Los Angeles Philharmonic Association Announces Hollywood Bowl 2009 Summer Season

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES HOLLYWOOD BOWL 2009 SUMMER SEASON Herbie Hancock Appointed Creative Chair For Jazz; Begins Two‐Year Tenure with Hollywood Bowl 2010 Season PLÁCIDO DOMINGO MAKES HOLLYWOOD BOWL CONDUCTING DEBUT IN FIRST-EVER COLLABORATION WITH CELLIST YO-YO MA IN A PROGRAM OF TCHAIKOVSKY AND DVORÁK 2009 HOLLYWOOD BOWL HALL OF FAME OPENING NIGHT CONCERT HONORS JOSH GROBAN AND DAME KIRI TE KANAWA; JOHN WILLIAMS AND GARTH BROOKS PRESENT BRAMWELL TOVEY RETURNS AS PRINCIPAL GUEST CONDUCTOR OF THE LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL IN PROGRAMS OF BERNSTEIN, BARBER, BEETHOVEN, GRAINGER, AND MORE THOMAS WILKINS RETURNS AS PRINCIPAL GUEST CONDUCTOR OF THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL ORCHESTRA, JOINED BY SPECIAL GUESTS JEWEL, MICHAEL FEINSTEIN, SEU JORGE, AND BEBEL GILBERTO PHILIP GLASS MAKES BOWL DEBUT WITH PHILIP GLASS ENSEMBLE TO ACCOMPANY GODFREY REGGIO’S WORDLESS FILM KOYAANISQATSI IN A NEW ARRANGEMENT COMMISSIONED BY THE LA PHIL SPECIAL ONE-NIGHT-ONLY CONCERTS FEATURE DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE WITH THE LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC; PINK MARTINI; ABBA, THE TOUR, AND MORE JULY 4 FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR FEATURES JOHN FOGERTY WITH THE LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC WEEKEND SPECTACULARS FEATURE LIZA MINNELLI, FAITH HILL, DIANA KRALL, GUYS AND DOLLS IN CONCERT, AND MORE JAZZ AT THE BOWL FEATURES SERGIO MENDES, NATALIE COLE, PATTI LABELLE, AND CHICK COREA, STANLEY CLARKE AND LENNY WHITE, AND MORE KCRW WORLD FESTIVAL FEATURES GRACE JONES, FEMI KUTI, ADELE WITH THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL ORCHESTRA STRINGS, AND MORE BEASTIE BOYS MAKE HOLLYWOOD BOWL DEBUT LOS ANGELES (March 16, 2009) — The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association today announces the Hollywood Bowl summer 2009 programming for its 88th season at the historic venue. The Hollywood Bowl – recently named “Best Major Outdoor Concert Venue” by Pollstar magazine for the fifth straight year – is one of the most renowned summer cultural venues in the United States and has been the summer home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic since 1922. The 2009 summer season spans 14 weeks, from June to September, and includes presentations of classical music by the Los Angeles Philharmonic; popular weekend shows with the Philharmonic and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra; jazz; world music; pop; rock; and special presentations, as well as family and educational programs. The Hollywood Bowl remains an important cultural destination that offers accessible programs from a broad musical menu, attracting audiences of all ages and interests, and keeping the arts a vital part of the everyday experience. With ticket prices starting at just $1 and a transportation system starting at $4 – one that alleviates the need to endure traffic and parking – as well as the choice to pack your own picnic, patrons can easily experience a night of music under the stars. NEW JAZZ LEADERSHIP Legendary jazz icon Herbie Hancock will succeed bassist Christian McBride as the third Creative Chair for Jazz for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association. “It is a great honor to be selected as the next Creative Chair for Jazz, and follow in the footsteps of Christian McBride, who has presented programming of incredible breadth and talent,” says Hancock. “I intend to continue this tradition and also bring to fruition new ideas and one-of-a-kind programs in two of the finest venues for live music - Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Hollywood Bowl.” “We are truly privileged to have such a highly-regarded musician of the caliber of Herbie Hancock to follow Christian McBride as our next Creative Chair for Jazz,” says Deborah Borda, President of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association. "We are thrilled to welcome him to our organization, and deeply grateful for Christian’s guidance." With an illustrious career spanning five decades, Hancock continues to amaze audiences and never ceases to expand the public's vision of what music, particularly jazz, is all about today. Hancock solidified his place as the ultimate crossover jazz artist when he won the 2007 Grammy Award for Album of the Year for River: The Joni Letters. Hancock will oversee jazz programming at both the Walt Disney Concert Hall and Hollywood Bowl during his two-year tenure, starting with the Hollywood Bowl’s 2010 season. He will work with the organization year-round, building on the Philharmonic’s presence in the musical community as a leading presenter of jazz. “My tenure as Creative Chair for Jazz for the Los Angeles Philharmonic has truly been one of the most rewarding of my career,” says McBride. “It was an unbelievable opportunity to present unprecedented jazz programs. Having the legendary Herbie Hancock succeed me in this position is an astounding honor and a testament to the LA Phil’s firm commitment to promoting the best that jazz has to offer.” CLASSICAL TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC, 8 PM The Los Angeles Philharmonic performs 10 weeks of classical programs during the Hollywood Bowl’s Tuesdays and Thursdays series. • The classical season at the