Photos: Los Angeles Philharmonic soars

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)