Slatkin conducts Gershwin and Marsalis

Walt Disney Concert Hall

Last Modified: May 14, 2012

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Artists

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

Program

Listen Program Notes

Gershwin: An American in Paris Gershwin: Prelude for Piano no. 2 Program Notes

Marsalis: Swing Symphony (West Coast premiere, LAPA commission) Program Notes

Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No. 1 Program Notes

About This Performance

One of the most recognizable trumpeters in the world, Wynton Marsalis has received innumerable accolades and awards (including a Pulitzer and multiple Grammys). The excitement around a major new work by this artist cannot, and need not, be exaggerated.

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Saturday, February 12, 2011 - 7:00pm

Veronika Krausas

Veronika Krausas, composer and Professor at Thornton School of Music at USC.

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