How to Listen: Rzewski’s “The People United Will Never Be Defeated!”The last wonted Walt Disney Concert Hall program this year, barring a miracle COVID-19 cure, was on March 10. Rzewski’s score was, to say the least, politically loaded, this seemingly secreted blueprint for revolution presented two miles from FBI headquarters. AdvertisementBut the real power of “People United” is not the song, arresting ear-worm that it contains, but its logic. The “People United” theme can be hinted at with next to no notes or fistfuls of them. With live concerts largely on hold, Times critic Mark Swed offers a weekly series suggesting ways of listening to indispensable music.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 15, 2020 13:02 UTC