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Feb 29, 2020
Myth of the New World with Melinda Haas & Deborah O'Grady • SAT / FEB 29, LA Phil 2019/20
About This Performance
Underneath the sense of hope and expansiveness in the New World is a shadow that has been there from its first colonization to the present moment. Dvořák set out to find and compose “American music.” What he created is a collage, suggestions of the hope of immigrants in the boundless space; the presence of slavery; the treatment of Native Americans; and the pristine beauty of the natural resources. Even more poignant today, we hear this music with all its shadows fully in the light.
Join Deborah O’Grady and Melinda Haas for this unique exploration of Dvořák's signature work, Symphony No. 9, “New World,” through the lens of myth as part of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Dvořák & Ives festival.
Artists
Melinda Haas
Deborah O’Grady
Feb 28, 2020
Dvořák 9 & Ives 4 with Russell Steinberg • FRI / FEB 28, LA Phil 2019/20
About This Performance
The culmination of Dudamel’s unique look at Ives and Dvořák shows the individualistic American expanding his harmonic and rhythmic language even further in the stunningly complex Fourth Symphony. Dvořák’s final symphony was composed from Native-American and African-American source materials, from which he drew unforgettable melodies and dramatic harmonies that gelled into his most popular creation.
Program
IVES - The Unanswered Question
IVES - Symphony No. 4
Intermission
DVOŘÁK - Symphony No. 9, “New World”
Artists
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Grant Gershon, artistic director
Feb 27, 2020
Dvořák 9 & Ives 3 with Russell Steinberg • THU / FEB 27, LA Phil 2019/20
About This Performance
By juxtaposing Ives’ and Dvořák’s symphonies, Dudamel reveals new ways to hear each composer. Here, Ives’ compact Third draws on memories of songs, hymns, children’s games, and dances to create music of wondrous complexity. Dvořák’s final symphony was composed from Native-American and African-American source materials, from which he drew unforgettable melodies and dramatic harmonies that gelled into his most popular creation.
Program
IVES - The Unanswered Question
IVES - Symphony No. 3, “The Camp Meeting”
Intermission
DVOŘÁK - Symphony No. 9, “New World”
Artists
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Feb 23, 2020
Wayne Marshall with Thomas Neenan • SUN / FEB 23, LA Phil 2019/20
About this Performance:
British-born Wayne Marshall is a triple threat, appearing around the world as an organist, pianist, and conductor. His abilities in jazz as well as classical music make him particularly well suited for the glittering improvisations on Bernstein and Beethoven that will bookend his Disney Hall recital. “…sheer technical bravado… breathtaking speeds…stunning virtuosity…such brilliant playing.” (Gramophone)
Artists:
Wayne Marshall, organ
Program:
Wayne MARSHALL Improvisation on themes of Bernstein, “Homage à Lenny”
DUPRÉ Symphonie-Passion, Op. 23
George C. BAKER Deux Evocations
WIDOR Organ Symphony No. 6 in G minor, Op. 42 No. 2
Andrew AGER Toccata & Fugue
MESSIAEN Les mages & Dieu parmi nous from La Nativité du Seigneur
Wayne MARSHALL Improvisation on themes of Beethoven
Feb 21, 2020
Dvořák 7 & Ives 1 with Christopher Russell • FRI / FEB 21, LA Phil 2019/20
About this Performance:
Revealing unpredictable connections between the two composers, Dudamel’s unexpected pairing of symphonies by Ives and Dvořák begins here with each man showing us new ways to view vernacular music in a symphonic context.
Artists
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Program
IVES Symphony No. 1
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7
Feb 14, 2020
Weimar Nightfall: The Seven Deadly Sins with Kristi Brown-Montesano & Gerard McBurney • THU / FEB 13, LA Phil 2019/20
Widely acclaimed English actor/writer/director Simon McBurney and his equally accomplished brother, composer/writer/scholar Gerard McBurney, collaborate with Salonen to present darkly satirical musical-theater works from the heyday of German Expressionism. The music is inflected with 1920s jazz and popular song, along with an edge of cynicism.
Program:
HINDEMITH Murderer, Hope of Women
WEILL/BRECHT The Berlin Requiem
WEILL/BRECHT The Seven Deadly Sins
Feb 4, 2020
Bjarnason & Ólafsson with Thomas Kotcheff • TUE / FEB 4, LA Phil 2019/20
About this Performance:
Two of the biggest stars of our 2017 Reykjavík Festival, conductor/composer Daníel Bjarnason and pianist Víkingur Ólafsson, have put together a fascinating program that includes a world premiere.
Jan 31, 2020
All-Strauss with Thomas Neenan • FRI / JAN 31, LA Phil 2019/20
About this Performance:
One of the most sought-after conductors of his generation, Swiss musician Philippe Jordan returns with two prime examples of tone poems by Richard Strauss, one about the legendary Spanish knight – featuring one of the world’s leading cellists as the irrepressible dreamer – and, though Strauss denied it, the other work about the composer himself!
Jan 24, 2020
Beethoven with Emanuel Ax with Alan Chapman • FRI / JAN 24, LA Phil 2019/20
About this Performance:
Beloved pianist Emanuel Ax will apply his consummate artistry to Beethoven’s mighty and heroic C-minor concerto, his only one in a minor key. Celebrated contralto Nathalie Stutzmann, who has transitioned into an acclaimed conductor, will lead this all-Beethoven program, unleashing the unrelenting power of the most recognizable symphony in the world.
Jan 18, 2020
John Adams & Julia Wolfe with Sarah Cahill • SAT / JAN 18, LA Phil 2019/20
About this Performance:
The Los Angeles Philharmonic and New York’s electric Bang on a Can All-Stars join forces for Julia Wolfe’s new Flower Power, in which she addresses the radical societal upheaval of the 1960s, presented with suitably psychedelic visuals. Adams also leads the Grammy®-nominated symphonic work he composed for the LA Phil in 1998, when Esa-Pekka led the premiere.
Jan 16, 2020
Bach, Handel & Telemann with Christian Campos and Emmanuelle Haïm • THU / JAN 16, LA Phil 2019/20
Conductor Emmanuelle Haïm sits down with Christian Campos to discuss the night's Baroque-focused program.
About this Performance
Vibrant French conductor Emmanuelle Haïm – highly acclaimed as a performer and champion of the Baroque – collaborates with our Principal Concertmaster for two concertos, followed by Handel’s ambitious cantata, written before he moved to London.
Program
BACH Violin Concerto in G minor, BWV 1056R
TELEMANN Violin Concerto in A, “The Frogs,” TWV 51:A4
Intermission
HANDEL Apollo and Daphne
Artists
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Emmanuelle Haïm, conductor
Martin Chalifour, violin
Sandrine Piau, soprano
Jarrett Ott, baritone
Jan 10, 2020
Mehta Conducts Wagner & More with Christopher Russell • FRI / JAN 10, LA Phil 2019/20
Christopher Russell provides historical and musical context for the concert's program, which takes us through a journey that chronicles a tumultuous time in Germany from 1874-1934.
About this Performance:
Mehta leads an adventurous look at German Romanticism as it develops into the birth of 20th-century music, from the lushness of the full orchestra in Wagner’s final Ring opera to the concentrated brevity of Webern’s nine-instrument concerto.
Program:
WAGNER Götterdämmerung: Rhine Journey
WAGNER Götterdämmerung: Funeral Music
WAGNER Götterdämmerung: Immolation Scene
SCHOENBERG Chamber Symphony
WEBERN Six Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6
WEBERN Concerto for Nine Instruments, Op. 24
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Christine Goerke, soprano
Jan 3, 2020
Mehta's Mahler with Asadour Santourian • FRI / JAN 3, LA Phil 2019/20
About this Performance:
Mehta reveals his deep affinity for Mahler in one of the composer’s most overwhelmingly transcendent works. The climax of the ecstatic finale is deeply stirring and unforgettable.
Program:
MAHLER Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection"
Artists
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Kristin Lewis, soprano
Mihoko Fujimura, mezzo-soprano
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Grant Gershon, Artistic Director
Dec 15, 2019
Tchaikovsky & Copland with MTT with Thomas Neenan • SUN / DEC 15, LA Phil 2019/20
About this Performance:
Trifonov has the reputation of taking a beloved classic like Tchaikovsky’s popular Piano Concerto and imbuing it with fresh new life. L.A. favorite Michael Tilson Thomas also leads Copland’s Third Symphony, built on the composer’s stirring Fanfare for the Common Man.
Program:
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Dubinushka
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1
COPLAND Symphony No. 3
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, piano
Dec 10, 2019
A Tribute to Oliver Knussen with Thomas Kotcheff • TUE / DEC 10, LA Phil 2019/20
About this Performance:
To honor the memory of our talented and beloved colleague Oliver Knussen, Mälkki and Josefowicz have programmed three of his remarkable creations and surrounded them with chamber-sized music by his friends, colleagues, and his students. Come celebrate a musical life.
