Los Angeles Philharmonic soars
Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the start of a new season at at Walt Disney Concert Hall. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Adam Sliwinski, left, Josh Quillen, Eric Beach and Jason Treuting of So Percussion perform David Lang’s “man made.” (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Gustavo Dudamel leads a program that began with David Lang’s “man made” and finished with Mahler’s Fifth Symphony. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Principal horn Andrew Bain of the Los Angeles Philharmonic performs a solo at Walt Disney Concert Hall. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Thomas Hooten began the symphony with a trumpet solo. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Wine bottles are among the unconventional instruments used by So Percussion. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Jason Treuting of So Percussion makes music with glass bottles in David Lang’s “man made” at Walt Disney Concert Hall. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Adam Sliwinski, front left, Josh Quillen, Eric Beach and Jason Treuting of So Percussion perform as Gustavo Dudamel conducts the L.A. Philharmonic. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Gustavo Dudamel likes to begin every season with a newly commissioned piece, in this case David Lang’s “man made.” (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)