funeral song

Of all the solidarities, generational is probably the weakest, but there’s something about men my age and that song — I think it’s the most requested funeral song.

In the book he admits it made him uncomfortable when his funeral song, released as a charity single, ended up topping sales charts around the world, and that it was a relief to move on to less emotionally loaded projects, such as recording a John/Taupin original about Wendy Testaburger for an episode of “South Park.”

Salonen introduced the “Rite” with the L.A. premiere of “Funeral Song,” written in 1908 when Stravinsky was 26.

First up, it’s the Russian composer’s “Funeral Song” plus the ballet scores “Agon” and “The Rite of Spring,” 8 p.m.

Salonen’s Rite of Spring Conductor laureate Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the LA Phil in Stravinsky’s Funeral Song, plus the ballet scores “Agon” and “The Rite of Spring.”