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 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
Salonen & Sibelius
Soprano Golda Schultz joins Salonen for Sibelius’ evocative "Luonnotar."
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- 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
Tchaikovsky & Copland with MTT
Experience the dynamic Trifonov playing Tchaikovsky’s quintessential Romantic piano concerto.
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- RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Dubinushka
- TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1
- Intermission
- COPLAND Symphony No. 3
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 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
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 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
Dvořák 8 & Ives 2
Dudamel lays out the greatness of these masters of music of the people.
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- IVES Symphony No. 2
- Intermission
- DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8
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 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
(Canceled) Gustavo Conducts Gurrelieder
Dudamel presides over a massive expression of tragic love.
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- 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