2018/19 Walt Disney Concert Hall
Friday Evenings 2
Get a little bit of everything: world premieres from Steve Reich and John Adams, dramatic music from Kubrick films, and some of the finest piano playing you’ll ever hear.
Mälkki Conducts Mahler’s 5th
Hear a world premiere from Steve Reich and Mahler’s unforgettable Fifth.
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- Steve REICH Music for Ensemble and Orchestra (world premiere, LA Phil co-commission with generous support from Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg)
- Intermission
- MAHLER Symphony No. 5
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Susanna Mälkki, conductor
Stanley Kubrick’s Sound Odyssey
Film clips and live performances bring the music selected by the legendary director to life.
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- Music of Price and Ponder Selections from 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Barry Lyndon, and Eyes Wide Shut
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Jessica Cottis, conductor
- Malcolm McDowell, host
- Los Angeles Master Chorale
- Grant Gershon, Artistic Director
Mehta’s Brahms: Symphony No. 3
The beloved Zubin Mehta teams up with renowned violinist Pinchas Zukerman.
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- BRAHMS Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
- Intermission
- BRAHMS Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Zubin Mehta, conductor
- Pinchas Zukerman, violin
Britten & Strauss
It’s an extraordinary evening of two famed opera composers’ radiant non-operatic music!
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- BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
- BRITTEN Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
- Intermission
- STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Simone Young, conductor
- Michael Slattery, tenor
- Andrew Bain, horn, John Cecil Bessell Chair
Dudamel & Yuja Wang
The world premiere of John Adams’ newest piano concerto pairs perfectly with quintessential music from Mahler.
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- John ADAMS Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes? (world premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from the Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg Fund)
- Intermission
- MAHLER Symphony No. 1
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
- Yuja Wang, piano
Lang Lang & Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2
A breakthrough concerto is performed in heroic fashion by a superstar virtuoso.
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- BEETHOVEN Egmont Overture
- HAYDN Symphony No. 104 in D major, “London”
- Intermission
- BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Gustavo Dudamel, Music & Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Walt and Lilly Disney Chair
- Lang Lang, piano