LA Phil commissions music to honor P-22, the ‘Hollywood Cat,’ at Hollywood Bowl
. The intrepid cougar, who made his home in Griffith Park for 10 years, was famed for venturing from the distant Simi Hills and safely crossing both the 101 and 405 freeways — the only one of his kind to complete both of those risky crossings unscathed.
The slick, stealth and at times feisty male lion who would venture outside park boundaries to prey on pet chihuahuas and appeared in close-ups on hundreds of homeowner video feeds, succumbed to internal injuries after being struck by a vehicle. As the drive to save the Santa Monica Mountain cougars grew in a city of 3 million people largely because of the story of P-22, so have the number of tributes to the “Hollywood Cat.”
“It’s very rhythmic, lively and energetic,” said Schoenberg, 42. “The piece starts with strings and then the orchestra comes in with brass. After a huge climax, the piece rebuilds to a bigger climax.” In the middle, it slows down as the music imagines the cat’s amazing journey. “I wanted it to be the exploratory of how P-22 survived in the habitat of Griffith Park,” he explained.
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