2018/19 Walt Disney Concert Hall
Sunday 2
These eight marvelous programs feature conductors Zubin Mehta, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and – three times – Gustavo Dudamel, plus pianists Lang Lang, Hélène Grimaud, and Yefim Bronfman.
LA Fest: Dudamel Kicks Off the 100th Season
Gustavo Dudamel conducts a major new work by a visionary composer to kick off LA Fest.
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- Esa-Pekka SALONEN LA Variations
- BEETHOVEN Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C major, Op. 56
- Intermission
- Andrew NORMAN Sustain (World premiere, LA Phil co-commission with generous support from Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg)
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
- Martin Chalifour, violin
- Robert deMaine, cello
- Joanne Pearce Martin, piano
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. 2
It’s a delightful and lyrical night of epic contrasts from Brahms.
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- BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2
- Intermission
- BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Zubin Mehta, conductor
- Yefim Bronfman, piano
Britten & Strauss
It’s an extraordinary program 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 Conducts Mahler
Get swept up in the profound emotions of Mahler’s moving Symphony No. 9.
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- MAHLER Symphony No. 9
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
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
- Intermission
- RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales
- GERSHWIN An American in Paris
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Lionel Bringuier, conductor
- Hélène Grimaud, piano
Salonen Conducts Pines of Rome
Respighi’s colorful showpiece, a kaleidoscopic work by Donatoni, and more.
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- DEBUSSY Ibéria
- RAVEL Concerto for the Left Hand
- Intermission
- DONATONI ESA (In cauda V) (LA Phil commission)
- Pines of Rome
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
- Igor Levit, 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