The St. Louis Symphony reaches out to the Davis community with a rarely played Beethoven symphony and the brilliant violinist James Ehnes performing Berg.
In a last dance of sorts, eight dancers perform works by Trisha Brown; offering a demonstration of beauty so shocking, underlining how difficult it is to absorb that its creator is never going to make another dance.
A splendid performance by the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Gustavo Dudamel emphasizes composer John Adams’ achievement in The Gospel According to the Other Mary.
Soldier Songs from composer David T. Little, hailed for his “punk-classical” dramatic works, brings you face to face with the psychological impacts of modern warfare, and offers a good dose of his postminimalist, rock-infused style.