Name: Schubert, Strauss & Saariaho
Start: 2025-01-30
End: 2025-01-30
Location: Walt Disney Concert Hall

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LA Phil

Conductor

Susanna Mälkki

Orchestra

Instrumentalist

Verneri Pohjola

Trumpet

Schubert, Strauss & Saariaho

Los Angeles

United States

Walt Disney Concert Hall

Public

Trumpet Concerto "HUSH"

Death and Transfiguration, op. 24

Symphony No. 8/7 in B minor D 759 (Unfinished)

Sharan Allad

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Schubert, Strauss & Saariaho: Trumpet Concerto "HUSH" Saariaho (+2 More)

After becoming deeply drawn to “Liebestod” (Love-Death) from Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde, Strauss composed his own musical exploration of what lies beyond life itself. Through stunning harmonies and masterful orchestration, Death and Transfiguration illustrates a man’s physiological and psychological deterioration. In a similar vein, Kaija Saariaho completed HUSH, her self-proclaimed “journey to silence,” during her final months with terminal brain cancer. Dedicated to jazz trumpeter Veneri Pohjola, the concerto features the trumpet growling from its lowest register and gliding downward like a ghost amongst the orchestra. Susanna Mälkki takes the lead for the evening, conducting Schubert’s chilling yet charming two-movement symphony, nicknamed the “Unfinished.”

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Schubert, Strauss & Saariaho by Saariaho, Strauss, Schubert, Thu 30 Jan 2025, From (2025/2025), Conductor Susanna Mälkki, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, United States

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