Music Director Gustavo Dudamel and His Creative Team
Embark Upon Second Season
Season Highlights include:
Los Angeles (February 16, 2010) – Los Angeles Philharmonic Music Director Gustavo Dudamel and President and CEO Deborah Borda today announced the 2010/11 season of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Dudamel and the LA Phil move into the second season of their partnership, one which allows for a greatly expanded presence for Dudamel in Los Angeles. The momentum and initiatives of Dudamel’s inaugural season continue with 12 new commissions, 9 world premieres, 5 U.S. premieres, 5 West Coast premieres, 2 composer-based festivals, a major European tour and a series of artistic partnerships. The vibrant season, which embraces innovation, excellence and commitment to community, is further embodied in the expansion of YOLA, along with a spectrum of imaginative presentations and the continuing tradition of introducing rising artists and composers.
“As Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, I have been overwhelmed by the warm welcome I have received. The musicians of the LA Phil are my new family, and I love working with them and sharing our music making with you, our audience. As we continue to build and create many more beautiful memories together, I am looking forward to my second season with this wonderful orchestra,” said Gustavo Dudamel.
“As always, our goal is to embody not only the values of Gustavo and the institution but also, beyond that, to extend the possibility of how we listen to and experience music in its many forms,” said Borda. “In his first season, Gustavo has already developed a powerful chemistry with musicians and audience alike. This season, we seek to open new boundaries through a series of defining partnerships with John Adams, Thomas Adès, Herbie Hancock and Wynton Marsalis, which allow us to expand upon who we are and who we can be. Gustavo and the institution clearly thrive on a combination of what he has termed ‘the tradition of the new,’ embracing both the past and the possibilities of the future. In keeping with that tradition, Gustavo and I are particularly delighted to welcome back Esa-Pekka Salonen in his new role as Conductor Laureate.”
GUSTAVO DUDAMEL 2010/11 PERFORMANCES
Music Director Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 12 weeks of subscription concerts that include three LA Phil commissions, two of which are world premieres and one of which is a U.S. premiere, plus an additional U.S. premiere and a West Coast premiere. Dudamel is also the guide for Brahms Unbound, a composer-focused symphonic cycle, and leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic on a three-week seven-city European tour. Dudamel continues his work with Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA).
For the 2010/11 season opening night gala at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Gustavo Dudamel leads the Philharmonic in a festive Latin program featuring opera star Juan Diego Flórez. Dudamel and Flórez share a close friendship and an enthusiasm for opera and Latin music. The program will reflect these mutual passions in an evening of festivity and celebration.
October 7, 2010
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Juan Diego Flórez, tenor
ROSSINI Overtures and arias
DONIZETTI “Ah, mes amis”
and Latin American favorites, including
GRANDA La flor de la canela
BRAHMS UNBOUND AND ASPECTS OF ADÈS
The LA Phil pioneered the presentation of thematic weeks with special focus which can be either composer-based or theme-based festivals. Each season the LA Phil sets aside at least two special periods to present a variety of these festivals. This season, the pillars of these efforts are Brahms Unbound and Aspects of Adès.
BRAHMS UNBOUND
Brahms Unbound explores the complete symphonic cycle of the composer, each of his works juxtaposed with a new piece of music. This allows the audience to look at a body of repertoire in a new environment and extends the possibility of experiencing well-known masterworks in a different and enlightening context for listening. It is representative of the LA Phil’s goal of approaching music with a fresh perspective, informed by our time.
The Brahms Unbound cycle includes the premieres of LA Phil-commissioned works by celebrated major composers: Osvaldo Golijov, Peter Lieberson and Henryk Górecki. The West Coast premiere of Steven Mackey’s Beautiful Passing, written about the death of the composer’s mother, is side-by-side with Brahms’ German Requiem. The U.S. premiere of Sofia Gubaidulina’s Glorious Percussion shares a program with Brahms’ Symphony No. 2. The five-week exploration at the end of the season also includes a Chamber Music Society series performance and an Organ Recital series performance featuring avant-garde artist Cameron Carpenter performing his distinctive “take” on Brahms.
