Colin Matthews

Paul, un compositor americano, llega al poblado desértico de Real de Catorce en donde murió su padre recientemente. Durante los últimos diez años, Paul ha sido consumido por la labor de componer un final para la obra maestra de un músico de principios del siglo veinte. Al estar aislado del mundo, ve una oportunidad para terminar la sinfonía. Sin embargo, Paul se ve atrapado por un nuevo misterio, la desaparición hace treinta años de una mujer llamada Marianne.

The LSO’s Principal Guest Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas celebrated his 70th birthday in 2015 with a concert focusing on British and Russian music, but with a nod to his native USA. He’s joined by the sensational young Chinese pianist Yuja Wang in Gershwin’s popular Concerto. Michael Tilson Thomas gave the US premiere of Colin Matthews’ Hidden Variables, an LSO commission during Matthews’ time as an Associate Composer with the LSO.

Six intertwined people struggle with their own sincerity, and, in so doing, unravel their secrets and the lies they live.

An adaptation from the controversial John Adams opera about the true life incident that took place in the mid 80s. The liner "Achille Lauro" is on a 12-day cruise in the Mediterranean. While the ship is docked in Alexandria, a maid discovers that four of the passengers are actually members of the Palestine Liberation Organization traveling incognito. Startled by their discovery, the PLO cadre is forced to act. They take the passengers on board hostage and demand the release of 50 Palestinian activists held in Israeli jails. As Egyptian, American, Italian, and Palestinian authorities bicker over the best way to handle the situation (and who would negotiate with the terrorists), the kidnappers find themselves dealing with rebellion among their captives, and an argument between the four PLO members and Leon Klinghoffer, a Jewish-American confined to a wheelchair, eventually escalates into violence.