Program:
Colin MATTHEWS Hidden Variables
KNUSSEN Reflection
Helen GRIME A Cold Spring
Huw WATKINS Piano Quartet
KNUSSEN Ophelia Dances Book 1
KNUSSEN Two Organa
HARVEY Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco
Artists:
LA Phil New Music Group
Susanna Mälkki, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin
John Novacek, piano
Co-curated by Susanna Mälkki and Leila Josefowicz
Dec 6, 2019
Beethoven's Eroica with Brian Lauritzen • FRI / DEC 6, LA Phil 2019/20
About this Performance:
The late Oliver Knussen, acclaimed as composer and conductor, had a long connection with the LA Phil. His Violin Concerto is, by turns, intensely dramatic, lyrical, somber, skittish, and – as you would expect from a skilled conductor – it’s masterfully orchestrated. Thrilling to this day, Beethoven’s “Eroica” is one of the most revolutionary works in Western music, expanding the Classical symphony in almost every way imaginable.
Program:
KNUSSEN Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Susanna Mälkki, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin
Nov 30, 2019
Dudamel Conducts Rachmaninoff & Stravinsky with Veronika Krausas • SAT / NOV 30, LA Phil 2019/20
About this Performance:
The fast-rising Korean star pianist plays Rachmaninoff’s ultra-Romantic concerto, and Dudamel leads Stravinsky’s game-changing ballet score with its complex yet primitive-sounding rhythms.
Program:
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Seong-Jin Cho, piano
Nov 8, 2019
Dudamel & Yuja Wang with Russell Steinberg • THU / NOV 8, LA Phil 2019/20
About this Performance:
The incomparable Yuja Wang plays John Adams’ newest piano concerto, and Gustavo presides over Stravinsky’s pulse-pounding vision of pre-historic Russian rituals.
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Yuja Wang, piano
Program:
GINASTERA: Variaciones Concertantes
John ADAMS: Must the Devil have all the Good Tunes? (LA Phil commission)
STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring
Nov 5, 2019
John Adams & Jay Campbell with Thomas Kotcheff, Sky Macklay, Eric Wubbels, and Jay Campbell • TUE / NOV 5, LA Phil 2019/20
Los Angeles-based composer and pianist Thomas Kotcheff is joined by composer Sky Macklay, pianist and composer Eric Wubbels, and cellist Jay Campbell to discuss the first Green Umbrella program of the season, including new works by Macklay, Wubbels, Gabriella Smith, Marc Sabat, and Tristan Perich.
About This Performance:
Adams and astonishing star-on-the-rise Jay Campbell present a scintillating cello-focused Green Umbrella.
Program:
Gabriella SMITH - Carrot Revolution for string quartet
Marc SABAT - Partite Requiem (world premiere, LA Phil commission)
Eric WUBBELS - gretchen am spinnrade
Intermission
Sky MACKLAY - Swarm Collecting (world premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from the Deborah Borda Women in the Arts Initiative)
Tristan PERICH - Formations for solo cello and electronics
Artists:
LA Phil New Music Group
John Adams, Conductor
Jay Campbell, cello
Eric Wubbels, piano
Co-curated by John Adams and Jay Campbell
TUE / NOV 5, 2019 - 8:00PM
Upcoming…
Nov 4, 2019
Jane Parker-Smith with Thomas Neenan & Manuel Rosales • SUN / NOV 3, LA Phil 2019/20
Caltech professor and organist Thomas Neenan is joined by organ builder Manuel Rosales to discuss Jane Parker-Smith's recital program, which includes Bach, Franck, Liszt, and more.
About this Performance:
Having been referred to as the “Martha Argerich of the organ” (The Sunday Times), British organist Jane Parker-Smith has gained an international reputation for her prodigious technique and innate interpretative ability, making her one of the most sought-after organists in the world.
Artists
Jane Parker-Smith, organ
Program
BACH (arr. Fox) - “Nun danket alle Gott,” from Cantata No. 79, BWV 79
César FRANCK - Fantaisie in A major
KREBS - Chorale Prelude on “Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern”
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Nov 1, 2019
Dudamel Conducts Bruckner with Christopher Russell • FRI / NOV 1, LA Phil 2019/20
About This Performance:
Experience Dudamel conducting Bruckner’s awe-inspiring Fourth Symphony, to which Bruckner himself applied the nickname “Romantic,” evoking images of knights riding forth at dawn, impassioned lovers, and an exuberant hunting party, all tied together by a heroic, brass-blazing finale.
Program:
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4, “Romantic”
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
FRI / NOV 1, 2019 – 8:00PM
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Oct 31, 2019
Halloween Organ & Film with Alan Chapman and Clark Wilson • THU, OCT 31, LA Phil 2019/20
On Halloween night, KUSC's Alan Chapman is joined by organist Clark Wilson to discuss the history behind silent film music and Wilson's own experience with accompanying silent films.
About This Performance:
Organist Clark Wilson sets a haunting scene as he accompanies the 1923 silent film The Hunchback of Notre Dame, featuring a legendary performance from Lon Chaney.
Program:
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
Artists:
Clark Wilson, Organ
THU / OCT 31, 2019 – 8:00PM
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Oct 28, 2019
Beethoven’s Ninth with Dudamel with Christian Campos • SUN / OCT 27, LA Phil 2019/20
About This Performance:
We extend our Centennial festivities throughout the weekend, with each Music Director leading a specialty of his. As he did at the outset of his music directorship, Dudamel leads the musical monument that accompanies the world’s greatest celebrations: Beethoven’s epic Ninth.
Program:
Gabriela ORTIZ: Yanga (world premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from R. Martin Chavez)
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Golda Schultz, soprano
Tamara Mumford, mezzo
Mario Chang, tenor
James Rutherford, bass-baritone
Tambuco Percussion Ensemble
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Grant Gershon, Artistic Director
SUN / OCT 27, 2019 – 8:00PM
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Oct 27, 2019
Salonen & Sibelius with Russell Steinberg • SAT / OCT 26, LA Phil 2019/20
About This Performance:
We extend our Centennial celebration throughout the weekend, with each Music Director leading a specialty. Salonen not only brings music by Sibelius but also the premiere of his complete Gemini. Joining him for Luonnotar is stunning South African soprano Golda Schultz.
Program:
SIBELIUS: Luonnotar
Esa-Pekka SALONEN: Gemini (world premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting)
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 5
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
SAT / OCT 26, 2019 – 8:00PM
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Oct 26, 2019
Mehta's Mahler with Brian Lauritzen • FRI / OCT 25, LA Phil 2019/20
About This Performance:
We extend our Centennial celebration throughout the weekend, with each Music Director leading a specialty of his. Mehta’s affinity for Mahler will shine through this performance of the composer’s overwhelming “Resurrection.”
Program:
MAHLER: Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Kristin Lewis, soprano
Mihoko Fujimura, mezzo-soprano
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Grant Gershon, Artistic Director
FRI / OCT 25, 2019 – 8:00PM
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Oct 19, 2019
Salonen Conducts Tchaikovsky & Bartók with Veronika Krausas • FRI / OCT 18, LA Phil 2019/20
About This Performance:
Salonen conducts his own latest orchestral work to launch this program, followed by rising star violinist Daniel Lozakovich, hand-picked by Salonen to play the Tchaikovsky. Salonen and the LA Phil also perform one of their signature works, Bartók’s late masterpiece, which shows off every section of the orchestra to full advantage.
Program:
Esa-Pekka SALONEN: Castor (world premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto
BARTÓK: Concerto for Orchestra
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Daniel Lozakovich, piano
FRI / OCT 18, 2019 – 8:00PM
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Oct 11, 2019
Dudamel Conducts Music from the Americas with Thomas Neenan • THU / OCT 10, LA Phil 2019/20
About This Performance:
Dudamel focuses on rousing music from the Americas, including a world premiere – featuring acclaimed Argentine virtuoso Sergio Tiempo – and concluding with the exuberant, infectious rhythms of Copland’s well-loved ballet score.
Program:
CHÁVEZ: Symphony No. 2, "Sinfonía India"
Esteban BENZECRY: Piano Concerto, “Universos infinitos” (world premiere, LA Phil commission)
COPLAND: Fanfare for the Common Man
COPLAND: Rodeo
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Sergio Tiempo, piano
THU / OCT 10, 2019 – 8:00PM
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Oct 4, 2019
Dudamel Conducts Gershwin & Copland with Alan Chapman • FRI / OCT 3, LA Phil 2019/20
KUSC's Alan Chapman is joined by soprano Julia Bullock to discuss the program, which includes masterworks by Gershwin, Copland, Previn, and Barber.