As Gustavo Dudamel notes, “There was a time when Brahms’ symphonies were ‘new’ music. By combining these repertory pieces with the new music of today, my hope is that our audiences will have the opportunity to hear Brahms in a special way.”
PROGRAM information:
May 5, 6, 8, 2011
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
BRAHMS, Academic Festival Overture
GOLIJOV, Violin Concerto (world premiere, LAPA commission)
BRAHMS, Symphony No. 1
May 8, 2011
Organ Recital Series
Cameron Carpenter, organ
Program to include:
BRAHMS (transcribed CARPENTER), Academic Festival Overture
BRAHMS (transcribed CARPENTER), Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, WoO 10
May 12 – 15, 2011
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin
Christine Schäfer, soprano
Matthias Goerne, baritone
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Grant Gershon, music director
MACKEY, Beautiful Passing (West Coast premiere)
BRAHMS, A German Requiem
May 19 – 22, 2011
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Glorious Percussion, percussion ensemble
BRAHMS, Tragic Overture
GUBAIDULINA, Glorious Percussion (U.S. premiere) (except Friday, May 20)
BRAHMS, Symphony No. 2
May 26 – 29, 2011
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Pedro Carneiro, percussion
BRAHMS, Variation on a Theme by Haydn
LIEBERSON, Percussion concerto (world premiere, LAPA commission) (except Friday, May 27)
BRAHMS, Symphony No. 3
May 31, 2011
Members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
All Brahms Chamber Music program
June 2 – 5, 2011
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
GÓRECKI, Symphony No. 4 (U.S. premiere, LAPA commission)
BRAHMS, Symphony No. 4
ASPECTS OF ADÈS
As the LA Phil invests in designing an orchestra of the 21st century, an integral part is the dedication to the music and musicians of today. The institutional goals and values are to seek a new outlook, guided by the music making of the present. In Brahms Unbound, the aim is not only to revisit the past but also to provide a fresh experience of it; in Aspects of Adès, it is a look toward the future. As such, the orchestra is entrusted for two weeks to one of the most influential musicians of the 21st century, Thomas Adès. His extraordinary abilities as composer, conductor, pianist and musical collaborator define a vision of the future.
For this series, long-time LA Phil collaborator Thomas Adès has put together five programs – three LA Phil programs, a Colburn Celebrity Series recital, and a Green Umbrella series concert – that reflect his vision of the musical world and provide a look into the varied facets of his versatile career and remarkable talent. Presented within Aspects of Adès are the LA Phil-commissioned world premieres of new works from Francisco Coll and Gerald Barry and the West Coast premieres of a new string quartet from Adès performed by the Emerson String Quartet, as well as Adès’ newest orchestra work (a LAPA co-commission).
“Over the years, the Los Angeles Philharmonic has been the most supportive orchestra of my work outside of Britain. It has a fantastic quick grasp of styles and idioms,” says Adès. “As a composer, you take your inspiration from things that may be old, 100s of years old, but they feel new to you. There is something about them that makes you feel as though you have never seen it before, never heard it before, and it’s something that you want. I hope that this is a feeling that the audiences in Los Angeles will share in these programs.”
PROGRAM information:
Colburn Celebrity Series
James Galway, flute
Emerson String Quartet
MOZART, Flute Quartet in D major
DEBUSSY, Syrinx for Solo Flute
ADÈS, New String Quartet (West Coast premiere)
FOOTE, Night Music for Flute and String Quartet
DEBUSSY, String Quartet
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Thomas Adès,conductor
Tal Rosner, video
Dimitri Pokrovsky Ensemble, guest chorus
Traditional Russian Wedding Folk Music
STRAVINSKY, Les noces
ADÈS, In Seven Days (with video)
Green Umbrella
Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group
Thomas Adès, conductor
Katalin Karolyi, mezzo-soprano
ADÈS, Powder Her Face Paraphrase (for solo piano)
LIGETI, Sippal, dobbal, nádihegedüvel
Richard AYERS, TBD
Gerald BARRY, TBD
Francisco COLL, New Work (world premiere, LAPA commission)
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Thomas Adès,conductor
Cast includes:
Hila Plitmann (Cecily), coloratura soprano
Katalin Karolyi (Gwendolyn), mezzo-soprano
Stephen Richardson (Lady Bracknell), bass
NANCARROW (arr. Adès), Studies Nos. 6 and 7
ADÈS, Concerto Conciso
BARRY, The Importance of Being Earnest (world premiere, LAPA co-commission)
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Thomas Adès, conductor
ADÈS, New Work for Orchestra (West Coast premiere, LAPA co-commission)
MESSIAEN, Éclairs sur l’au-delà
2010/11 EUROPEAN TOUR
Gustavo Dudamel’s first international tour as Music Director will be a three-week seven-city European trip including visits to Portugal, Spain, Germany, the UK, France, Hungary and Austria. The tour features the orchestra’s debuts in Portugal’s Gulbenkian Hall and in Budapest’s Palace of the Arts, which will also be Dudamel’s first appearance in Hungary. This will be the orchestra’s 18th tour to Europe, the most recent being in 2007.