Hollywood Bowl opens with an all-Prokofiev program: Piano Concerto No. 2, excerpts from Romeo and Juliet, and the Oscar-winning animated film of Peter & the Wolf, accompanied live by the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Young Ukrainian conductor Kirill Karabits leads the orchestra in his Hollywood Bowl debut with pianist Vladimir Feltsman as soloist. The evening concludes with fireworks accompanied by the orchestra. Karabits returns for the Thursday program with violinist Joshua Bell in a performance of Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor. The program also includes Berlioz’s Roman Carnival Overture and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4, “Italian.” (July 7 and 9). • Bramwell Tovey, in his second season as Principal Guest Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, leads the orchestra in an all-Beethoven program that includes Egmont Overture, Piano Concerto No. 2 and Symphony No. 2. Young British pianist Paul Lewis, who earned Gramophone’s Record of the Year for his CD of Beethoven sonatas, makes his Bowl debut (July 14 and 16). • Finnish pianist Juho Pohjonen, in his Hollywood Bowl debut, performs LA Phil Music Director Esa- Pekka Salonen’s Piano Concerto. The program, conducted by LA Phil Assistant Conductor Lionel Bringuier, also includes Dukas’ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Mussorgsky/Ravel’s Pictures at an Exhibition (July 21). That same week, the Philip Glass Ensemble, featuring the composer himself, makes a special appearance to accompany Godfrey Reggio’s 1982 wordless film Koyaanisqatsi: Life 3 Out of Balance in a new arrangement for the ensemble and orchestra commissioned by the LA Phil. Michael Riesman makes his conducting debut and the Los Angeles Master Chorale also performs (July 23). • Conductor Marin Alsop leads a program of Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 and Avner Dorman’s percussion concerto, Spices, Perfumes, Toxins! featuring the Israeli percussion duo PercaDu in its Bowl debut. Gil Shaham joins the Thursday program to perform Beethoven’s popular Violin Concerto. Also featured are Dvořák’s Slavonic Dance No. 1 and Symphony No. 8 (July 28 and 30). • Leonard Slatkin returns to the Hollywood Bowl to lead the Philharmonic in an all-Brahms program that includes Hungarian Dance No. 1, Violin Concerto, featuring Russian virtuoso Vadim Repim, and Symphony No. 2. Slatkin’s second program features Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos performing Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto; American composer Joan Tower’s Made in America; and Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2 (August 4 and 6). • Nicholas McGegan conducts the LA Phil in an all-Mozart concert showcasing pianist Louis Lortie performing Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K. 488. The program also includes the Overture to The Marriage of Figaro and Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 (August 11 and 13). • Bramwell Tovey and the LA Phil celebrate Samuel Barber’s centenary with an all-American program that includes two of Bernstein’s most popular works – Overture to Candide and the Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfront – and two by Barber – his Violin Concerto, for which Tovey and the evening’s soloist James Ehnes won a Grammy in 2007, and Vanessa: Intermezzo. The Thursday program features two works by Gustav Mahler - Blumine and Songs of a Wayfarer featuring American baritone Thomas Hampson - as well as Dvo ák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World” (August 18 and 20). • LA Opera General Director and Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame inductee Plácido Domingo makes his Bowl conducting debut with cellist Yo-Yo Ma in a program of Dvo ák’s Cello Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5. In the Thursday program, Slovakian conductor Juraj Valuha makes his Bowl debut as he leads the LA Phil in an all-German program of Wagner, Mendelssohn and Strauss. French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet returns to the Bowl to perform Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1 (August 25 and 27). • The LA Phil, under the baton of Miguel Harth-Bedoya, performs an all-French program with works by Saint-Saëns, Bizet and Ravel, plus Lalo’s Cello Concerto featuring cellist Lynn Harrell. In the 4 Thursday program, Harth-Bedoya is joined by young Korean pianist Joyce Yang making her Hollywood Bowl debut playing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2. The remainder of this all- Russian program includes Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade (September 1 and 3). • The final week of the LA Phil classical season opens with Bramwell Tovey leading a program showcasing Percy Grainger’s The Warriors, last heard at the Bowl in 1928, when the composer himself conducted. The works of three British composers – Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Britten – round out the program with LA Phil Principal Concertmaster Martin Chalifour performing Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending and Elgar’s La Capricieuse; Chanson de Matin; and Mazurka – with arrangements orchestrated by Tovey. For Thursday’s program, Tovey is joined by the Los Angeles Master Chorale and tenor James Taylor in Berlioz’ monumental Requiem (September 8 and 10).

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