About This Performance:
Dudamel launches our season with the beauty and bravura of masterworks by beloved American composers.
Program:
BARBER Knoxville: Summer of 1915
GERSHWIN Concerto in F
Intermission
PREVIN Can Spring be Far Behind?
COPLAND Appalachian Spring Suite
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Julia Bullock, soprano
FRI / OCT 3, 2019 - 8:00PM
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Jun 15, 2019
ATLAS with Yuval Sharon • FRI / JUN 14, LA Phil 2018/19
About This Performance:
Meredith Monk’s ATLAS receives a staggeringly ambitious new production by the LA Phil's Artist-Collaborator Yuval Sharon, collaborating with visual artist Es Devlin. This landmark work from one of modern music's most influential composers weaves a tale about a young girl's journey to the four corners of our world and beyond. Sharon's production incorporates visual art, movement, and an innovative use of Walt Disney Concert Hall to cap his three-year residency with the orchestra.
Program:
Meredith MONK : ATLAS, an opera in three parts
Artists:
LA Phil New Music Group
Paolo Bortolameolli conductor
Yuval Sharon director
Es Devlin designer
Luke Halls projection designer
Danielle Agami choreographer
Emma Kingsbury costume designer
John Torres lighting designer
Meredith Monk composer / artistic advisor
Katie Geissinger music coach
Wayne Hankin music advisor
Diana Wyenn associate director
Jeannette LoVetri vocal consultant
Mark Grey sound designer
Amalie White ass…
Jun 3, 2019
Dudamel Conducts Mahler’s Eighth with Asadour Santourian • SUN / JUN 2, LA Phil 2018/19
About This Performance:
Dudamel is renowned for his Mahler interpretations, but neither he nor anyone else has performed the monumental “Symphony of a Thousand” inside Walt Disney Concert Hall. Just imagine the huge orchestra, pipe organ and massed choirs in the explosive opening movement, “Come, Creator Spirit.”
Program:
MAHLER : Symphony No. 8
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
Tamara Wilson soprano
Leah Crocetto soprano
Erin Morley soprano
Mihoko Fujimura mezzo-soprano
Tamara Mumford mezzo-soprano
Simon O’Neill tenor
Ryan McKinny baritone
Morris Robinson bass
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Grant Gershon Artistic Director
Pacific Chorale
Robert Istad Artistic Director
Los Angeles Children’s Chorus
Fernando Malvar-Ruiz Artistic Director
National Children’s Chorus
Luke McEndarfer Artistic Director
SUN / JUN 2, 2019 – 2:00PM
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May 27, 2019
Masses by Haydn & Beethoven with Kristi Brown-Montesano • SUN / MAY 26, LA Phil 2018/19
About This Performance:
Performed by Russian pianist Yulianna Avdeeva, Beethoven’s timeless Fourth Concerto, with its extraordinarily poetic slow movement, is followed by Beethoven’s noble and majestic final concerto, played for us by Spanish virtuoso Javier Perianes.
Program:
HAYDN : “Lord Nelson” Mass (Missa in Angustiis) in D minor, Hob. XXII/11
Intermission
BEETHOVEN : Mass in C major, Op. 86
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
Liv Redpath soprano
Anna Larsson mezzo-soprano
David Portillo tenor
Matthias Goerne bass-baritone
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Grant Gershon Artistic Director
SUN / MAY 26, 2019 – 2:00PM
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May 25, 2019
Beethoven: Piano Concertos 4 & 5 with Christian Campos • FRI / MAY 24, LA Phil 2018/19
About This Performance:
Performed by Russian pianist Yulianna Avdeeva, Beethoven’s timeless Fourth Concerto, with its extraordinarily poetic slow movement, is followed by Beethoven’s noble and majestic final concerto, played for us by Spanish virtuoso Javier Perianes.
Program:
BEETHOVEN : Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Intermission
BEETHOVEN : Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 (“Emperor”)
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
Yulianna Avdeeva piano
Javier Perianes piano
FRI / MAY 24, 2019 – 8:00PM
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May 24, 2019
Beethoven: Piano Concertos 4 & 5 with Alan Chapman • THU / MAY 23, LA Phil 2018/19
About This Performance:
Performed by Russian pianist Yulianna Avdeeva, Beethoven’s timeless Fourth Concerto, with its extraordinarily poetic slow movement, is followed by Beethoven’s noble and majestic final concerto, played for us by Spanish virtuoso Javier Perianes.
This performance was made possible by the Elaine and Bram Goldsmith Great Artists Fund.
Program:
BEETHOVEN : Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Intermission
BEETHOVEN : Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 (“Emperor”)
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
Yulianna Avdeeva piano
Javier Perianes piano
THU / MAY 23, 2019 – 8:00PM
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May 20, 2019
Lang Lang & Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 with Christoph Bull • SUN / MAY 19, LA Phil 2018/19
About This Performance:
Dudamel leads Haydn’s magnificent final symphony. Superstar Lang Lang joins in for Beethoven’s first-written, but second-published, piano concerto, a delightful, bracing statement to Vienna that the composer/pianist had arrived.
Program:
BEETHOVEN : Egmont Overture
HAYDN : Symphony No. 104 in D major, “London”
Intermission
BEETHOVEN : Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
Lang Lang piano
SUN / MAY 19, 2019 - 2:00PM
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May 5, 2019
Emanuel Ax Plays Mozart with Thomas Neenan • SAT / MAY 4, LA Phil 2018/2019
About This Performance:
Salonen continues to intrigue us with a program combining late Mozart and early Beethoven.
Program:
MOZART : Piano Concerto No. 22, in E-flat, K. 482
Intermission
Louis ANDRIESSEN : The only one (world premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from MaddocksBrown Fund for New Music)
BEETHOVEN : Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor
Emanuel Ax piano
Nora Fischer vocals
SUN / MAY 5, 2019 - 8:00PM
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Apr 29, 2019
Salonen Conducts Pines of Rome with Kristi Brown-Montesano • SUN / APR 28, 2018/19
About the Performance:
This vivid program of orchestral showpieces contrasts the music of masters of instrumental color and shading, climaxing in Respighi’s popular depiction of Roman pine groves.
The program also includes a work by Donatoni – one of the conductor’s teachers – that Salonen and the LA Phil premiered in 2001. “I love the kaleidoscopic world of Donatoni, the sudden twists and turns and the sheer beauty of the surface of the music,” Salonen said. It also features a showpiece for a widely acclaimed young pianist, the masterpiece Ravel wrote for a pianist who lost his right arm in World War I.
Program:
DEBUSSY : Iberia
RAVEL : Concerto for the Left Hand
Intermission
DONATONI : ESA (In cauda V) (LA Phil commission)
RESPIGHI : Pines of Rome
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor
Igor Levit piano
SUN / APR 28, 2019 - 2:00PM
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Apr 21, 2019
Salonen’s Stravinsky: Myths with Simon Morrison • SAT / APR 20, 2018/19
About the Performance:
Salonen leads two remarkable myth ballets by Stravinsky: Orpheus, the quintessential music myth, and the sensual, sumptuous French setting of Perséphone, goddess of the Underworld. The latter features the surpassing insights and brilliant staging of Peter Sellars.
Program:
STRAVINSKY : Orpheus
STRAVINSKY : Perséphone
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor
Peter Sellars director
Paul Groves tenor
Cécilia Tsan narrator
Amrita Performing Arts, Cambodia
Sam Sathya dancer (Perséphone)
Chumvan Sodhachivy dancer (Déméter)
Nam Narim dancer (Mercure, Démophoon, Triptolème)
Khon Chan Sithyka dancer (Pluton)
James F. Ingalls lighting designer
Helene Siebrits costume designer
Frederick Vogler sound designer
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Grant Gershon Artistic Director
Los Angeles Children’s Chorus
Fernando Malvar-Ruiz Artistic Director
SAT / APR 20, 2019 - 8:00PM
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Apr 15, 2019
Salonen’s Stravinsky: Faith with Thomas Neenan • SUN / APR 14, 2018/19
About the Performance:
For this afternoon only, you’ll hear a fascinating range of Stravinsky’s sacred vocal works.
Program:
STRAVINSKY : Requiem Canticles; Introitus (TS Eliot in Memoriam); In memoriam Dylan Thomas; Mass; Elegy for JFK; Chorale Variations on “Vom Himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her”; Cantata
No Intermission
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor
Andrew Staples tenor
Kelley O’Connor mezzo-soprano
Davóne Tines bass-baritone
Heidi Stober soprano
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Grant Gershon Artistic Director
SUN / APR 14, 2019 - 2:00PM
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Apr 14, 2019
Salonen’s Rite of Spring with Thomas Neenan • SAT / APR 13, 2018/19
About the Performance:
Following Stravinsky’s early memorial for his teacher Rimsky-Korsakov (lost until recently!), Salonen leads two of Stravinsky’s ritualistic ballet scores, concluding with Salonen’s crackling specialty and signature work with the LA Phil, The Rite of Spring.
