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World Premiere of Andrew Norman’s Try at the Los Angeles Philharmonic

May. 04, 2011

Commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Andrew Norman’s Try, for chamber orchestra,receives its world premiere at Walt Disney Concert Hall on May 24. Conducted by John Adams, the work is featured as part of the LA Phil’s Green Umbrella new music series. The Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group, now in its 29th season, is no stranger to Mr. Norman’s work, having performed his acclaimed work for eight violins Gran Turismo during last year’s Green Umbrella series. Andrew Norman writes about his latest work:

This piece is a lot like me. It’s messy, and fragmented, and it certainly doesn’t get things right on the first try. It does things over and over, trying them out in as many different ways as it can. It circles back on itself again and again in search of any idea that will stick, that will lead it forward to something new. And, at long last, after ten minutes of increasingly frantic trying, it finds one small, unlikely bit of musical material it likes enough to repeat and polish and hone until it finally (fingers crossed) gets it right.

Learn more on the music of Andrew Norman at www.andrewnormanmusic.com and www.schott-music.com.

Find out more about the LA Phil’s Green Umbrella series by visiting: www.laphil.com.

Andrew Norman
Try (2011)
for chamber orchestra
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