TO BE PERFORMED BY LA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, CONDUCTED BY JOHN ADAMS
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The group will perform “Questi Cazzi Di Piccione," “Ruth is Sleeping," “G-Spot Tornado," “The Girl in the Magnesium Dress," and “The Dog Breath Variations/Uncle Meat aka Dog Meat" from Yellow Shark, works which All Music Guide called “essential... the gripping works of a mature composer." Yellow Shark was the last Zappa recording released during his lifetime.
LA Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor John Adams Play Frank Zappa
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.
Walt Disney Concert Hall
111 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Tickets available here, or call (605) 475-4333
John Adams is a composer of distinctive stylistic elan. He won the Grawemeyer Award in 1995 for his Violin Concerto and was named Composer of the Year in 1997 by Musical America. Adams is also an active and esteemed conductor. He has won three Grammy awards for Best Contemporary Composition.