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano
Program 1:
ADAMS, Slonimsky’s Earbox
BERNSTEIN, Symphony No. 1, “Jeremiah”
BEETHOVEN, Symphony No. 7
Program 2:
MAHLER, Symphony No. 9
Both programs will be performed in every city except Madrid.
Lisbon, Gulbenkian Hall, January 21 & 22
Madrid, Auditorio Nacional, January 23 (Program 2 only)
Cologne, Philharmonie, January 25 & 26
London, Barbican, January 27 & 28
Paris, Salle Pleyel, January 30 & 31
Budapest, Palace of the Arts, February 2 & 3
Vienna, Musikverein, February 4 & 5
DUDAMEL SUBSCRIPTION CONCERTS
Emanuel Ax, piano
WEBER, Overture to Der Freischütz
BEETHOVEN, Piano Concerto No. 4
SCHUMANN, Symphony No. 4
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Cynthia Millar, ondes martenot
MESSIAEN, Turangalîla
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano
ADAMS, Slonimsky’s Earbox (except Friday, January 7)
BERNSTEIN, Symphony No. 1, “Jeremiah”
BEETHOVEN, Symphony No. 7
MAHLER, Symphony No. 9
WEBERN, Five Pieces for Orchestra
BRUCKNER, Symphony No. 7
Program interspersed with readings from Shakespeare’s plays:
TCHAIKOVSKY, Romeo and Juliet
TCHAIKOVSKY, Hamlet
TCHAIKOVSKY, The Tempest
Martha Argerich, piano
SHOSTAKOVICH, Jazz Suite No. 1
TBD, Piano concerto
SHOSTAKOVICH, Symphony No. 9
BRAHMS UNBOUND
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
BRAHMS, Academic Festival Overture
GOLIJOV, Violin Concerto (world premiere, LAPA co-commission)
BRAHMS, Symphony No. 1
BRAHMS UNBOUND
Leila Josefowicz, violin
Christine Schäfer, soprano
Matthias Goerne, baritone
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Grant Gershon, music director
MACKEY, Beautiful Passing (West Coast premiere)
BRAHMS, A German Requiem
BRAHMS UNBOUND
Glorious Percussion, percussion ensemble
BRAHMS, Tragic Overture
GUBAIDULINA, Glorious Percussion (U.S. premiere)
BRAHMS, Symphony No. 2
BRAHMS UNBOUND
Pedro Carneiro, percussion
BRAHMS, Variations on a Theme by Haydn
LIEBERSON, Percussion concerto (world premiere, LAPA co-commission)
BRAHMS, Symphony No. 3
BRAHMS UNBOUND
GÓRECKI, Symphony No. 4 (U.S. premiere, LAPA co-commission)
BRAHMS, Symphony No. 4
CONDUCTOR LAUREATE ESA-PEKKA SALONEN
Esa-Pekka Salonen, the longest-serving Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, returns in his new position, Conductor Laureate. His bold, visionary approach established the Philharmonic as one of the world’s most renowned and accomplished orchestras. Esa-Pekka’s recognition of the composers of the 20th and 21st centuries and continual advocacy for new music is demonstrated in the programs that will be performed over his two-week visit.
