Join Dr. Kristi Brown-Montesano for UpBeat Live to explore this Esa-Pekka Salonen-led program featuring two exciting premieres.

Salonen’s own Fog (a tribute to Frank Gehry) takes as inspiration the Bach E major Prelude from Partita in E (BWV 1006), which was the first piece of music Salonen and Gehry heard in the Walt Disney Concert Hall while it was still under construction. Much of the of the harmony is based on Gehry’s first name: F A G E H (B natural in English).

And Gabriella Smith’s new organ concerto Breathing Forests. As a composer and environmentalist, Smith explores the complex relationship between humans, forests, climate change, and fire—with the wood and power of the organ invoking the grandeur of the forest.

Then buckle up for Strauss’ whirlwind of a symphonic poem, well known for its use in 2001: A Space Odyssey.