2017/18 Walt Disney Concert Hall
Sunday 1
To start this series, Gustavo Dudamel leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic with pianist Javier Perianes in an evening of Mozart’s extraordinary music. Also featured in this multifaceted series are a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 by Sergio Tiempo, the world premiere of an original composition by LA Phil Principal Timpanist Joseph Pereira, an update to Conductor Laureate Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Wing on Wing, and the rarely performed Das Paradies und die Peri by Schumann conducted by Dudamel and directed by Peter Sellars.
Mozart 1791: Final Piano Concerto
Dudamel conducts Mozart’s final piano concerto, beginning our season with incandescent inspiration.
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- MOZART Overture to La clemenza di Tito
- MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27, K. 595
- MOZART “Parto, parto, ma tu, ben mio” from La clemenza di Tito
- MOZART Laut verkünde unsre Freude, K. 623
- MOZART Ave verum corpus, K. 618
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
- Javier Perianes, piano
- J’Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano
- Paul Appleby, tenor
- Shenyang, bass-baritone
- Los Angeles Master Chorale
- Grant Gershon, Artistic Director
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Be enchanted by the orchestral magic of this wonderful program of Shakespeare and Mendelssohn.
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- MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream (with scenes from Shakespeare’s play)
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Susanna Mälkki, conductor
- Women of the Los Angeles Master Chorale
- Grant Gershon, Artistic Director
Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto
A tour-de-force Romantic concerto that will leave you breathless.
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- Chen Yi Ge Zu (Antiphony)
- TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1
- PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 6
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Xian Zhang, conductor
- Sergio Tiempo, piano
Dudamel Conducts Brahms
Dudamel excites and inspires as he engages with the Romantic genius.
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- STRAVINSKY Fireworks
- Joseph PEREIRA Concerto for timpani and two percussion (world premiere, LA Phil commission)
- BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
- Joseph Pereira, timpani
- Maraca2, percussion
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 Beethoven 9 & Bernstein
Two works for orchestra with chorus showcase musical intensity and incisive detail in an expert pairing.
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- BERNSTEIN Chichester Psalms
- BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
- John Holiday, countertenor
- Julianna Di Giacomo, soprano
- Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano
- Michael König, tenor
- Craig Colclough, bass-baritone
- Los Angeles Master Chorale
- Grant Gershon, Artistic Director
Schumann Focus: Das Paradies
Dudamel teams with iconic director Peter Sellars and innovative video artist Refik Anadol for the poignant and rarely performed oratorio Das Paradies und die Peri.
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- SCHUMANN Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50 (Part One, Part Two)
- Intermission
- SCHUMANN Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50 (Part Three)
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
- Peter Sellars, director
- Refik Anadol, media artist
- James F. Ingalls, lighting designer
- Lucy Crowe, peri
- Joshua Stewart, narrator
- Ying Fang, young maiden
- Benjamin Bliss, young man
- Tamara Mumford, angel
- Davóne Tines, old man
- Los Angeles Master Chorale
- Grant Gershon, Artistic Director