The Harlem Renaissance and the film world of John Williams take center stage - plus Dudamel conducts Beethoven and Mehta reveals two sides of Brahms.

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Sat / Oct 27 2018 8:00PM

Beethoven’s Fifth

Two magnificent Fifths, including the most famous one of them all.

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Program

• KNUSSEN O Hototogisu! fragment of a Japonisme (U.S. premiere)
• SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5, “Egyptian”
• Intermission
• BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

Artists

• Los Angeles Philharmonic
• Paolo Bortolameolli conductor
• Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano
• Kiera Duffy soprano
• Denis Bouriakov flute

Sat / Dec 15 2018 8:00PM

Mehta’s Brahms: Symphony No. 2

It’s a delightful and lyrical night of epic contrasts from Brahms.

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Program

• BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2
• Intermission
• BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73

Artists

• Los Angeles Philharmonic
• Zubin Mehta conductor
• Yefim Bronfman piano

Sat / Jan 26 2019 8:00PM

Celebrating John Williams

It’s a tour-de-force sampling of Williams’ unforgettable themes, augmented by film clips.

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Program

• John WILLIAMS Olympic Fanfare and Theme
• John WILLIAMS Excerpts from Close Encounters of the Third Kind
• John WILLIAMS Out to Sea/Shark Cage Fugue from Jaws
• John WILLIAMS Three Selections from Harry Potter
• John WILLIAMS Theme from Schindler’s List
• John WILLIAMS Adventures on Earth from E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
• Intermission
• John WILLIAMS Flight to Neverland from Hook
• John WILLIAMS Theme from Jurassic Park
• John WILLIAMS Three Selections from Indiana Jones­
• John WILLIAMS Sayuri’s Theme from Memoirs of a Geisha
• John WILLIAMS Three Selections from Star Wars

Artists

• Los Angeles Philharmonic
• Gustavo Dudamel conductor
• Simone Porter violin

Sat / Feb 16 2019 8:00PM

William Grant Still & the Harlem Renaissance: Symphony No. 1

The dean of African-American composers wows with classical form shaped by rhythm and blues.

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Program

• ELLINGTON “Come Sunday” from Black, Brown and Beige
• GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue
• Intermission
• ELLINGTON Harlem
• STILL Symphony No. 1, “Afro-American”

Artists

• Los Angeles Philharmonic
• Thomas Wilkins conductor
• Charlotte Blake Alston narrator
• Aaron Diehl piano

Sat / Apr 27 2019 8:00PM

Salonen Conducts Pines of Rome

Respighi’s colorful showpiece, a kaleidoscopic work by Donatoni, and more.

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Program

• DEBUSSY Iberia
• RAVEL Concerto for the Left Hand
• Intermission
• DONATONI ESA (In cauda V) (LA Phil commission)
• RESPIGHI Pines of Rome

Artists

• Los Angeles Philharmonic
• Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor
• Igor Levit piano

Sat / May 25 2019 8:00PM

Masses by Haydn & Beethoven

Tranquil beauty and high drama light up Walt Disney Concert Hall.

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Program

• HAYDN “Lord Nelson” Mass (Missa in Angustiis) in D minor, Hob. XXII/11
• Intermission
• BEETHOVEN Mass in C major, Op. 86

Artists

• Los Angeles Philharmonic
• Gustavo Dudamel conductor
• Liv Redpath soprano
• Anna Larsson mezzo-soprano
• David Portillo tenor
• Matthias Goerne bass-baritone
• Los Angeles Master Chorale
• Grant Gershon Artistic Director