Concertmaster Madeline Adkins takes center stage for John Adams’ Violin Concerto, a pulse-pounding fusion of rhythmic vitality and expressive harmonies. An audience favorite for a reason, Adkins’ virtuosity and magnetic stage presence make her the perfect match for this electrifying showcase.

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Madeline Adkins in the Spotlight with John Adams' Violin Concerto

Salt Palace Convention Center

Start your morning off right with a behind-the-scenes look at the process of bringing our concerts to the stage. Finishing Touches gives our audience the opportunity to observe working rehearsals; selections from the program will be rehearsed at the discretion of the conductor.

Concertmaster Madeline Adkins takes center stage for John Adams’ Violin Concerto, a pulse-pounding fusion of rhythmic vitality and expressive harmonies. An audience favorite for a reason, Adkins’ virtuosity and magnetic stage presence make her the perfect match for this electrifying showcase.

Madeline Adkins in the Spotlight: Finishing Touches Rehearsal

LA Phil Creative Chair John Adams leads an All-American program, featuring his new piano concerto, After the Fall, with soloist Víkingur Ólafsson, a musician with “a magical touch” (BBC). “[A] dreamlike thrill ride,” the concerto is “a terrific addition to the composer’s catalog,” raved the San Francisco Chronicle.

Adams, Ólafsson & Copland

Walt Disney Concert Hall

“Spielfreude,” the joy of playing, describes the sheer physical and emotive pleasure of performing at the keyboard. Mark Robson’s recital offers a program that largely takes its cue from this idea, with pieces from a range composers including Ligeti, Glass, Cowell, Messiaen, Aldo Clementi and Ginastera, with premieres by Peter Knell, Hannah Rice and Daniel Rothman. Also featured will be Schoenberg’s Zwei Klavierstücke, Op. 33 in honor of the composer’s 150th birth anniversary.

Mark Robson: Spielfreude

One California Plaza

Elizabeth Williams Taylor (soprano) and Scott MacLeod (baritone) animate the songs of Aaron Copland in this program of familiar and unfamiliar works depicting historic times and places in the American experience.

The Promise of America

Hayti Heritage Center

Composer-conductor John Adams leads a riveting program anchored by two American rarities: Roy Harris’s dynamic Third Symphony and Copland’s deliciously jazzy Piano Concerto, spotlighting the musical wizardry of Conrad Tao. Rounding out the program is Adams’s kaleidoscopic ode to the composer and critic Nicholas Slominsky and a delightful suite of tunes from Weill’s satirical The Threepenny Opera. 

Roy Harris

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