Comments on: The Salonen Count-Down: … 2 …

By: zeno

zeno — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:32:20 +0000

I am rushed in posting this, but it would appear that Leila Josefowicz will have performed, over a ten week period, violin concertos by John Adams, Thomas Ades (San Francisco), Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Oliver Knussen (the National Symphony, early May).

Am I missing any other new concertos championed, this Spring, by Ms Josefowicz?

By: Jerry Bowles

Jerry Bowles — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:09:40 +0000

I meant play together, Darcy. What did you think I meant? (Actually, I must have missed the divorce memo.)

By: David Mente

David Mente — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 22:48:41 +0000

Thanks for your review of the new violin concerto. I just saw Ms. Josefowicz a few weeks ago here in Pittsburgh playing John Adams Dharma at Big Sur. It was quite wonderful. I feel quite lucky to be around now with so many great violinists playing new music. I believe it creates a synergy between composers who are inspired to write for such great musicians. Right now we have Gidon Kremer and Anne-Sophie Mutter as the older generation. The younger generation has folks like Josefowicz playing an incredible amount of new music, Jennifer Koh is quite an advocate as well (her Ligeti is fantastic), Hilary Hahn has been playing a new Higdon piece, Benedetti just premeired a John Taverner piece. Now some recording please.

By: JerryZ

JerryZ — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:57:04 +0000

I thought you might enjoy reading the LA Times article about Salonen and his audience, http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/04/esa-pekka-salonen.html.

And here is Mark Swed’s review of the concert: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/04/esapekka-salonen-premieres-his-violin-concerto.html

Jerry Z