Review: Chris Thile calls for ‘Attention!’ with his mandolin

[ad_1] When it comes to provocatively suggestive titles, composers’ intentions are seldom as successfully realized as with, say, Scriabin’s “Poem of Ecstasy” or P.D.Q. Bach’s affectionate Philip Glass parody, “Einstein on the Fritz.” Yet, in the case of Copland’s beloved “Appalachian Spring,” which closed the Los Angeles Philharmonic Hollywood Bowl program Tuesday night, the composer… Continue reading Review: Chris Thile calls for ‘Attention!’ with his mandolin