Program:
STRAVINSKY : Funeral Song
STRAVINSKY : Agon
Intermission
STRAVINSKY : The Rite of Spring
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor
SAT / APR 13, 2019 - 8:00PM
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Apr 8, 2019
Mirga Leads Tchaikovsky & Debussy with Christopher Russell • SUN / APR 7, 2018/19
About the Performance:
Ever-vibrant conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla covers all the bases with this multifaceted program, beginning with Tchaikovsky’s beloved Violin Concerto, featuring the astonishing Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Mirga also leads the latest by much-lauded South Korean composer Unsuk Chin and Debussy’s masterpiece of orchestral color.
This evening’s performance is made possible in part by the generous support of the Kohl Virtuoso Violin Fund.
Program:
TCHAIKOVSKY : Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Intermission
Unsuk CHIN : SPIRA – A Concerto for Orchestra (world premiere, LA Phil commission)
DEBUSSY : La mer
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conductor
Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin
SUN / APR 7, 2019 - 2:00PM
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Apr 8, 2019
Cameron Carpenter with Thomas Neenan • SUN / APR 7, 2018/19
About the Performance:
“Carpenter is one of the rare musicians who changes the game of his instrument… He is a smasher of cultural and classical music taboos. He is technically the most accomplished organist I have ever witnessed… And, most important of all, the most musical.” (Los Angeles Times)
Program:
BACH : Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532
BACH / Cameron CARPENTER : French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816
BACH : Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 544
BACH : In dulci jubilo, BWV 608
BACH : Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543
Intermission
BACH / Cameron CARPENTER : Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
Cameron CARPENTER : Serenade and Fugue on B.A.C.H.
Thomas MELLAN : Ballade de l’Impossible
Cameron CARPENTER : Improvisation
BACH : Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
Artists:
Cameron Carpenter organ
SUN / APR 7, 2019 -7:30PM
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Apr 1, 2019
Gershwin & Ravel with Alan Chapman • SUN / MAR 31, 2018/19
About the Performance:
For one shining moment, Ravel and Gershwin met each other at a New York party in 1928, where they expressed their deep mutual admiration and passion for jazz. Now, two brilliant French artists (and Philharmonic regulars) keep that connection alive with this latter-day meeting of the minds.
Program:
GERSHWIN : Cuban Overture
RAVEL : Piano Concerto in G
Intermission
RAVEL : Valses nobles et sentimentales
GERSHWIN : An American in Paris
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Lionel Bringuier conductor
Hélène Grimaud piano
SUN / MAR 31, 2019 - 2:00PM
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Mar 11, 2019
Dudamel & Yuja Wang with Veronika Krausas • SUN / MAR 10, 2018/19
About the Performance:
The astounding Yuja Wang collaborates with Dudamel to give the first-ever performances of John Adams’ newest piano concerto, paired with Mahler’s beloved song-filled symphony, rife with quintessential Mahlerian touches: nature-inspired lyricism, a funeral march, and explosive crescendos.
Program:
John ADAMS : Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes? (world premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from the Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg Fund)
Intermission
MAHLER : Symphony No. 1
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
Yuja Wang piano
SUN / MAR 10, 2019 - 2:00PM
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Mar 6, 2019
Bryce Dessner’s Triptych (Eyes of One on Another) with Derrick Spiva Jr. • TUE / MAR 5, 2018/19
About the Performance:
This production contains extreme sexually explicit images from the Robert Mapplethorpe collection that may be inappropriate for attendees under 18. Discretion is advised.
Thirty years after the death of Robert Mapplethorpe, we still cannot turn away from what his photos reveal. Composer Bryce Dessner, Librettist Korde Arrington Tuttle, and director Kaneza Schaal in collaboration with Roomful of Teeth and a musical ensemble of 12 players explore the ways Mapplethorpe’s works compel an audience’s complicity and characterizes them in the act of attention. As a young man growing up in Cincinnati, Dessner’s own exposure to the protests surrounding this galvanizing artist rooted a lifelong kinship to his pivotal body of work. Mapplethorpe’s pictures both unite and divide viewers, provoking a consideration of perceived opposites–their literal as well emotional and cultural meanings – Black/White, Male/Female, Gay/Straight, Art/Porn, Classical/Contempor…
Mar 4, 2019
Dudamel Conducts Mahler with Brian Lauritzen • SUN / MAR 3, 2018/19
About the Performance:
Although Mahler did begin composing yet another symphony, his Ninth feels like a valedictory piece, filled as it is with sighing gestures and a time-stopping finale of rumination and resignation. It's hard to overstate the emotions it engenders.
Program:
MAHLER : Symphony No. 9
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
SUN / MAR 3, 2019 - 2:00PM
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Mar 1, 2019
Dudamel Conducts Mahler with Russell Steinberg • THU / FEB 28, 2018/19
About the Performance:
Although Mahler did begin composing yet another symphony, his Ninth feels like a valedictory piece, filled as it is with sighing gestures and a time-stopping finale of rumination and resignation. It's hard to overstate the emotions it engenders.
Program:
MAHLER : Symphony No. 9
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
THU / FEB 28, 2019 - 8:00PM
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Feb 18, 2019
William Grant Still & the Harlem Renaissance: Symphony No. 4 with Ami Motevalli • SUN / FEB 17, 2018/19
About the Performance:
Back in the 1930s, the LA Phil performed William Grant Still’s music conducted by the composer. Now, Thomas Wilkins leads a program combining jazz and orchestral music, including Still’s Fourth Symphony and a new tribute to Still.
Program:
ELLINGTON : Three Black Kings
GERSHWIN : Second Rhapsody
Intermission
Adolphus HAILSTORK : Still Holding On (world premiere, LA Phil commission)
STILL : Symphony No. 4, "Autochthonous"
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Thomas Wilkins conductor
Aaron Diehl piano
SUN / FEB 17, 2019 - 8:00PM
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Feb 10, 2019
Buddha Passion with Daniel Kessner • SAT / FEB 9, 201819
About the Performance:
Following on the stunning success of his Water Passion after St. Matthew, Tan Dun (composer for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) has created another evening-length oratorio, this time based on stories inspired by the Dunhuang Cave paintings.
Program:
Tan DUN : Buddha Passion (U.S. premiere, LA Phil commission*)
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
Sen Guo soprano
Huiling Zhu mezzo-soprano
Kang Wang tenor
Shenyang bass-baritone
Tan Weiwei Female Indigenous Singer
Batubagen Male Indigenous Singer
Chen Yining Fantan Pipa Soloist and Dancer
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Grant Gershon Artistic Director
Los Angeles Children’s Chorus
Fernando Malvar-Ruiz Artistic Director
SAT / FEB 9, 2019 - 8:00PM
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Feb 4, 2019
Paul Jacobs with Thomas Neenan • SUN / FEB 3, 2018/19
About the Performance:
The first organist to ever receive a Grammy® Award, Paul Jacobs has been a frequent and welcome guest at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Known for playing demanding programs without scores, he has memorized the complete works of Messiaen, Bach, Brahms, and Franck.
Program:
John WEAVER : Fantasia for Organ
BACH : Sheep May Safely Graze, BWV 208
BACH : Trio Sonata in E minor, BWV 528
MOZART : Fantasia in F minor, K. 594
IVES : Variations on “America”
Intermission
LISZT : Fantasy and Fugue on “Ad nos, ad salutarem undam”
Artists:
Paul Jacobs organ
SUN / FEB 3, 2019 - 7:30PM
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Feb 1, 2019
Britten & Strauss with Christopher Russell • FRI / FEB 1, 2018/19
About the Performance:
Britten’s masterful Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings spotlights the brilliance of our own Principal Horn, Australian Andrew Bain, a world-leading horn player. The monumental fanfare that begins Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra was made famous by its role in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Program:
BRITTEN : Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
BRITTEN : Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings. Op. 31
Intermission
STRAUSS : Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Simone Young conductor
Michael Slattery tenor
Andrew Bain horn
FRI / FEB 1, 2019 - 8:00PM
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Jan 25, 2019
Celebrating John Williams with Conrad Pope • THU / JAN 24, 2018/19
About the Performance:
Anyone who appreciates the iconic film scores of John Williams will be transported when Gustavo leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in this emblematic sampling of Williams’ unforgettable themes, augmented by a selection of film clips.