“When trying to imagine my return to the Los Angeles Philharmonic after 18 months I realized much to my surprise how organic and natural the idea felt,” said Esa-Pekka Salonen. “Therefore I decided to avoid a grand gesture (I’m not very good at that anyway), and simply come back to continue a project spanning already over several decades, now in a different capacity. I also understood how much I miss everybody, the Orchestra, staff and the audience. And the Hall.”
“The two programs I’ve chosen to conduct reflect this very idea. They don’t carry any special message relating to my reunion with my colleagues and my long-time hometown. In fact the guiding principle is the same as always: music that excites and moves me, soloists I admire. It’s that simple.”
PROGRAM information:
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano, “Judith”
Willard White, bass-baritone, “Bluebeard”
TBD video artist
Los Angeles Master Chorale, Grant Gershon, Music Director
LINDBERG, Graffiti (U.S. premiere)
BARTÓK, Bluebeard’s Castle (with video)
Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone
HINDEMITH, Symphonic Metamorphosis
WAGNER, Selected scenes
GREEN UMBRELLA
The groundbreaking Green Umbrella new music series, now being overseen by LA Phil Creative Chair John Adams, is at the heart of the LA Phil’s mission to maintain the life and health of contemporary music. Currently in its third decade, the series offers five concerts during the 2010/11 season, with a focus on American music performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group led by guest conductors. The series includes an Aspects of Adès concert presenting the LA Phil-commissioned world premiere of a new work from Francisco Coll. The series also features LA Phil-commissioned world premieres from Gabriel Kahane, Missy Mazzoli and Andrew Norman and a U.S. premiere from Anders Hillborg.
“Music is about constant experimentation and evolution, and the great fun and challenge of planning Green Umbrella is fitting unique pieces together in ways that still give the programs coherency,” says Adams.
“Programming for the Green Umbrella series this season gave us an opportunity to juxtapose music with a contemporary American focus next to the best from the international scene. We hope that the end result is a series that speaks to an American sensibility for adventure and exploration."
COMMISSIONS AND PREMIERES
As part of a long-standing commitment to the music of our time, the Los Angeles Philharmonic is proud to announce 12 commissioned works for the season along with 9 world premieres, 5 U.S. premieres and 5 West Coast premieres.
WORLD PREMIERES
This work is a LAPA co-commission with the Barbican Center and the Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel with guest artist Leonidas Kavakos, for the Brahms Unbound festival. (May 5 – 8, 2011)
This work is commissioned for the Green Umbrella series conducted by LA Phil Creative Chair John Adams. (May 24, 2011)
STEPHEN THARP, Disney’s Trumpets(world premiere) – This work was specifically composed by Stephen Tharp for this concert on the organ series. (March 13, 2011)
U.S. PREMIERES
WEST COAST PREMIERES
COMMISSIONS REVISITED
(March 15, 2011)
JAZZ
The legendary Herbie Hancock begins his tenure as the Philharmonic Association’s Creative Chair for Jazz, overseeing the LA Phil jazz performances and presentations at Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Hollywood Bowl.
“I feel so privileged to have been asked to join the LA Phil as Creative Chair for Jazz,” says Herbie Hancock. “I look forward to producing programs at Walt Disney Concert Hall, and showcasing the best of what jazz has to offer in such a cool and intimate venue.”
