2017/18 Walt Disney Concert Hall
Saturday Matinees
Veteran virtuoso Gidon Kremer performs Weinberg’s dramatic Violin Concerto with the Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, followed by Esa-Pekka Salonen leading the orchestra in a program of Beethoven, Mozart and his own Wing on Wing. As the series continues, you will be treated to symphonies by Beethoven and Sibelius conducted by Herbert Blomstedt, and works by Shostakovich and Schumann conducted by Gustavo Dudamel.
Mirga Conducts Mahler
A virtuoso conductor brings new life to a timeless Mahler masterpiece.
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- MESSIAEN Un sourire (A Smile)
- MAHLER Symphony No. 4
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, conductor
- Gidon Kremer, violin
- Janai Brugger, soprano
Composer Salonen: Wing on Wing
Our Conductor Laureate revisits the piece he composed for the opening of Walt Disney Concert Hall alongside music of Beethoven and Mozart.
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- BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
- MOZART The Impresario, K. 486
- Esa-Pekka SALONEN Wing on Wing
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
- Vilde Frang, violin
- Hila Plitmann, soprano
- So Young Park, soprano
- Joshua Dennis, tenor
- Christopher Job, bass-baritone
Beethoven & Sibelius
A pair of symbiotic second symphonies from a pair of masters.
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- BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2
- SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
Dudamel Conducts Salonen & Shostakovich
The first performances of our Conductor Laureate’s latest orchestral work, plus Shostakovich’s most popular symphony.
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- Esa-Pekka SALONEN Pollux (World Premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting)
- VARÈSE Amériques
- SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Schumann Focus: Symphony No. 4 • Cello Concerto
For the second weekend of the Schumann Focus, Dudamel and the LA Phil present the composer’s dramatic and powerful Fourth Symphony. Argentine cellist Sol Gabetta joins them for the lyrical flights of Schumann’s Cello Concerto.
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- SCHUMANN Overture to Genoveva, Op. 81
- SCHUMANN Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
- Intermission
- SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4, in D minor, Op. 120
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
- Sol Gabetta