Program:
John WILLIAMS : Olympic Fanfare and Theme
John WILLIAMS : Excerpts from Close Encounters of the Third Kind
John WILLIAMS : Out to Sea/Shark Cage Fugue fromJaws
John WILLIAMS : Three Selections from Harry Potter
John WILLIAMS : Theme from Schindler’s List
John WILLIAMS : Adventures on Earth from E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Intermission
John WILLIAMS : Flight to Neverland from Hook
John WILLIAMS : Theme from Jurassic Park
John WILLIAMS : Three Selections from Indiana Jones
John WILLIAMS : Sayuri’s Theme from Memoirs of a Geisha
John WILLIAMS : Three Selections from Star Wars
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
Simone Porter violin
THU / JAN…
Jan 19, 2019
Turangalîla Symphony with Veronika Krausas • FRI / JAN 18, 2018/19
About the Performance:
Every detail of Olivier Messiaen's sensual and opulent orchestral lovefest will be delineated by Susanna Mälkki – an unforgettable and overwhelming sonic experience.
Program:
Kaija SAARIAHO : Trans for harp and orchestra (U.S. premiere)
Intermission
MESSIAEN : Turangalîla Symphony
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Susanna Mälkki conductor
Xavier de Maistre harp
Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano
Cynthia Millar ondes martenot
FRI / JAN 18, 2019 - 8:00PM
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Jan 7, 2019
Mehta’s Brahms: Symphony No. 4 with Thomas Neenan • SUN / JAN 6, LA Phil 2018/19
About the Performance:
Brahms’ last completed orchestral work, his magnificent Double Concerto – featuring Pinchas Zukerman and his wife Amanda Forsyth – is followed on this program by Brahms’ tragic and noble final symphony, from which Mehta will extract every iota of Romantic fervor.
Mehta's Brahms: Symphony No. 4 is supported by an Edgerton Foundation grant.
Program:
BRAHMS : Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102
Intermission
BRAHMS : Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta conductor
Pinchas Zukerman violin
Amanda Forsyth cello
SUN / JAN 6, 2019 - 2:00PM
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Dec 16, 2018
Mehta’s Brahms: Symphony No. 2 with Russell Steinberg • SAT / DEC 15, 2018/19
About the Performance:
In this program of Brahms contrasts, the epic, many layered four-movement Second Piano Concerto is paired with the delightful and lyrical Second Symphony. Bronfman and Mehta will revel in this music.
Program:
BRAHMS : Piano Concerto No. 2
Intermission
BRAHMS : Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta conductor
Yefim Bronfman piano
SAT / DEC 15, 2018 - 8:00PM
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Dec 15, 2018
Mehta’s Brahms: Symphony No. 1 with Alan Chapman • FRI / DEC 14, 2018/19
About the Performance:
Zubin Mehta launches his Brahms Cycle with the rich, roiling waves of power that are the First Piano Concerto and First Symphony. Joining in is enduring Philharmonic friend and pianistic dynamo Yefim Bronfman.
Program:
BRAHMS : Piano Concerto No. 1
Intermission
BRAHMS : Symphony No. 1
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta conductor
Yefim Bronfman piano
FRI / DEC 14, 2018 - 8:00PM
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Dec 10, 2018
Tchaikovsky & Ives with MTT with Thomas Neenan • SUN / DEC 9, 2018/19
About the Performance:
Music by composers near to Michael Tilson Thomas’ heart make up this program, beginning with the Romantic beauties of Tchaikovsky in his extremely popular tribute to Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers. The Russian composer displayed his abiding love for the music of Mozart with his Variations on a Rococo Theme – a brief, elegant concerto for cello and orchestra. One of the world’s leading cellists, French virtuoso Gautier Capuçon, will dispatch its challenges with utter charm and grace.
American maverick Charles Ives’ rarely performed, mighty and massive Holidays Symphony contains four movements – Washington’s Birthday; Decoration Day; The Fourth of July; and Thanksgiving & Forefathers’ Day – that coincide with the seasons, starting with winter. Composed over 16 years, the piece mashes up familiar hymn tunes, marches, and songs from the composer’s New England childhood, creating moody, unexpected atmospheres in the extraordinary, visiona…
Dec 3, 2018
MTT and Tchaikovsky 6 with Russell Steinberg • SUN / DEC 2, 2018/19
About the Performance:
L.A.’s own Michael Tilson Thomas partners with the orchestra for his own latest work, followed by the passionate emotional depths of Tchaikovsky’s “Pathétique.”
Program:
Michael TILSON THOMAS : Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind
Intermission
TCHAIKOVSKY : Symphony No. 6, "Pathétique"
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Michael Tilson Thomas conductor
Measha Brueggergosman mezzo-soprano
SUN / DEC 2, 2018 - 2:00PM
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Nov 26, 2018
Stanley Kubrick’s Sound Odyssey with Bernardo Rondeau • SAT / NOV 25, 2018/19
About the Performance:
Combining film clips with live performances of the scores, we bring to life the iconic music chosen by late legendary director Stanley Kubrick – from Beethoven to Penderecki.
By Arrangement with Warner Bros. Pictures
Program:
Various composers : Selections from 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Barry Lyndon, and Eyes Wide Shut
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Jessica Cottis conductor
Malcolm McDowell host
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Grant Gershon Artistic Director
SUN / NOV 25, 2018 - 2:00PM
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Nov 19, 2018
Cameron Carpenter Plays Saint-Saëns with Christopher Russell • SUN / NOV 18, 2018/19
About the Performance:
The colorful, iconoclastic Cameron Carpenter shows off Walt Disney Concert Hall’s awe-inspiring pipe organ with the crushing power chords of Poulenc’s idiosyncratic Concerto and Saint-Saëns’ beloved, melody-rich Third Symphony.
Program:
Christopher CERRONE : The Insects Became Magnetic (World premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting)
POULENC : Organ Concerto
Intermission
SAINT-SAËNS : Symphony No. 3, “Organ”
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Roderick Cox conductor
Cameron Carpenter organ
SUN / NOV 18, 2018 - 2:00PM
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Nov 12, 2018
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra with Derrick Spiva Jr. • SUN / NOV 11, LA Phil 2018/19
About the Performance:
One of the wonders of the world, Daniel Barenboim’s West-Eastern Divan Orchestra brings together young musicians from Egypt, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, and Spain to make music at the highest level.
Program:
STRAUSS: Don Quixote
Intermission
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5
Artists:
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim conductor
Kian Soltani cello
Miriam Manasherov viola
SUN / NOV 11, 2018 - 7:30PM
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Nov 10, 2018
The Tempest with Veronika Krausas • FRI / NOV 9, LA Phil 2018/19
About the Performance:
For this major production with director Barry Edelstein and The Old Globe – featuring a cast of 27 actors, singers, and dancers – Susanna Mälkki conducts Sibelius’ evocative music for Shakespeare’s mysterious masterpiece about a shipwreck on a magical island.
Program:
SIBELIUS and SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
The Old Globe
Susanna Mälkki conductor
Barry Edelstein Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Grant Gershon artistic director
Patrick McCollum choreographer
Mark Wendland set designer
Judith Dolan costume designer
Japhy Weideman lighting designer
Jonathan Burke sound designer
Jeff Sugg video designer
Tracy Lilienfield C.S.A, casting director
Joshua Pilote production stage manager
Lindsay Lowy assistant stage manager
Michelle Blair assistant stage manager
Lior Ashkenazi Prospero
Kevin Cahoon Trinculo
Grantham Coleman Ferdinand
Audrey Corsa Miranda
Michael Genet Alon…
Nov 5, 2018
Mälkki Conducts Mahler’s 5th with Asadour Santourian • SUN / NOV 4, LA Phil 2018/19
About the Performance:
One of music’s towering figures, Steve Reich has composed a new work for our Centennial that is sure to be unforgettable under Principal Guest Conductor Susanna Mälkki. To complete the program, she reveals the vast emotional landscape that is Mahler’s Fifth.
Program:
Steve REICH: Music for Ensemble and Orchestra (world premiere, LA Phil co-commission with generous support from Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg)
Intermission
MAHLER: Symphony No. 5
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Susanna Mälkki conductor
SUN / NOV 4, 2018 - 2:00PM
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Nov 1, 2018
Halloween Organ & Film: Nosferatu with Alan Chapman • WED / OCT 31, 2018/19
About the Performance:
Organist Clark Wilson provides chills and thrills to accompany the silent classic Nosferatu, the first film adaptation of Dracula.
Program:
Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horror
Artists:
Clark Wilson organ
WED / OCT 31, 2018 - 8:00PM
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Oct 28, 2018
Beethoven’s Fifth with Eric Bromberger • SAT / OCT 27, 2018/19
About the Performance:
Don’t miss the iconic energy and inexorable power of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, preceded by the extraordinary Jean-Yves Thibaudet performing Saint-Saëns’ elegantly glittering Fifth Piano Concerto.
