Which composer wrote 'TheGoldberg Variations'?
Goldberg Variations (play) Goldberg Variations (play) Goldberg Variations is a play by George Tabori which was first performed in 1991 in German as Die Goldberg-Variationen in Vienna's Akademietheater. The title alludes to Bach's "Goldberg Variations". The play is set in Jerusalem and presents a rehearsal of a play based on the Old and New Testaments, directed by Mr. Jay, a god-like figure. His assistant is Goldberg, a Jew who has escaped from the Nazis, and who experiences a series of biblical disasters from the Fall of man to the Crucifixion, all presented with a satirical combination of seriousness and farce. Tabori wrote the
L.A. Variations L.A. Variations L.A. Variations (sometimes stylized as LA Variations) is an orchestral composition by the Finnish composer Esa-Pekka Salonen. The work was commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, of which Salonen was then music director. It was first performed at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, January 16, 1997, with Salonen conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The piece is dedicated to the orchestra, about which Salonen remarked, "I wrote "LA Variations" specifically for the players of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. I'm very proud of the virtuosity and power of my orchestra." "L.A. Variations" is composed in a single movement