The 2010/11 Jazz series at Walt Disney Concert Hall includes:
Nine-time Grammy winner and iconic woman of song Natalie Cole makes her Walt Disney Concert Hall debut performing a unique mix of treasures from the American Songbook as well as R&B classics. (December 8, 2010)
Celebrating the release of the highly anticipated Jon Brion-produced double-CD Highway Rider (Nonesuch), virtuoso pianist Mehldau presents a through-composed piece highlighting the interaction between jazz ensemble and chamber orchestra. Jazz improvisation, classical romanticism, and pop converge to showcase Mehldau as a one-of-a-kind improviser and composer. Mehldau is joined by saxophonist Joshua Redman, percussionists Jeff Ballard and Matt Chamberlain, and bassist Larry Grenadier. Scott Yoo conducts. (January 21, 2011)
Trumpeter, composer, bandleader and one of the most prominent jazz musicians of the modern era, Wynton Marsalis is the first jazz artist to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize and was named one of “America’s 25 Most Influential People” by Time magazine. He has served as the world renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center’s artistic director as well as music director of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra since its inception. The remarkably versatile orchestra, comprised of today’s finest jazz soloists and ensemble players, has been the Jazz at Lincoln Center resident orchestra for more than 13 years, and returns as the LA Phil’s 2010/11 On Location artist. (February 15, 2011)
A true icon of modern music, Academy Award- and 12-time Grammy-winner Hancock makes his Walt Disney Concert Hall debut performance as the LA Phil’s Creative Chair for Jazz. His creative path has moved fluidly between almost every development in acoustic and electronic jazz and R&B since 1960, and he shares his genre-defying blend of jazz, R&B and funk for this special performance. (March 5, 2011)
The LA Phil’s On Location residencies offer artists and ensembles the chance to present unique projects and build relationships in the Los Angeles community, with the orchestra and with the audience. The Los Angeles Philharmonic’s 2010/11 On Location artist, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, will premiere a new work with the Philharmonic, perform a Jazz series concert, inspire a Toyota Symphonies for Youth program and conduct educational outreach.
Conductor Leonard Slatkin leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in a program that includes Gershwin’s An American in Paris and the West Coast premiere of a new work for jazz band and orchestra composed by Marsalis, and co-commissioned by the LA Phil. (February 12 & 13, 2011)
Trumpeter, composer, bandleader and one of the most prominent jazz musicians of the modern era, Wynton Marsalis is the first jazz artist to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize and was named one of “America’s 25 Most Influential People” by Time magazine. He has served as the world renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center’s artistic director as well as music director of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra since its inception. The remarkably versatile orchestra, comprised of today’s finest jazz soloists and ensemble players, has been the Jazz at Lincoln Center resident orchestra for more than 13 years. (February 15, 2011)
The Los Angeles Philharmonic’s family-friendly Toyota Symphonies for Youth concert series makes the experience of symphonic music come alive for children ages 5 to 11. The TSFY concerts are orchestral theater – an art form that specializes in featuring the orchestra in a theatrical setting. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis inspires Jazz and the Orchestra.(February 19 & 26, 2011)
YOUTH ORCHESTRA LA (YOLA)
Youth Orchestra LA (YOLA) is the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s initiative to provide access to exceptional instrumental and orchestral education in order to promote youth development. Central to YOLA is the LA Phil’s plan to build, with community partners, youth orchestras in underserved communities throughout Los Angeles.
The aspiration that every child has access to the experience of playing in an orchestra is shared by a community of music education providers. The LA Phil brings these diverse organizations together to think big in service of children, recognizing that we can accomplish more together than we can on our own. This is our YOLA Stakeholder Network.
YOLA is inspired by El Sistema, the Venezuelan music education system that nurtured the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Music Director, Gustavo Dudamel. El Sistema annually provides children from all walks of life with free musical instruments and music instruction so that they may play in youth orchestras throughout Venezuela.
YOLA Expo Center Youth Orchestra: the first project of YOLA
YOLA @ HOLA: the second project of YOLA
HOLA or Heart of Los Angeles is an after-school community center in Lafayette Park whose mission it is to provide underserved youth with exceptional programs in arts, academics and athletics.
YOLA @ HOLA is a partnership of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association and Heart of Los Angeles.
YOLA @ HOLA year 1 will engage 100 first graders in an intensive free music program.
YOLA students will be immersed in music through lively instruction in recorder, singing and strings.
Each year, a new first grade class will be added as other students continue, leading to the organic development of orchestras at the heart of the program.
VISITING ORCHESTRAS
The 2010/11 season welcomes two visiting orchestras to Walt Disney Concert Hall – the renowned Israel Philharmonic with former LA Phil Music Director Zubin Mehta and Russia’s oldest symphony orchestra, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, with conductor Yuri Temirkanov:
Israel Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta, conductor
HAYDN, Symphony No. 96, “The Miracle”
MAHLER, Symphony No. 5
St. Petersburg Philharmonic
Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, Russian Easter Overture
SHOSTAKOVICH, Cello Concerto No. 1
BRAHMS, Symphony No. 4
The Colburn Celebrity Series recitals for the 2010/11 season present virtuoso performances by world-renowned artists. Featured are two four-concert series, welcoming back series alumni: pianists András Schiff and Yefim Bronfman, violinists Midori and Itzhak Perlman, and flutist Sir James Galway, as well as those making their Colburn Celebrity Series debuts: bass-baritone Bryn Terfel, pianists Malcolm Martineau, Simon Trp?eski and Pierre-Laurent Aimard, and the Emerson String Quartet. The series includes an Aspects of Adès program presenting the Los Angeles premiere of Adès’ new string quartet.
CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY
The Chamber Music Society continues its successful presentations at Walt Disney Concert Hall in 2010/11, with two series of four concerts each, performed by members of the LA PHIL and distinguished guest artists.
BAROQUE VARIATIONS
Baroque Variations offers presentations of Baroque music on both period and modern instruments, performed by some of the world’s most admired ensembles and soloists in a four-concert series. This season’s varied series features The Four Seasons Project, combining Vivaldi’s masterwork with Philip Glass’ new “American Four Seasons”; L’Arpeggiata, a French-based ensemble directed by Austrian-born harpist and lutenist Christina Pluhar; Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, one of Europe’s leading baroque ensembles, performing a program of German Baroque masters; and The Route of New Mexico, a baroque celebration of the 200th anniversary of Mexican independence.
THE SEASONS PROJECT
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Robert McDuffie, violin/director
GLASS, Violin Concerto No. 2, “The American Four Seasons”
VIVALDI, “The Four Seasons”
L’Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar, harpist
Akademie for Alte Musik Berlin
TELEMANN, Overture (Suite) in C, TWV55:C6
BACH, Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
BACH, Violin Concerto in E
HANDEL, Concerto Grosso in B-flat, Op. 3 No. 2
TELEMAN Concerto in E minor for Recorder and Flute, TWV 52:el
THE ROUTE OF NEW MEXICO
Tembembe Ensemble Continuo
La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Hespèrion XXI
Jordi Savall, director
Montserrat Figueras, soprano
ORGAN RECITALS
In the 2010/11 season the Organ Recital series explores the breadth of sound the Walt Disney Concert Hall organ can deliver, from the annual Halloween concert to the eclectic style of Cameron Carpenter.
Clark Wilson
Halloween Organ Concert
Silent Film: “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”
Millennium Consort Singers
Martin Neary director and solo organist
Edward Murray organ accompanist
Music by BACH, PURCELL, HARVEY, MENDELSSOHN, LISZT, TAVENER, and BRITTEN
Carol Williams
Music by MARCHAND, J.S. BACH, C.P.E BACH, REGER, BEDARD, BEETHOVEN, WILLSCHER, GLASS, JONGEN, IDENSTRAM, and JENKINS
Stephen Tharp
Music by THARP, CHOPIN, JONGEN, FRANCK, MUSSORGSKY, BRAHMS, and STRAVINSKY
BRAHMS UNBOUND
Cameron Carpenter
Program featuring Brahms works arranged for organ
WORLD MUSIC
The 2009/10 World Music series at Walt Disney Concert Hall brings music from around the globe to local audiences.
Celebrating his 90th birthday, legendary sitarist and composer Ravi Shankar is his country’s most celebrated classical music ambassador, who crosses cultural and musical boundaries all over the world. (October 20, 2010)
Lila Downs
With a voice that’s a cross between Cesaria Evora and a flamenco singer, Spanish-born Concha Buika is a powerful and mesmerizing new presence on the world music scene. Her album Niña de Fuego (2008) garnered a Latin Grammy nomination for Album of the Year. Grammy winner and Oscar nominee Lila Downs taps into a vast reservoir of Mexican folk traditions by singing rich, folkloric songs in native languages mixed with contemporary sounds to highly original effect. (November 10, 2010)
The “samurai percussionists” of Kodo return after a sensational debut at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Their explorations of the rhythms and traditions of Japan military timing coupled with gymnastic feats of drumming and dance put Japanese percussion on the global musical map. (February 10, 2011)
Taking their inspiration from the ancient Silk Road trading route, world-renowned cellist and founder Yo-Yo Ma and his ensemble explore a tapestry of music from around the world with a stunning array of instruments and original composition. (April 4, 2011)
SONGBOOK
The Songbook series continues in 2010/11 with three outstanding events focusing on the art of the American song.
