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2019/20 Walt Disney Concert Hall

Saturday Evenings 1 (SA1)

This wonderful Saturday night series features three past and present music directors, including three programs conducted by Gustavo Dudamel: beloved American composers, Ives and Dvořák, and the gargantuan Gurrelieder. Even our dynamic Principal Guest Conductor, Susanna Mälkki, is represented, leading The Planets.

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Dudamel Conducts Gershwin & Copland

Beauty and bravura by American masters.

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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
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Salonen & Sibelius

Soprano Golda Schultz joins Salonen for Sibelius’ evocative "Luonnotar."

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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
  • Golda Schultz, soprano
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Tchaikovsky & Copland with MTT

Experience the dynamic Trifonov playing Tchaikovsky’s quintessential Romantic piano concerto.

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Program

    • RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
    Dubinushka
    • TCHAIKOVSKY
    Piano Concerto No. 1
  • Intermission
    • COPLAND
    Symphony No. 3

Artists

  • Los Angeles Philharmonic
  • Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
  • Daniil Trifonov, piano
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Mehta Conducts Wagner & More

Highlights from The Twilight of the Gods, followed by early modernist works.

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Program

    • WAGNER
    Götterdämmerung: Rhine Journey
    • WAGNER
    Götterdämmerung: Funeral Music
    • WAGNER
    Götterdämmerung: Immolation Scene
  • Intermission
    • SCHOENBERG
    Chamber Symphony No. 1
    • WEBERN
    Six Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6
    • WEBERN
    Concerto for Nine Instruments, Op. 24

Artists

  • Los Angeles Philharmonic
  • Zubin Mehta, conductor
  • Christine Goerke, soprano
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The Weimar Republic: Germany 1918-1933
Weill’s Violin Concerto with Salonen

Salonen leads significant works from the Weimar Republic.

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Program

    • HINDEMITH
    Rag Time (on a theme of J.S. Bach)
    • WEILL
    Violin Concerto
  • Intermission
    • BACH (arr. Schoenberg)
    “Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele,” BWV 654
    • BACH (arr. Schoenberg)
    “Komm, Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist,” BWV 667
    • HINDEMITH
    Symphony: Mathis der Maler

Artists

  • Los Angeles Philharmonic
  • Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
  • Carolin Widmann, violin
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Dvořák 8 & Ives 2

Dudamel lays out the greatness of these masters of music of the people.

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Program

    • IVES
    Symphony No. 2
  • Intermission
    • DVOŘÁK
    Symphony No. 8

Artists

  • Los Angeles Philharmonic
  • Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
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(Canceled) The Planets

After a new concerto for flute and bass, the personalities of the planets come alive.

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Program

    • Felipe LARA
    Double Concerto (U.S. premiere, LA Phil commission)
  • Intermission
    • HOLST
    The Planets

Artists

  • Los Angeles Philharmonic
  • Susanna Mälkki, conductor
  • Claire Chase, flute
  • esperanza spalding, bass
  • Los Angeles Master Chorale
  • Grant Gershon, Artistic Director
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(Canceled) Gustavo Conducts Gurrelieder

Dudamel presides over a massive expression of tragic love.

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Program

    • SCHOENBERG
    Gurrelieder
  • No Intermission

Artists

  • Los Angeles Philharmonic
  • Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
  • Christiane Libor, Tove
  • Jennifer Johnson Cano, Wood Dove
  • Simon O'Neill, King Waldemar
  • Hubert Francis, Klaus the Fool
  • Los Angeles Master Chorale
  • Grant Gershon, artistic director

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