2018/19
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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- 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, from the music of 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
- James McVinnie piano
- Zanaida Robles vocals
- Holly Sedillos vocals
- Kristen Toedtman vocals
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