2020/21 Walt Disney Concert Hall
Sunday (SU2)
Gustavo Dudamel conducts a ballet, an opera, and an inventive patriotic program that looks at the shared stories that help define America. Plus, Mahler’s Fifth, Pictures at an Exhibition, a Baroque Christmas, and multiple world and U.S. premieres round out this wide-ranging eight-concert package.
(Canceled) Dudamel Conducts Norman and Ginastera
Dudamel leads Ginastera’s Estancia with Brazilian modern dancers, plus music by a pair of California composers
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- Gabriella SMITH Tumblebird Contrails
- Andrew NORMAN Violin Concerto (world premiere, LA Phil commission)
- Intermission
- GINASTERA Estancia
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
- Leila Josefowicz, violin
- Gustavo Castillo, baritone
- Grupo Corpo
(Canceled) Dudamel, Bernstein, and Marches for Our Time
Modern takes on Sousa and dances from West Side Story
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- Angélica NEGRÓN new work for orchestra (world premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from MaddocksBrown Fund for New Music)
- BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
- Intermission
- BERNSTEIN Divertimento
- SOUSA Marches and Commission Project:
- -- New works by Saad Haddad, Viet Cuong, Jonathan Bailey Holland, and Clarice Assad
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
(Canceled) Nixon in China with Dudamel
An iconic American opera – in a highly acclaimed production – explores the humanity behind history-become-myth.
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- John ADAMS Nixon in China
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
- Elkhanah Pulitzer, director
- Bill Morrison, film designer
- Alexander V. Nichols, scenic and projection designer
- Elisabeth A. Scott, costume designer
- David Finn, lighting designer
- Ryan McKinny, Nixon
- Craig Colclough, Kissinger
- Joélle Harvey, Pat Nixon
- Joo Won Kang, Chou En-lai
- John Matthew Myers, Mao
- So Young Park, Madame Mao
- Los Angeles Master Chorale
- Grant Gershon, artistic director
(Canceled) Baroque Christmas Celebration
A holiday-themed celebration with joyous music by Bach and Handel.
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- BACH Cantata No. 1 from Christmas Oratorio
- HANDEL Royal Fireworks Music
- Intermission
- BACH Sinfonia to Cantata No. 42
- BACH Cantata No. 6 from Christmas Oratorio
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Ton Koopman, conductor
- Yetzabel Arias Fernandez, soprano
- Maarten Engeltjes, countertenor
- Nils Giebelhausen, tenor
- Jesse Blumberg, baritone
- Los Angeles Master Chorale
- Grant Gershon, artistic director
(Canceled) Viotti Conducts Scheherazade
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Program
- RACHMANINOFF Isle of the Dead
- RAVEL Piano Concerto in G
- Intermission
- RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Lorenzo Viotti, conductor
- Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
(Canceled) Stravinsky & Tchaikovsky
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Program
- Elizabeth OGONEK new work for orchestra (U.S. premiere, LA Phil commission)
- STRAVINSKY Violin Concerto
- Intermission
- TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 2, “Little Russian”
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Elim Chan, conductor
- Renaud Capuçon, violin
(Canceled) Pictures at an Exhibition with Mälkki
The LA Phil’s brilliant Principal Guest Conductor leads Mussorgsky’s classic Pictures.
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- Enno POPPE Fett (U.S. premiere, LA Phil commission)
- SIBELIUS Violin Concerto (original version)
- Intermission
- MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Ravel)
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Susanna Mälkki, conductor
- Isabelle Faust, violin
(Canceled) Mahler 5 with Dudamel
Gustavo leads Mahler’s monumental and memorable Fifth Symphony.
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- Julia ADOLPHE Violin Concerto (world premiere, LA Phil commission)
- Intermission
- MAHLER Symphony No. 5
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
- Martin Chalifour, violin