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.
Dudamel Conducts Gershwin & Copland
Beauty and bravura by American masters.
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- BARBER
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- GERSHWIN
- Intermission
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- PREVIN
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- COPLAND
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
- Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
- Julia Bullock, soprano
Salonen & Sibelius
Soprano Golda Schultz joins Salonen for Sibelius’ evocative "Luonnotar."
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- SIBELIUS
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- Esa-Pekka SALONEN
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- SIBELIUS
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
- Golda Schultz, soprano
Tchaikovsky & Copland with MTT
Experience the dynamic Trifonov playing Tchaikovsky’s quintessential Romantic piano concerto.
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- RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
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- TCHAIKOVSKY
- Intermission
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- COPLAND
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
- Daniil Trifonov, piano
Mehta Conducts Wagner & More
Highlights from The Twilight of the Gods, followed by early modernist works.
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- WAGNER
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- WAGNER
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- WAGNER
- Intermission
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- SCHOENBERG
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- WEBERN
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- WEBERN
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Zubin Mehta, conductor
- Christine Goerke, soprano
The Weimar Republic: Germany 1918-1933
Weill’s Violin Concerto with Salonen
Salonen leads significant works from the Weimar Republic.
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- HINDEMITH
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- WEILL
- Intermission
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- BACH (arr. Schoenberg)
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- BACH (arr. Schoenberg)
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- HINDEMITH
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
- Carolin Widmann, violin
Dvořák 8 & Ives 2
Dudamel lays out the greatness of these masters of music of the people.
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- IVES
- Intermission
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- DVOŘÁK
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
(Canceled) The Planets
After a new concerto for flute and bass, the personalities of the planets come alive.
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- Felipe LARA
- Intermission
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- HOLST
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Susanna Mälkki, conductor
- Claire Chase, flute
- esperanza spalding, bass
- Los Angeles Master Chorale
- Grant Gershon, Artistic Director
(Canceled) Gustavo Conducts Gurrelieder
Dudamel presides over a massive expression of tragic love.
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- SCHOENBERG
- 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