Program:
KNUSSEN: O Hototogisu! fragment of a Japonisme(U.S. premiere)
SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No. 5, “Egyptian”
Intermission
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Paolo Bortolameolli conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano
Kiera Duffy soprano
Denis Bouriakov flute
SAT / OCT 27, 2018 - 8:00PM
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Oct 22, 2018
Romeo & Juliet with Veronika Krausas • SUN / OCT 21, 2018/19
About the Performance:
Innovative choreographer and L.A. Dance Project Artistic Director Benjamin Millepied joins Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil, bringing to vivid life the famous balcony scene from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet - one of dance’s most evocative and vibrant scores – in collaboration with L.A. Dance Project.
Program:
PROKOFIEV: Romeo and Juliet, complete ballet, Op. 64
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
Benjamin Millepied choreographer
L.A. Dance Project
SUN / OCT 21, 2018 - 2:00PM
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Oct 10, 2018
LA Fest: LA’s Newest Music with Andrew Norman • TUE / OCT 9, 2018/19
About the Performance:
Dudamel takes the podium on the first night of our new-music series to showcase our own virtuosos and leading lights of Southern California’s living music scene, including a new Garden installation by composer and sound artist Ellen Reid.
(*World premiere, LA Phil commission)
Program:
Ethan BRAUN: The Lost Ones*
Natacha DIELS: Laughing to Forget* (with generous support from the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation)
Daniel ALLAS: to be tender* (with generous support from Nancy S. and Barry Sanders)
Intermission
Tina TALLON: …for we who keep our lives in our throats…* (with generous support from the Hillenburg Family)
Carolyn CHEN: The Sleeper and the Drinker* (with generous support from the Deborah Borda Women in the Arts Initiative)
Artists:
LA Phil New Music Group
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
Paolo Bortolameolli conductor
Nuno Coelho conductor
Boris Allakhverdyan clarinet
Denis Bouriakov flute
Nathan Cole violin
Andrew Norman cur…
Oct 8, 2018
LA Fest: Dudamel Kicks Off the 100th Season with Jaebon Hwang • SUN / OCT 7, 2018/19
About the Performance:
We kick off the LA Fest festival with the ultimate L.A.-centric piece, Salonen’s breakthrough work. Soloists for the Beethoven are our own Philharmonic principals, and Dudamel concludes the evening with a major new work by L.A.- based composer Andrew Norman, already a winner of the prestigious Grawemeyer Award.
Program:
Esa-Pekka SALONEN: LA Variations
BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C major, Op. 56
Intermission
Andrew NORMAN: Sustain(World premiere, LA Phil co-commission with generous support from Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg)
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
Martin Chalifour violin
Robert deMaine cello
Joanne Pearce Martin piano
SUN / OCT 7, 2018 - 2:00PM
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Oct 5, 2018
LA Fest: Dudamel Kicks Off the 100th Season with Kristi Brown-Montesano • THU / OCT 4, 2018/19
About the Performance:
We kick off the LA Fest festival with the ultimate L.A.-centric piece, Salonen’s breakthrough work. Soloists for the Beethoven are our own Philharmonic principals, and Dudamel concludes the evening with a major new work by L.A.- based composer Andrew Norman, already a winner of the prestigious Grawemeyer Award.
Program:
Esa-Pekka SALONEN: LA Variations
BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C major, Op. 56
Intermission
Andrew NORMAN: Sustain(World premiere, LA Phil co-commission with generous support from Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg)
Artists:
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
Martin Chalifour violin
Robert deMaine cello
Joanne Pearce Martin piano
THU / OCT 4, 2018 - 8:00PM
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Oct 23, 2017
Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Eric Bromberger • SUN / OCT 22, 2017/18
About the Performance:
One of the world’s most honored orchestras and its revered Music Director delight the Brahms lover with the two warm, buoyant middle symphonies.
Program:
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
Artists:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra musician
Riccardo Muti conductor
SUN / OCT 22, 2017 - 7:30PM
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Oct 20, 2017
Mirga Conducts Mahler with Eric Bromberger • THU / OCT 19, 2017/18
Concert: Mirga Conducts Mahler
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Eric Bromberger received his Ph.D. in American Literature from UCLA and taught literature and writing courses at Bates College (Lewiston, ME) and San Diego State University. A violinist, he joined the La Jolla Symphony Orchestra in 1980 and began writing the orchestra’s program notes the following year. Those notes drew the attention of presenters and performers, and soon he was able to quit his day job and devote himself to his first love, music. He is presently program annotator for the Minnesota Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, Washington Performing Arts at the Kennedy Center, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, 92nd Street Y in Ne…
Oct 18, 2017
CDMX: New Music from Mexico with Veronika Krausas • TUE / OCT 17, 2017/18
Concert: CDMX: New Music from Mexico (Contemporary Mexico)
Upbeat Live provides historical and cultural context for many concerts, featuring engaging speakers, audio examples, and special guests. These events are free to ticket holders and are held in BP Hall, on the second floor, accessible after your ticket is scanned. For more information: laphil.com/upbeatlive
About the Speaker:
Of Lithuanian heritage, composer Veronika Krausas was born in Australia raised in Canada, and lives in Los Angeles. She has directed, composed for, and produced multi-media events that incorporate her works with dance, acrobatics and video. The Globe & Mail (Toronto) writes “her works, whose organic, lyrical sense of storytelling are supported by a rigid formal elegance, give her audiences a sense that nature’s frozen objects are springing to life.”
She was one of 6 composers involved in the acclaimed mobile opera Hopscotch. Alex Ross of the New Yorker called Hopscotch, “a remarkable experimenta…
Oct 9, 2017
Jean-Baptiste Robin in Recital with Thomas Neenan • SUN / OCT 8, 2017/18
Concert: Jean-Baptiste Robin in Recital
Upbeat Live provides historical and cultural context for many concerts, featuring engaging speakers, audio examples, and special guests. These events are free to ticket holders and are held in BP Hall, on the second floor, accessible after your ticket is scanned. For more information: laphil.com/upbeatlive
About the Speaker:
Thomas Neenan is Lecturer in Music History and Music Theory at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena where he teaches a full range of courses devoted to history, theory, music appreciation, jazz history, opera, and special topics.
Neenan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Organ Performance from Cal-State Northridge and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Organ Performance Practices and Conducting from UCLA where he was named an Outstanding Graduate Student. He studied organ with David Britton and Thomas Harmon in the U.S. and Ernst-Ulrich von Kameke and Jean Langlais in Europe.
As a recital organist, he has performed…
Sep 30, 2017
Mozart 1791: Final Piano Concerto with Bruce Alan Brown • FRI / SEP 29, 2017/18
Concert: Mozart 1791 - Final Piano Concerto
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Jun 14, 2017
Upbeat Live - June 13, 2017: Eva Soltes re: Young Caesar
Concert: Young Caesar
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About the Speaker:
Eva Soltes is a prolific performing arts producer, dancer, and documentarian, who has championed the work of gifted artists and underserved art forms for decades.
She is the Founder/ Director of Harrison House Music, Arts & Ecology, a residency/performance program based in the late Lou Harrison’s straw bale retreat in Joshua Tree, California. Soltes enjoyed a multi-faceted personal and professional relationship with Lou Harrison that spanned nearly 30 years. During that time she developed a large body of media on the composer, culminating in her featurelength documentary, LOU HARRISON: A World of Music, which has been called “wizardly…
Jun 3, 2017
Upbeat Live - June 2, 2017: Asadour Santourian re: Bartók Cycle with Dudamel & Yuja Wang
Concert: Bartók Cycle with Dudamel and Yuja Wang
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About the Speaker:
Asadour Santourian, vice president for artistic administration and artistic advisor of the Aspen Music Festival and School, has been with the AMFS since 2003. He has developed the season themes and other artistic initiatives, including the Overtures series and the thematic minifestivals. In his time the AMFS has garnered seven ASCAP Awards for Adventuresome Programming of Contemporary Music. Previously artistic director of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the Gergiev Festival in Rotterdam, he is a member of the recommendation board of the Avery Fisher Career Grants among others and has served on numerous…
May 22, 2017
Upbeat Live - May 21, 2017: Christoph Bull re: Organ Recital: Iveta Apkalna
Concert: Organ Recital: Iveta Apkalna
Upbeat Live provides historical and cultural context for many concerts, featuring engaging speakers, audio examples, and special guests. These events are free to ticket holders and are held in BP Hall, on the second floor, accessible after your ticket is scanned. For more information: laphil.com/upbeatlive
About the Speaker:
Born in Mannheim, Germany, Christoph Bull has performed and recorded around the world, including France, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, Northern Ireland, Russia, India, Taiwan and El Salvador, at national and regional conventions of the American Guild of Organists and at venues such as Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Lincoln Center in New York City, Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa, the Cathedrals of Moscow, Saint-Denis and Salzburg as well as rock clubs like The Viper Room, The Roxy and The Whisky in Los Angeles. He’s collaborated with leading orchestras, conductors, choirs and ensembles including the Los An…
May 21, 2017
Upbeat Live - May 20, 2017: Dr. Lorraine Byrne Bodley re: Schubert Symphonies / Mahler Songs 8 & 9
Concert: Schubert Symphonies / Mahler Songs 8 & 9
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About the Speaker:
Lorraine Byrne Bodley is Senior Lecturer in Musicology and Director of Research at Maynooth University. She holds a PhD in both Music and German from University College Dublin (2000). Dr Byrne Bodley is the first woman in Ireland to be conferred with a DMUS in Musicology, a higher doctorate on published work (NUI, 2012) and the second woman in Ireland to be awarded a DMUS (the first was Annie Patterson in 1889). Recent awards and fellowships include two DAAD Senior Academic Awards (2010 and 2014); a Gerda-Henkel Foundation Scholarship (2014); two Visiting Professorships at the University of Leipzig (2010) and at…
May 13, 2017
Upbeat Live - May 12, 2017: James Sobaskie re: Schubert Symphonies / Mahler Songs 3 & 4
Concert: Schubert Symphonies / Mahler Songs 3 & 4
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About the Speaker:
James William Sobaskie earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of Minnesota, as well as a doctorate at the University of Wisconsin. Today he is an associate professor at Mississippi State University, where he teaches music theory and composition. Dr. Sobaskie serves on the Editorial Board of Nineteenth-Century Music Review, a musicological journal published by Cambridge University Press, and he has been its Book Reviews Editor since 2008. His research focuses on Franz Schubert and Gabriel Fauré, and he has given presentations on their music in Belgium, Canada, England, France, Greece, Irelan…
Apr 29, 2017
Upbeat Live - April 28, 2017: Thomas Neenan re: The Best of Wagner’s Ring
Concert: The Best of Wagner’s Ring
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About the Speaker:
Thomas Neenan is Lecturer in Music History and Music Theory at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena where he teaches a full range of courses devoted to history, theory, music appreciation, jazz history, opera, and special topics.
