David Lang

And that's unusual for me.

Usually I like to workshop my pieces, but because of everyone's schedules and because everyone is in a million different places, it's been really difficult to get people together.

So this actually will be the first time to hear it.

He's the rock star in this world.

I've worked with him before.

He commissioned a percussion concerto that we premiered in Los Angeles.

He is an unbelievably quick musician.

understanding of the depth of the music in front of him.

He's kind of unparalleled at his ability to look at something, figure out how to structure it, figure out what's deep about it, and then commandingly give that information to the orchestra.

Not at all.

Well, he's looked at the score.

I know he's looked at the score because I've gotten little comments back and forth.

Oh, what kind of comments?

Just, you know, rehearsal comments like we're going to have to rehearse this and how many hours we're going to need and I need a sectional for this or whatever.

So he's looked at it enough to figure out how to take it apart and put it together.

I think you're right to be excited, yes.

I think you can leave the worrying to me.

It's very exciting, actually.

It is very exciting.

You don't know what it is.