2018/19 Walt Disney Concert Hall
Casual Fridays
Come as you are to Casual Fridays. These shorter concerts begin with a musician introducing the program. After the concert, you can stay in your seat for the Q&A onstage or go straight to the after-party for drinks with orchestra members.
Cameron Carpenter Plays Saint-Saëns
The iconoclastic organist takes on the famed composer’s crushing power chords.
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- Christopher CERRONE The Insects Became Magnetic (World premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting)
- POULENC Organ Concerto
- SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3, “Organ”
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Roderick Cox, conductor
- Cameron Carpenter, organ
Adams & Glass
Conductor John Adams leads a world premiere by his fellow composer Philip Glass to celebrate our Centennial.
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- John ADAMS Grand Pianola Music
- Philip GLASS Symphony No. 12, Lodger, lyrics by David Bowie and Brian Eno (world premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg)
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- John Adams, conductor
- Marc-André Hamelin, piano
- Orli Shaham, piano
- Angélique Kidjo, vocalist
- James McVinnie, organ
- Zanaida Robles, soprano
- Holly Sedillos, soprano
- Kristen Toedtman, mezzo-soprano
Gershwin & Ravel
It’s a meeting of the masters: two extraordinary composers, brought together by two brilliant French artists and the LA Phil.
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- GERSHWIN Cuban Overture
- RAVEL Piano Concerto in G
- GERSHWIN An American in Paris
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Lionel Bringuier, conductor
- Hélène Grimaud, piano
Emanuel Ax Plays Mozart
Feel the propulsive energy of musical masterpieces by Mozart and Beethoven.
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- MOZART Piano Concerto No. 22, in E-flat, K. 482
- BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
- Emanuel Ax, piano