The Gospel according to Peter Sellars: The LA Phil bring a European première to the Barbican

By Paul Kilbey, 19 March 2013

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Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 16 March 2013

Adams, The Gospel according to the other Mary (Barbican co-commission, European première)

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Los Angeles Master Chorale

Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor

Grant Gershon, Choirmaster / chorus director

Peter Sellars, Director

Kelley O'Connor, Mary

Tamara Mumford, Martha

Russell Thomas, Lazarus

Daniel Bubeck, Countertenor

Brian Cummings, Countertenor

Nathan Medley, Countertenor

Michael Schumacher, Dancer

Anani Sanouvi, Dancer

Troy Ogilvie, Dancer

Dudamel and Catalan choirs dazzle in Beethoven’s Missa solemnis

Néstor Castiglione, 20th February

In Los Angeles, Gustavo Dudamel conducts Beethoven's Missa solemnis for the first time... and it proves worth the wait.

*****

Shock, spectacle and endurance: Yuja Wang and Thomas Adès at full tilt

Laurence Vittes, 8th February

If Prokofiev’s original intention in his Second Piano Concerto was shock and awe, Yuja Wang gives exactly the right performance with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

***11

John Adams leads Americana, past and present, with LA Phil

Néstor Castiglione, 23rd January

Compelling as a composer and conductor, Adams restored Roy Harris' Third Symphony to the Los Angeles repertoire, alongside one of his most recent works.

*****

Salonen and the LA Philharmonic take on the forces of nature

Néstor Castiglione, 9th January

Reflections of nature and humanity's place within it in Salonen's 2026 return

****1

Winter Daydreams and a Jazz Age Nutcracker at Disney Hall

Néstor Castiglione, 18th December

A feast of Tchaikovsky with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under guest conductor Thomas Wilkins.

****1

Ligeti shines at Disney Hall under Gimeno's baton

Laurence Vittes, 14th December

Renaud Capuçon adds a degree of theatricality to his Mozart with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

***11

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Paul Kilbey

Paul was Reviews Editor at Bachtrack from 2012 to February 2014. He has written on music and culture for publications including Culture Wars, the Huffington Post, the Independent and the Guardian. He holds BA and MPhil degrees in music from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and is particularly passionate about contemporary music of all types. His website is here.