In Sunday’s (1/13) Los Angeles Times, David Ng writes, “The music of Hungarian composer Peter Eotvos isn’t ‘easy’ in any conventional sense. A typical Eötvös piece sets the listener adrift through swaths of treacherous soundscapes and shimmering dissonance, usually without the aid of melody. Though often challenging, his music is also playful in an intellectual way—a childlike romp through a music-theory sand box. This is evident in the title of his new concerto ‘DoReMi,’ which was written for the violinist Midori and will have its world premiere Friday in a concert with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall. … Eötvös said he wrote the concerto, which has three movements, as a ‘philosophical’ exploration of the three notes. ‘The re is in between the do and mi, and it wants to free itself in a way. So each note became defined by its relationship with the others,’ he said. On Tuesday, the composer will present the L.A. premiere of his opera ‘Angels in America,’ based on Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a group of New Yorkers whose lives are affected by AIDS. The English-language opera debuted in Paris in 2004. The production from the L.A. Phil’s New Music Group will be semi-staged at Disney Hall and directed by David Gately.“
Posted January 15, 2013
