Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Debussy and Messiaen with MTT
Sun / Jan 8, 2023 - 2:00PM
Much-loved Michael Tilson Thomas returns with captivating French music, plus vivid Villa-Lobos.
Fri / Jan 6, 2023 - 8:00PM Sat / Jan 7, 2023 - 8:00PM Sun / Jan 8, 2023 - 2:00PM
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DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
MESSIAEN Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine
DEBUSSY Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra
VILLA-LOBOS Chôros No. 10, "Rasga o Coração"
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Cynthia Millar, ondes martenot
Grant Gershon, Artistic Director
Jenny Wong, Associate Artistic Director
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About this Performance
After the sensuousness of Debussy's Prelude, Michael Tilson Thomas leads the sometimes lively, sometimes dreamy early Messiaen work with hints of birdsong, featuring the theremin-like ondes martenot and the treble voices of the Los Angeles Master Chorale singing the composer's own mystical Christian words. Jean-Yves Thibaudet performs Debussy's remarkable Fantaisie, an Impressionist piano concerto. The LA Master Chorale again joins forces with the LA Phil in Heitor Villa-Lobos' most performed of his 14 Chôros, a dramatic work filled with Latin percussion and rhythms.
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