Thank you for your article about LA Phil's recent Green Umbrella concert, and your very kind words about my singing on the Kurtag and Castiglioni pieces. It is most appreciated!

One correction that I wanted to bring to your attention; the Castiglioni was completely new for me, all learned on the day before the concert. I had flown into LA straight from Seattle having performed two different concerts on the Seattle Chamber Players Icebreaker III festival this past weekend. For Green Umbrella, we only had two rehearsals total with the entire ensemble to put the Castiglioni together due to my late arrival. It simply was not enough time and this is why we only performed the first half and also cancelled the Ades songs. It is fortunate though in that I believe that we were still able to maintain some integrity of the original program.
It is a shame that we had to cut half of the Castiglioni. The piece is truly remarkable and beautiful (and deceptively difficult) and I hope to have another opportunity to perform it in its entirety. Despite the distressing circumstance, we were all quite pleased with what we managed to pull off. The LA Phil has lately been literally besieged with cancellations.

Thank you for your coverage of the concert and I wish you all the best,

Elizabeth Keusch