33. Radical Light!
Steven Stucky
Steven E. Stucky, Music, was commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic to compose a work. Stucky delivered Radical Light. The orchestra, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, premiered the work at the Walt Disney Concert Hall on October 18, 2007, followed by the orchestra’s European premiere of the piece on November 2, 2007, at London’s Barbican Centre. The program, entitled “Sibelius Unbound: Stucky and Sibelius,” included Sibelius’ fourth and seventh symphonies, with Radical Light between the two symphonies. Salonen and the orchestra held five-day residencies based on the program at the Barbican Centre and the Salle Pleyel in Paris. They played single-night performances of the program in Barcelona, Madrid, and Lisbon. Stucky also completed a new arrangement of Stravinsky’s Les Noces. Salonen led the world premiere of this new arrangement in the final concert of the 2007–8 season, featuring it with his own Piano Concerto and Colin Matthews’ arrangement of several of Debussy’s preludes.