Neenan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Organ Performance from Cal-State Northridge and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Organ Performance Practices and Conducting from UCLA where he was named an Outstanding Graduate Student. He studied organ with David Britton and Thomas Harmon in the U.S. and Ernst-Ulrich von Kameke and Jean Langlais in Europe.
As a recital organist, he has performed in…
Apr 21, 2017
Upbeat Live - April 20, 2017: Alan Chapman re: From the New World
Concert: From the New World
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Alan Chapman is heard weekdays on Classical KUSC (91.5 FM). He also produces and hosts “Modern Times” on Saturday nights and “A Musical Offering,” a program of Baroque music Sunday mornings. He was a longtime Professor of Music at Occidental College and served as a Visiting Professor at UCLA and UC Santa Barbara. In recent years he has been a member of the music theory faculty of the Colburn Conservatory. Well known as a pre-concert lecturer, he has been a regular speaker on the Upbeat Live series since its inception in 1984. He also works closely with the Los Angeles Master Chorale and Pacific Symphony, and has been heard glo…
Apr 18, 2017
Upbeat Live - April 17, 2017: Árni Heimir Ingólfsson re: Reykjavík Festival: Jóhann Jóhannsson
Concert: Reykjavík Festival: Jóhann Jóhannsson
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Árni Heimir Ingólfsson is Iceland’s leading musicologist and a renowned pianist, choral conductor, and music educator. Born in Reykjavík, he majored in piano performance and music history at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and received his PhD in musicology from Harvard University. He is currently Associate/Visiting Professor of Musicology at the Iceland Academy of the Arts, as well as being Artistic Advisor for the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.
Ingólfsson has devoted much of his career to researching Icelandic music history. He has published widely in Icelandic and English, including an article published…
Apr 16, 2017
Upbeat Live - April 15, 2017: Árni Heimir Ingólfsson re: Reykjavík Festival: Sigur Rós & LA Phil
Concert: Reykjavík Festival: Sigur Rós & LA Phil Night 3
Upbeat Live provides historical and cultural context for many concerts, featuring engaging speakers, audio examples, and special guests. These events are free to ticket holders and are held in BP Hall, on the second floor, accessible after your ticket is scanned. For more information: laphil.com/upbeatlive
About the Speaker:
Árni Heimir Ingólfsson is Iceland’s leading musicologist and a renowned pianist, choral conductor, and music educator. Born in Reykjavík, he majored in piano performance and music history at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and received his PhD in musicology from Harvard University. He is currently Associate/Visiting Professor of Musicology at the Iceland Academy of the Arts, as well as being Artistic Advisor for the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.
Ingólfsson has devoted much of his career to researching Icelandic music history. He has published widely in Icelandic and English, including an article…
Apr 12, 2017
Upbeat Live - April 11, 2017: Árni Heimir Ingólfsson re: Green Umbrella: Contemporary Iceland
Concert: Green Umbrella: Contemporary Iceland
Upbeat Live provides historical and cultural context for many concerts, featuring engaging speakers, audio examples, and special guests. These events are free to ticket holders and are held in BP Hall, on the second floor, accessible after your ticket is scanned. For more information: laphil.com/upbeatlive
About the Speaker:
Árni Heimir Ingólfsson is Iceland’s leading musicologist and a renowned pianist, choral conductor, and music educator. Born in Reykjavík, he majored in piano performance and music history at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and received his PhD in musicology from Harvard University. He is currently Associate/Visiting Professor of Musicology at the Iceland Academy of the Arts, as well as being Artistic Advisor for the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.
Ingólfsson has devoted much of his career to researching Icelandic music history. He has published widely in Icelandic and English, including an article published by…
Apr 7, 2017
Upbeat Live - April 6, 2017: Veronika Krausas re: Salonen & Sibelius
Concert: Salonen & Sibelius
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About the Speaker:
Of Lithuanian heritage, composer Veronika Krausas was born in Australia raised in Canada, and lives in Los Angeles. She has directed, composed for, and produced multi-media events that incorporate her works with dance, acrobatics and video. The Globe & Mail (Toronto) writes “her works, whose organic, lyrical sense of storytelling are supported by a rigid formal elegance, give her audiences a sense that nature’s frozen objects are springing to life.”
She was one of 6 composers involved in the acclaimed mobile opera Hopscotch. Alex Ross of the New Yorker called Hopscotch, “a remarkable experimental opera.” Her first opera, Th…
Apr 3, 2017
Upbeat Live - April 2, 2017: Veronika Krausas re: Mirga Conducts Mozart & Haydn
Concert: Mirga Conducts Mozart & Haydn
Upbeat Live provides historical and cultural context for many concerts, featuring engaging speakers, audio examples, and special guests. These events are free to ticket holders and are held in BP Hall, on the second floor, accessible after your ticket is scanned. For more information: laphil.com/upbeatlive
About the Speaker:
Of Lithuanian heritage, composer Veronika Krausas was born in Australia raised in Canada, and lives in Los Angeles. She has directed, composed for, and produced multi-media events that incorporate her works with dance, acrobatics and video. The Globe & Mail (Toronto) writes “her works, whose organic, lyrical sense of storytelling are supported by a rigid formal elegance, give her audiences a sense that nature’s frozen objects are springing to life.”
She was one of 6 composers involved in the acclaimed mobile opera Hopscotch. Alex Ross of the New Yorker called Hopscotch, “a remarkable experimental opera.” Her firs…
Apr 3, 2017
Upbeat Live - April 2, 2017: Christoph Bull re: Organ Recital: Felix Hell
Concert: Organ Recital: Felix Hell
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About the Speaker:
Born in Mannheim, Germany, Christoph Bull has performed and recorded around the world, including France, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, Northern Ireland, Russia, India, Taiwan and El Salvador, at national and regional conventions of the American Guild of Organists and at venues such as Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Lincoln Center in New York City, Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa, the Cathedrals of Moscow, Saint-Denis and Salzburg as well as rock clubs like The Viper Room, The Roxy and The Whisky in Los Angeles. He’s collaborated with leading orchestras, conductors, choirs and ensembles including the Los Angel…
Mar 26, 2017
Upbeat Live - March 25, 2017: Christian Campos re: Tetzlaff Plays Dvořák
Concert: Tetzlaff Plays Dvořák
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Los Angeles native Christian Campos is managing artistic director of the Horizon Music Group. Under Campos’ stewardship, the ensemble has collaborated with the Cincinnati Boychoir (Bach cantatas), Long Beach Camerata Singers (Handel’s Messiah), Pacific Chorale (Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna), and Bach Collegium San Diego (Bach’s St. John Passion). Campos has performed at the Oregon, Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Whittier College Bach Festivals. His conducting style has been described as “expressive, varied and tuned perfectly with the music” (Long Beach Grunion Gazette).
