Upcoming broadcasts
LA Phil Broadcasts on Classical California are made possible through the endowed LA Phil Broadcast Program Fund, generously supported by the Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg Fund.
Saturday, October 3
Beethoven’s Fifth It only takes four notes to recognize Beethoven’s iconic Fifth Symphony. It’s defiant, ferocious, and instantly unforgettable. Anna Handler, a former Dudamel Fellow and incoming Conductor-in-Residence, returns to the Hollywood Bowl to unleash its liberating forces, pairing one of classical music’s most legendary statements with one of Beethoven’s rarely heard gems: the Triple Concerto.
Acting Concertmaster Bing Wang, Principal Cello Robert deMaine, and keyboardist Joanne Pearce Martin—a triple threat that has spent a combined 71 years with the Los Angeles Philharmonic—come together for the composer’s merging of symphonic and chamber music.
The program opens with a short, woodwind-rich piece by Grace-Evangeline Mason, an up-and-coming composer from the UK, that represents her impression of the moon as “a flower of gold hanging in a dark sky.
Los Angeles Philharmonic Anna Handler, conductor Bing Wang, violin Robert deMaine, cello Joanne Pearce Martin, piano
Grace-Evangeline MASON ABLAZE THE MOON BEETHOVEN Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Past broadcasts
LA Phil Broadcasts on Classical California are made possible through the endowed LA Phil Broadcast Program Fund, generously supported by the Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg Fund.
Saturday, September 26
Celebrating Gustavo at the Bowl: Beethoven 9 Join us in celebrating Gustavo Dudamel’s legacy as LA Phil Music & Artistic Director at the Hollywood Bowl! After 17 years of pushing the boundaries of classical music and exploring genres of all kinds, Dudamel leads a program that represents his belief in the life-changing power of music. A devoted Beethoven champion, Dudamel invites us into the realm of uplift and inspiration that is his Ninth Symphony. The famed work features “Ode to Joy,” the composer’s testament to freedom, peace, and unity. “We have to believe in the text,” Dudamel says. “‘Freude, Freude!’ (Joy, joy!)...We have to end by embracing each other!” The evening begins with a world premiere from the Oscar-winning composer behind Disney’s The Incredibles, Coco, Up, and Ratatouille. Michael Giacchino’s new orchestral piece features a children’s choir singing lyrics by Amanda Gorman—the first poet to perform at the Super Bowl and the youngest presidential inaugural poet in US history.
Los Angeles Philharmonic Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Amanda Gorman, narrator Abraham Laboriel Sr., electric bass Alex Acuña, percussion Saioa Hernández, soprano Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano David Portillo, tenor Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone
Members of YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles) Los Angeles Master Chorale Grant Gershon, Artistic Director Jenny Wong, Associate Artistic Director Los Angeles Children's Chorus Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, Artistic Director Education Through Music-Los Angeles
Michael GIACCHINO/Amanda GORMAN New work (world premiere, LA Phil commission) BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9, Choral
Saturday, September 19
Brahms & Schubert Louis Langrée, known for his “interpretations rich in specificity and color, to a degree that can impress even seasoned musicians” (The New York Times), returns to the Bowl with selections from Bizet’s lyrical L’Arlésienne and sensuous Carmen suites. Brahms wrote his only violin concerto for the greatest soloist of his time and filled it with dazzling passages, dramatic sweeps, and a Hungarian-themed flourish of a finale. Augustin Hadelich, a violinist of “silvery tone and pinpoint intonation” (Los Angeles Times), takes on the brilliant work, which was memorably featured in Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood. About his 2017 recording, Gramophone reported: “Hadelich’s performance of Brahms’s Violin Concerto abounds with subtle detail…he has a sure sense of that vital Brahmsian ebb and flow.” The evening begins on a confident note as Langrée leads Louise Farrenc’s First Overture. Equally graceful and energetic, the piece is driven by punchy brass and elegant woodwind melodies, setting the tone for a powerful program.
Los Angeles Philharmonic Louis Langrée, conductor Augustin Hadelich, violin
FARRENC Overture No. 1 BIZET L’Arlésienne Suite No. 1 BIZET Selections from Carmen Suites Nos. 1 & 2 Les Toreadors Prelude and Aragonaise La Garde Montante Intermezzo Seguedille Les dragons d’Alcala Danse Boheme BRAHMS Violin Concerto
Saturday, September 12
Pictures at an Exhibition Mussorgsky’s musical gallery visit, rendered expressively through Ravel’s colorful orchestration, is a lasting tribute to an artistic life. Written as a tribute to the painter Victor Hartmann, a dear friend of the composer who died prematurely, the piece transports us from scenes of the countryside to the majestic Great Gate of Kyiv. Cellist Zlatomir Fung makes his debut, joining the orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s elegant ode to Mozart in Variations on a Rococo Theme, which Fung played in his first-prize performance at the International Tchaikovsky Competition. Armenian Austrian conductor Emmanuel Tjeknavorian, also in his Bowl debut, opens the program with selections from Khachaturian’s sabre-rattling Gayane, about a young woman’s struggle to escape her abusive husband and find love in the Armenian countryside.
Los Angeles Philharmonic Emmanuel Tjeknavorian, conductor Zlatomir Fung, cello
KHACHATURIAN Selections from Gayane TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme MUSSORGSKY (arr. RAVEL) Pictures at an Exhibition
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Members of YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles) Los Angeles Master Chorale Grant Gershon, Artistic Director Jenny Wong, Associate Artistic Director Los Angeles Children's Chorus Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, Artistic Director Education Through Music-Los Angeles
Michael GIACCHINO/Amanda GORMAN New work (world premiere, LA Phil commission) BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9, Choral
