{"id":949,"date":"2015-01-25T20:04:38","date_gmt":"2015-01-25T20:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/pressandevents\/?p=949"},"modified":"2015-01-25T20:09:47","modified_gmt":"2015-01-25T20:09:47","slug":"kernis-rich-in-its-inner-working-la-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/pressandevents\/2015\/01\/25\/kernis-rich-in-its-inner-working-la-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Kernis: Rich in its Inner Working (LA Times)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/pressandevents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/LA-Times-banner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-952 alignright\" alt=\"LA Times banner\" src=\"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/pressandevents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/LA-Times-banner.jpg\" width=\"464\" height=\"76\" \/><\/a>When the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra gave the Los Angeles premiere of <strong>Aaron Jay Kernis<\/strong>&#8216; <em>Viola Concerto<\/em>, Mark Swed of the <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em> wrote, \u201c[It] is conventional on the surface but richer in its inner working. It is a three-movement work for solo instrument, but instead of dramatic instances, it expresses a deep-seated goal.<\/p>\n<p>That goal is to explore the substance behind the Yiddish folk song &#8220;Tumbalalaika&#8221;&#8230;(which was sung to him by his mother). It begins as a young man&#8217;s simple quest for romance, which is ultimately a search for the meaning of life and death&#8230;Throughout the concerto, Kernis supplies musical cues for the familiar, ingratiating &#8220;Tumbalalaika&#8221; tune, with the viola leading what sounds like an archaeological dig through distant harmonies and melodies.<\/p>\n<p>Kernis wrote his [concerto] at the request of violist Paul Neubauer, who has a gorgeously soulful tone. There aren&#8217;t all that many exceptional concertos for his instrument, so another is treasure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\" http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/arts\/la-et-cm-laco-la-phil-review-20141118-column.html\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">complete review here<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra gave the Los Angeles premiere of Aaron Jay Kernis&#8216; Viola Concerto, Mark Swed of the Los Angeles Times wrote, \u201c[It] is conventional on the surface but richer in its inner working. It is a&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/pressandevents\/2015\/01\/25\/kernis-rich-in-its-inner-working-la-times\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[8,5],"class_list":["post-949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press","tag-concerto","tag-kernis"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/pressandevents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/LA-Times-thumb.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/pressandevents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/pressandevents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/pressandevents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/pressandevents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/pressandevents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=949"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/pressandevents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":959,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/pressandevents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions\/959"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/pressandevents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/pressandevents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/pressandevents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/pressandevents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}