Tuesday, September 27, 2016, 7 PM

Opening Night Tickets Available for Sale

2016/17 Single Tickets Available for Sale Beginning

August 28

The Los Angeles Philharmonic Gala is Made Possible with the Proud Support of Rolex, the Official Timepiece of the Los Angeles Philharmonic  

WHAT: 

The Los Angeles Philharmonic, led by Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel, launches the 2016/17 season with an evening that pays homage to the timeless sounds of the jazz era at the Opening Night Gala: Gershwin and the Jazz Age, Tuesday, September 27, 7 pm, at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

The special evening presents a concert featuring music by George Gershwin and contemporaries Duke Ellington, Cole Porter and Leonard Bernstein. Brian Stokes Mitchell and Megan Hilty lend their powerhouse vocal talents to the program singing classic solos and duets by Porter, Ellington and Gershwin. The two Broadway stars join together for Porter’s “So in Love” from Kiss Me Kate, a musical for which Mitchell earned Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle  awards, as well as Gershwin’s “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off” from Shall We Dance. Twenty-year-old piano sensation George Li opens the program with Gershwin’s “I Got Rhythm” Variations.

Also on the program are Ellington’s “Night Creature: Stalking Monster,” and Bernstein’s Prelude, Fugue and Riffs, featuring LA Phil Principal Clarinet Boris Allakhverdyan. The orchestra and Dudamel conclude the program with Gershwin’s An American in Paris.

LA Phil’s 2016/17 Opening Night Gala: Gershwin and the Jazz Age marks the beginning of the orchestra’s 2016/17 season. Single tickets are available starting August 28. 

Complete program (no intermission):

Gershwin and the Jazz Age

GERSHWIN, “I Got Rhythm” Variations
   George Li, piano

ELLINGTON, “Night Creature: Stalking Monster”

PORTER, “Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall in Love” from Paris
   Megan Hilty

ELLINGTON, “I’m Beginning to See the Light”
   Brian Stokes Mitchell

PORTER, “So In Love” from Kiss Me Kate
   Megan Hilty and Brian Stokes Mitchell

BERNSTEIN, Prelude, Fugue and Riffs
   Boris Allakhverdyan, clarinet

GERSHWIN Songs
   “Someone to Watch Over Me” from Oh, Kay!
   Megan Hilty

   “It Ain’t Necessarily So” from Porgy and Bess
   Brian Stokes Mitchell

   “Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off from Shall We Dance
   Megan Hilty and Brian Stokes Mitchell 

GERSHWIN, An American in Paris

For full artist biographies, please visit http://www.laphil.com/tickets/wdch-opening-night-gala/2016-09-27

WHO:    

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
GUSTAVO DUDAMEL, conductor
BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL AND MEGAN HILTY, singers 
GEORGE LI, piano
ROBIN GRAY, lighting design

WHEN:

Tuesday, September 27, 2016, at 7 PM  

WHERE:

WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL
111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012

HOW TO PURCHASE TICKETS:

Gala tickets are now available for purchase. Concert-only prices range from $105 to $260 and include a tax-deductible contribution supporting the LA Phil and its education programs, such as YOLA (Youth Orchestra L.A.). Patrons can also enjoy premium concert seating plus a private pre-concert cocktail reception and seated gourmet dinner by Patina followed by dancing. To purchase, or for more information about other Gala packages, call 213.972.3051.

Subscriptions for the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s 2016/17 season at Walt Disney Concert Hall are currently available and single tickets will be available beginning August 28. To purchase, please visit LAPhil.com or the Walt Disney Concert Hall Box Office. To order by phone with credit card, please call 323.850.2000.

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Sophie Jefferies, 213.972.3422, sjefferies@laphil.org
Lisa White, 213.972.3408, lwhite@laphil.org