Salonen gets old college try

The Esa-Pekka Salonen piece “Stockholm Diary” is the one that somehow got away. A boisterous, significant 13-minute score for string orchestra, it was commissioned to cap a major retrospective of Salonen's work in the Swedish capital four years ago. It has had half a dozen performances in Europe. The belated U.S. premiere was Tuesday night. In Glendora.

By Mark Swed

October 23, 2008