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During the LA Philharmonic’s 2018/19 season, they commissioned 50 new  works from artists including Louis Andriessen, Unsuk Chin, Philip  Glass, and Steve Reich, just to name a few.

Composer and curator of the first of the LA Phil’s new music series,  entitled Green Umbrella, Andrew Norman talks about the Southern  Californian composers that he’s presenting.

Hosted by Seth Boustead

Produced by Sarah Zwinklis

Music

Omie Wise by Bryce Dessner

E
ighth Blackbird

Codex Seraphinianus: Machinery, Anthropology, Games by Marcos Balter

International Contemporary Ensemble

Aheym by Bryce Dessner

Kronos Quartet

Templating Tranquility (excerpt) by Tyshawn Sorey

Tyshawn Sorey Trio

New York Tendaberry by Laura Nyro

Renée Fleming, soprano; Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Billy Childs, piano

The Manufacture of Tangled Ivory- Part II by Annie Gosfield

Roger Kleier, electric guitar; Christine Bard and Jim Pugliese, percussion; Annie Gosfield, sampler

Four Rosesby Annie Gosfield

Ted Mook, cello; Annie Gosfield, sampler