JANUARY 4 - MARCH 28, 2004

KUSC To Carry Concerts Locally; Program Syndicated Nationwide

The Los Angeles Philharmonic begins its third year of radio broadcasts on 91.5 FM KUSC on Sunday, January 4, 2004 [check local listings for dates and times in other markets]. From the West Coast to the East Coast, participating radio stations will broadcast the syndicated series. Continuing the partnership that began in 2002 when Los Angeles Philharmonic concerts first returned to the airwaves, Los Angeles classical music station KUSC, WFMT Radio Networks in Chicago, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic are partnering again to produce and distribute thirteen broadcasts, which are heard locally on KUSC at 4 p.m. on Sundays.

The weekly program can be heard in Los Angeles each Sunday at 4 p.m. from January 4 - March 28, 2004 on Classical KUSC. The programs are distributed by WFMT Radio Networks to over 200 stations nationwide. This year's series includes eleven programs from the Philharmonic's 2002/2003 concert season, and two of the recent Walt Disney Concert Hall opening night gala concerts.

Launching the series on January 4 is a special broadcast of the Sonic L.A. performance, led by Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen, from the October 23, 2003 opening night gala. Living L.A., the October 24, 2003 gala program also led by Salonen, features cellist Yo-Yo Ma, the world premiere of John Adams' The Dharma at Big Sur (commissioned for the opening of the Hall), and music by Salonen and Revueltas; it closes the series on March 28. A complete list of concert programs follows.

Popular radio commentator Gail Eichenthal continues this year as host of the series. Ms. Eichenthal began hosting Philharmonic radio broadcasts in 1978; last season she created the special intermission
features focusing on different aspects of the Philharmonic from conversations with soloists and composers to highlights of Walt Disney Concert Hall. This season, interviews with guest artists and conductors are featured.

Program #1 (January 4, 2004)

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

Dianne Reeves, vocals

Martin Chalifour, violin

Los Angeles Master Chorale

SMITH/KEY Star-Spangled Banner

BACH Preludio from Partita No. 3, BWV 1006

IVES The Unanswered Question

GABRIELI Canzon septimi toni No. 2

LIGETI Lux Aeterna

MOZART Symphony No. 32 in G Major

STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring

Program #2 (January 11, 2004)

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

Midori, violin

ROUSE Rapture

BARBER Violin Concerto

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, "Eroica"

Program #3 (January 18, 2004)

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Zubin Mehta, conductor

Lang Lang, piano

LISZT Orpheus

BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1

Program #4 (January 25, 2004)

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Zubin Mehta, conductor

Sayaka Shoji, violin

MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto

BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7

Program #5 (February 1, 2004)

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Andrew Davis, conductor

Martin Chalifour, violin

STRAUSS Don Juan

BEETHOVEN Konzertsatz for violin and orchestra

DVORÁK Romance for violin and orchestra

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2

Program #6 (February 8, 2004)

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Andras Schiff, piano and conductor

BACH Keyboard Concerto No. 3

MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4, "Italian"

SCHUMANN Piano Concerto

Program #7 (February 15, 2004)

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

Karita Mattila, soprano

RAVEL Mother Goose Suite

STRAUSS Four Last Songs

LUTOSLAWSKI Symphony No. 4

RAVEL La Valse

Program #8 (February 22, 2004)

Los Angeles Philharmonic

David Zinman, conductor

Richard Goode, piano

LEVINSON Five Fires

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

Program #9 (February 29, 2004)

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Ivan Fischer, conductor

Garrick Ohlsson, piano

DOHNÁNYI Symphonic Minutes

BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 3

DVORÁK Symphony No. 8

Program #10 (March 7, 2004)

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

Olli Mustonen, piano

PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 4

Program #11 (March 14, 2004)

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Pierre Boulez, conductor

Jennifer Frautschi, violin

BERG Violin Concerto

BRUCKNER Symphony No. 9

Program #12 (March 21, 2004)

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Pierre Boulez, conductor

Gloria Cheng, piano

BARTÓK Four Orchestral Pieces

MESSIAEN Oiseaux exotiques

RAVEL Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

HAYDN Symphony No. 45, "Farewell"

Program #13 (March 28, 2004)

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

Yo-Yo Ma, cello

Tracy Silverman, electric violin

SALONEN LA Variations

LUTOSLAWSKI Cello Concerto

ADAMS The Dharma at Big Sur

REVUELTAS Sensemayá

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Elizabeth Hinckley, 213.972.3034; Rachelle Roe, 213.972.7310