Campos graduated from DePauw University where he stud…
Mar 19, 2017
Upbeat Live - March 18, 2017: Russell Steinberg re: Thibaudet Plays "The Mysteries of Light"
Concert: Thibaudet Plays "The Mysteries of Light"
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Composer, conductor, performer, and lecturer Russell Steinberg received a Ph.D. in Music from Harvard University, an M.M. from the New England Conservatory, and a B.A. from UCLA. He studied composition most notably with Leon Kirchner, Arthur Berger, Elaine Barkin, and Kenneth Klauss. His works range from solo to chamber to orchestra and have been performed worldwide. His orchestra tone poem Cosmic Dust, commissioned by a tri-consortium of orchestras—the New West Symphony, the Bay Atlantic Symphony, and the Hopkins Symphony—was featured in a Science News Magazine article on the Hubble Space Telescope’s 25th…
Mar 11, 2017
Upbeat Live - March 10, 2017: Eric Bromberger re: Beethoven & Shostakovich
Concert: Beethoven & Shostakovich
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About the Speaker:
Eric Bromberger received his Ph.D. in American Literature from UCLA and taught literature and writing courses at Bates College (Lewiston, ME) and San Diego State University. A violinist, he joined the La Jolla Symphony Orchestra in 1980 and began writing the orchestra’s program notes the following year. Those notes drew the attention of presenters and performers, and soon he was able to quit his day job and devote himself to his first love, music. He is presently program annotator for the Minnesota Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, Washington Performing Arts at the Kennedy Center, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, 92nd Street Y in…
Feb 25, 2017
Upbeat Live - February 24, 2017: Daniel Kessner re: Hélène Grimaud Plays Brahms
Concert: Hélène Grimaud Plays Brahms
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About the Speaker:
Composer-flutist-conductor Daniel Kessner received his Ph.D. with Distinction at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1971, studying with Henri Lazarof. His more than 140 compositions have received over 800 performances worldwide, and 28 works are recorded commercially. Most of his scores are available from Theodore Front Musical Literature at tfront.com.
Kessner’s most important awards include the Queen Marie-José International Composition Prize in Geneva (1972), a 2003 Fulbright Senior Scholar Award to lecture and perform at the Musikhochschule in Trossingen, Germany, a Fulbright Senior Specialist Grant to pe…
Feb 12, 2017
Upbeat Live - February 11, 2017: Veronika Krausas re: Dances of Death
Concert: Dances of Death
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About the Speaker:
Of Lithuanian heritage, composer Veronika Krausas was born in Australia raised in Canada, and lives in Los Angeles. She has directed, composed for, and produced multi-media events that incorporate her works with dance, acrobatics and video. The Globe & Mail (Toronto) writes “her works, whose organic, lyrical sense of storytelling are supported by a rigid formal elegance, give her audiences a sense that nature’s frozen objects are springing to life.”
She was one of 6 composers involved in the acclaimed mobile opera Hopscotch. Alex Ross of the New Yorker called Hopscotch, “a remarkable experimental opera.” Her first opera, The M…
Feb 6, 2017
Upbeat Live - February 5, 2017: Thomas Neenan re: Organ Recital: James McVinnie and Guests
Concert: Organ Recital: James McVinnie and Guests
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About the Speaker:
Thomas Neenan is Lecturer in Music History and Music Theory at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena where he teaches a full range of courses devoted to history, theory, music appreciation, jazz history, opera, and special topics.
Neenan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Organ Performance from Cal-State Northridge and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Organ Performance Practices and Conducting from UCLA where he was named an Outstanding Graduate Student. He studied organ with David Britton and Thomas Harmon in the U.S. and Ernst-Ulrich von Kameke and Jean Langlais in Europe.
As a recital organist, he has…
Feb 3, 2017
Upbeat Live - February 2, 2017: Asadour Santourian re: Romeo and Juliet with Dudamel
Concert: Romeo and Juliet with Dudamel
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About the Speaker:
Asadour Santourian, vice president for artistic administration and artistic advisor of the Aspen Music Festival and School, has been with the AMFS since 2003. He has developed the season themes and other artistic initiatives, including the Overtures series and the thematic minifestivals. In his time the AMFS has garnered seven ASCAP Awards for Adventuresome Programming of Contemporary Music. Previously artistic director of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the Gergiev Festival in Rotterdam, he is a member of the recommendation board of the Avery Fisher Career Grants among others and has served on numerous competition…
Jan 29, 2017
Upbeat Live - January 28, 2017: Russell Steinberg re: Dudamel & Emanuel Ax
Concert: Dudamel & Emanuel Ax
Upbeat Live provides historical and cultural context for many concerts, featuring engaging speakers, audio examples, and special guests. These events are free to ticket holders and are held in BP Hall, on the second floor, accessible after your ticket is scanned. For more information: laphil.com/upbeatlive
About the Speaker:
Composer, conductor, performer, and lecturer Russell Steinberg received a Ph.D. in Music from Harvard University, an M.M. from the New England Conservatory, and a B.A. from UCLA. He studied composition most notably with Leon Kirchner, Arthur Berger, Elaine Barkin, and Kenneth Klauss. His works range from solo to chamber to orchestra and have been performed worldwide. His orchestra tone poem Cosmic Dust, commissioned by a tri-consortium of orchestras—the New West Symphony, the Bay Atlantic Symphony, and the Hopkins Symphony—was featured in a Science News Magazine article on the Hubble Space Telescope’s 25th anniversary and has…
Jan 20, 2017
Upbeat Live - January 19, 2017: Alan Chapman re: Gil Shaham Plays Prokofiev
Concert: Gil Shaham Plays Prokofiev
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About the Speaker:
Alan Chapman is heard weekdays on Classical KUSC (91.5 FM). He also produces and hosts “Modern Times” on Saturday nights and “A Musical Offering,” a program of Baroque music Sunday mornings. He was a longtime Professor of Music at Occidental College and served as a Visiting Professor at UCLA and UC Santa Barbara. In recent years he has been a member of the music theory faculty of the Colburn Conservatory. Well known as a pre-concert lecturer, he has been a regular speaker on the Upbeat Live series since its inception in 1984. He also works closely with the Los Angeles Master Chorale and Pacific Symphony, and has been h…
Jan 18, 2017
Upbeat Live - January 17, 2017: Veronika Krausas re: Green Umbrella: All-Reich
Concert: Green Umbrella: All-Reich
Upbeat Live provides historical and cultural context for many concerts, featuring engaging speakers, audio examples, and special guests. These events are free to ticket holders and are held in BP Hall, on the second floor, accessible after your ticket is scanned. For more information: laphil.com/upbeatlive
About the Speaker:
Of Lithuanian heritage, composer Veronika Krausas was born in Australia raised in Canada, and lives in Los Angeles. She has directed, composed for, and produced multi-media events that incorporate her works with dance, acrobatics and video. The Globe & Mail (Toronto) writes “her works, whose organic, lyrical sense of storytelling are supported by a rigid formal elegance, give her audiences a sense that nature’s frozen objects are springing to life.”
She was one of 6 composers involved in the acclaimed mobile opera Hopscotch. Alex Ross of the New Yorker called Hopscotch, “a remarkable experimental opera.” Her first op…
Jan 16, 2017
Upbeat Live - January 15, 2017: Eric Bromberger re: Mehta & Shankar
Concert: Mehta & Shankar
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About the Speaker:
Eric Bromberger received his Ph.D. in American Literature from UCLA and taught literature and writing courses at Bates College (Lewiston, ME) and San Diego State University. A violinist, he joined the La Jolla Symphony Orchestra in 1980 and began writing the orchestra’s program notes the following year. Those notes drew the attention of presenters and performers, and soon he was able to quit his day job and devote himself to his first love, music. He is presently program annotator for the Minnesota Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, Washington Performing Arts at the Kennedy Center, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, 92nd Street Y in New York…
Jan 6, 2017
Upbeat Live - January 5, 2017: Russell Steinberg re: Tchaikovsky & Sibelius
Concert: Tchaikovsky & Sibelius
Upbeat Live provides historical and cultural context for many concerts, featuring engaging speakers, audio examples, and special guests. These events are free to ticket holders and are held in BP Hall, on the second floor, accessible after your ticket is scanned. For more information: laphil.com/upbeatlive
About the Speaker:
Composer, conductor, performer, and lecturer Russell Steinberg received a Ph.D. in Music from Harvard University, an M.M. from the New England Conservatory, and a B.A. from UCLA. He studied composition most notably with Leon Kirchner, Arthur Berger, Elaine Barkin, and Kenneth Klauss. His works range from solo to chamber to orchestra and have been performed worldwide. His orchestra tone poem Cosmic Dust, commissioned by a tri-consortium of orchestras—the New West Symphony, the Bay Atlantic Symphony, and the Hopkins Symphony—was featured in a Science News Magazine article on the Hubble Space Telescope’s 25th anniversary and ha…