Iconic American singer/songwriter Neil Sedaka has a career spanning more than 50 years. The popular tunesmith presents an exceptional program showcasing his miraculously broad legacy of hits. (October 27, 2010)
The multi-platinum-selling five-time Grammy-nominated “Ambassador of the Great American Songbook” combines his critically-acclaimed voice and intimate knowledge of American popular standards to create an unforgettable evening of timeless music. (February 5, 2011)
With Special Guests The Living Sisters: Inara George, Eleni Mandell, Becky Stark
Additional artists to be announced
Patsy Cline, one of country & western’s most distinctive voices, is celebrated by contemporary songbirds in an evening filled with her classic hits such as “Crazy” and “I Fall to Pieces.”
(May 7, 2011)
DECK THE HALL
The 2010 Deck the Hall series channels the festive spirit with classic holiday programming, iconic pop artists and holiday music from across the globe.
TOYOTA SYMPHONIES FOR YOUTH
The Los Angeles Philharmonic’s family-friendly Toyota Symphonies for Youth concert series makes the experience of symphonic music come alive for children ages 5 to 11. The TSFY concerts are orchestral theater – an art form that specializes in featuring the orchestra in a theatrical setting. Before every 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. concert, Walt Disney Concert Hall becomes a musical playground with hands-on art making, musical activities, dance, and storytelling or theater. TSFY 2010/11 programs include:
SOUNDS ABOUT TOWN
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association’s goal of nurturing tomorrow’s performers by providing opportunities for premier youth ensembles to perform in Walt Disney Concert Hall continues with Sounds About Town:
University of Michigan Symphony Band (May 29, 2011)
CONDUCTOR AND ARTIST DEBUTS
Susanna Mälkki (November 12-14, 2010) – LA Phil & WDCH
Kurt Masur (March 24-27, 2011) – WDCH
Juraj Val?uha (April 21-23, 2011) – WDCH
Gautier Capuçon (December 7, 2010) – WDCH
Alisa Weilerstein (March 22, 2011) – WDCH
Millennium Consort Singers (November 14, 2010) – WDCH
L’Arpeggiata (January 19, 2011) – WDCH
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin (March 2, 2011) – WDCH
Emerson String Quartet (March 14, 2011) – WDCH
Dimitri Pokrovsky Ensemble (April 1-3, 2011) – LA Phil & WDCH
Glorious Percussion (May 19-22, 2011) – WDCH
University of Michigan Symphony Band (May 29, 2011) - WDCH
Malcolm Martineau (November 22, 2010) – WDCH
Nicholas Angelich (December 3-5, 2010) – WDCH
Robert Levin (December 16-19, 2010) - WDCH
Cynthia Millar (October 15 – 17, 2010) – WDCH & LA Phil
Martin Neary (November 14, 2010) – WDCH
Edward Murray (November 14, 2010) – WDCH
Carol Williams (January 23, 2011) – WDCH
Stephen Tharp (March 13, 2011) – WDCH
Cameron Carpenter (May 8, 2011) – WDCH
Pedro Carneiro (May 26-29, 2011) – LA Phil & WDCH
Juan Diego Flórez (October 7, 2010) – LA Phil and WDCH
Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (October 22-24, 2010) – LA Phil and WDCH
Bryn Terfel (November 22 & November 26-28, 2010) – WDCH
Christine Schäfer (May 12-15, 2011) – LA Phil & WDCH
Neil Sedaka (October 27, 2010) – WDCH
Buika (November 10, 2010) – WDCH
Natalie Cole (December 8, 2010) – WDCH
Natalie MacMaster (December 22, 2010) – WDCH
Michael Feinstein (February 5, 2011) – WDCH
Sophie Jefferies, 213.972.3422, sjefferies@laphil.org; Lisa Bellamore, 213.972.3689, lbellamore@laphil.org; Lisa White, 213.972.3408, lwhite@laphil.org; Leah Price, 213.972.3406, lprice@laphil.org