Saturday Evenings 2 (SA2) (SA2)
Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream gets these concerts underway, conducted by Principal Guest Susanna Mälkki, followed by a performance of Bach’s Violin Concerto No. 1 by celebrated violinist Itzhak Perlman. Holst’s The Planets conducted by Teddy Abrams is next, followed by Gustavo Dudamel and his exploration of the music of Mahler and Schumann. Also on tap is Katia and Marielle Labèque performing music for two pianos and orchestra conducted by Semyon Bychkov.
Location
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Included
8 Events
Included in this package (8 events)
Mozart 1791: Final Piano Concerto
Dudamel conducts Mozart’s final piano concerto, beginning our season with incandescent inspiration.
Artists & Program
Program
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MOZART
Overture to La clemenza di Tito -
MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 27, K. 595 -
MOZART
“Parto, parto, ma tu, ben mio” from La clemenza di Tito -
MOZART
Laut verkünde unsre Freude, K. 623 -
MOZART
Ave verum corpus, K. 618
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
- Javier Perianes, piano
- J’Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano
- Paul Appleby, tenor
- Shenyang, bass-baritone
- Los Angeles Master Chorale
- Grant Gershon, Artistic Director
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Be enchanted by the orchestral magic of this wonderful program of Shakespeare and Mendelssohn.
Artists & Program
Program
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MENDELSSOHN
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (with scenes from Shakespeare’s play)
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Susanna Mälkki, conductor
- Women of the Los Angeles Master Chorale
- Grant Gershon, Artistic Director
Itzhak Perlman Plays & Conducts
The beloved violinist and conductor brings his artistry to Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Artists & Program
Program
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J.S. BACH
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 -
BRAHMS
Variations on a Theme by Haydn -
ELGAR
Enigma Variations, Op. 36
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Itzhak Perlman, violin and conductor
Composer Salonen: Piano Concerto
Our Conductor Laureate and pianist Yefim Bronfman join for performances of Salonen’s Piano Concerto.
Artists & Program
Program
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BIBER
Battalia -
Esa-Pekka SALONEN
Piano Concerto -
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
- Yefim Bronfman, piano
A Trip to the Moon
An exhilarating new work for children and families takes its inspiration from Georges Méliès’ adaptation of the Jules Verne classic.
Artists & Program
Program
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Andrew NORMAN
A Trip to the Moon (U.S. premiere, LA Phil commission) -
HOLST
The Planets
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Teddy Abrams, conductor
- Yuval Sharon, director
- Diana Wyenn, associate director and choreographer
- Takeshi Kata, set design
- Christopher Kuhl
- Jason H. Thompson
- Kaitlyn Pietras
- Mark Grey
- Ann Closs-Farley
- Peter Tantsits
- Lauren Snouffer
- Eve Gigliotti
- Theo Hoffman
- Clayton Farris
- Todd Strange
- Kalean Ung
- Jon Lee Keenan
- James Hayden
- Carolyn Michelle Smith
- Los Angeles Master Chorale
- Grant Gershon, Artistic Director
- Los Angeles Children's Chorus
- Anne Tomlinson, Artistic Director
- Hoover Street Elementary School Chorus
- Paula Ludwig Van Houten
- Members of YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles)
Mahler’s Song of the Earth
Gustavo Dudamel leads the LA Phil in Mahler at his most transcendent.
Artists & Program
Program
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MAHLER
Das Lied von der Erde
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
- TEATROCINEMA
- Yuval Sharon, co-director
- Juan Carlos Zagal, co-director
- Russell Thomas, tenor
- Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano
Dvořák's 7th
A striking symphony from the Czech master, plus Bruch’s poignant concerto played by the amazing Labèque sisters.
Artists & Program
Program
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RAVEL
Ma mère l’Oye (Mother Goose; piano four-hands) -
BRUCH
Concerto in A-flat minor for Two Pianos and Orchestra, Op. 88a -
DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Semyon Bychkov, conductor
- Katia and Marielle Labèque, pianos
Schumann Focus: Das Paradies
Dudamel teams with iconic director Peter Sellars and innovative video artist Refik Anadol for the poignant and rarely performed oratorio Das Paradies und die Peri.
Artists & Program
Program
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SCHUMANN
Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50 (Part One, Part Two) -
Intermission
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SCHUMANN
Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50 (Part Three)
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
- Peter Sellars, director
- Refik Anadol, media artist
- James F. Ingalls, lighting designer
- Lucy Crowe, peri
- Joshua Stewart, narrator
- Ying Fang, young maiden
- Benjamin Bliss, young man
- Tamara Mumford, angel
- Davóne Tines, old man
- Los Angeles Master Chorale
- Grant Gershon, Artistic Director