[MIT Friends of the Arts] Next FOTA Event: LA Philharmonic with Dudamel, 11/23

[Alexey Balitskiy]

Hi all,
The next Friends of the Arts event will be LA Philharmonic orchestra
<https://www.celebrityseries.org/productions/los-angeles-philharmonic/>
playing Stravinsky, Ginastera and Adams. Why should you sign up?

   - to observe the invigorating conducting manner of Gustavo Dudamel aka
   the saviour of classical music
   <https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/oct/09/gustavo-dudamel-los-angeles-philharmonic>
   ;
   - to see how the pianist Yuja Wang pedals with unfeasibly high heels;
   - to get acquainted with Ginastera's "Subjective Nationalism" in
*Variaciones
   Concertantes;*
   - to listen to Adams's *Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?*, a
   piano concerto by a founding father of American minimalism;
   - to repeat the riot of the 1913 premiere
   <https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-22691267> of the most ICONIC
   modernist piece ever: Stravinsky's *Rite of Spring*.

The details and sign up link are below; the tickets are even more limited
than usual so sign up early.

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What: Los Angeles Philharmonic with Gustavo Dudamel & Yuja Wang, playing
Stravinsky, Ginastera and Adams
When: Saturday, November 23, 2 pm
Where: Symphony hall
Lunch: ~12:20 PM (location TBA near building 2)
Cost: $15/person
Sign up by Sunday, November 10: https://forms.gle/HcMZxumFry2FWCrKA
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Best,
Alexey
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