Even in a concert full of other composers, Williams’s work shows its enduring, outsized impact.
A cast of African dancers has reimagined Pina Bausch’s 1975 choreography for the work and is now touring internationally.
The company is cutting back on contemporary offerings for now, canceling what would have been the world premiere of Mason Bates’s new opera.
In the Double Concerto, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and cellist Pablo Ferrández are inspired.