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WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL 2015/16 MAJOR EVENTS Immortal Beethoven 4-5 City of Light 4 Mozart & Pärt 5

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS 6-7 JOIN MUSIC DIRECTOR GUSTAVO DUDAMEL LA PHIL ORCHESTRAL SERIES Thursday Evenings (TH1, TH2) 8-10 Friday Evenings AND THE LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC IN A in/SIGHT (FR1) 11 FR2, FR3 12-13 SEASON THAT WILL MOVE YOUR SPIRIT AND Casual Fridays (FRC1) 14 Inside the Music (FRC2) 14 Friday Midday (FRM) 15 INSPIRE YOUR SENSES…WITH PASSIONATELY Saturday Evenings (SA1, SA2, SA3) 16-18 Saturday Matinees (SAM) 19 Sunday Matinees (SU1, SU2, SU3) 20-22 RENDERED CLASSICS, BOLDLY MODERN Toyota Symphonies for Youth (SY1, SY2) 23 MASTERPIECES AND THRILLING NEW WORKS CLASSICAL PRESENTATIONS Baroque Variations (BV1) 24 PREMIERING ON THE WORLD STAGE. Colburn Celebrity Series (CE1, CE2) 25 Chamber Music (CH1, CH2) 26 Organ Recitals (OR1) 26 Green Umbrella (GU1) 27

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ADDITIONAL CONCERTS Immortal Beethoven: The Ninth 30 Visiting Orchestras 30 Deck the Hall 31 Sounds About Town 31 Halloween Organ & Film 31 Best Value SUBSCRIBER →→ Guaranteed lowest price for the best seats PRICING / SEATING CHART 32-34 →→ NEW! No price increases for additional ticket BENEFITS purchases or exchanges EDUCATION & COMMUNITY 35 We thank you for your commitment →→ NEW! All subscriptions in Terrace, Terrace East/West by providing the following valuable and Balcony discounted 20% benefits with your subscription. →→ Discounts on select concerts and at the LA Phil Store

VIP Access →→ Best seats reserved for subscribers →→ Subscriber-only events with the musicians Use the chronological guide inside to help →→ Priority access to tickets you navigate through the season and discover 2015/16 concerts beyond your subscription. Premium Handling Season Calendar See insert. →→ First opportunity for seat upgrades →→ Free and easy ticket exchange →→ Need help? Call our subscriber line at 323.850.2025. 9 Symphonies. 2 Orchestras. 1 Conductor. and experience the full range of his genius: the fierce dynamism, the tender lyricism, the heroic struggle, the Los Angeles Philharmonic unbridled joy…the ever-expanding imagination. Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela Gustavo Dudamel Gustavo Dudamel will conduct two complete cycles, divided between his two orchestras, with everyone joining forces Beethoven literally changed the course of Western music for the Ninth. There will be two additional non-subscription and culture. His work seems to affect every part of our performances of the Ninth, which you can order now (p. 30). being, connecting us with the raw soul of music. The Beginning June 16, you will be able to purchase a complete power and popularity of his music have remained cycle before the general public. The festival also includes undiminished across two centuries. And in sheer numbers chamber music and a Symphonies for Youth program. of lives touched, he would most likely rank at the top. To hear Beethoven’s nine symphonies in order, in a short OCT 1-13 SERIES → TH1, TH2, FR2, FRC2, FRM, SA1, SA2, SAM, SU1, SU2, SY1, SY2, CH1 period, allows you to witness his astonishing development IMMORTAL BEETHOVEN

A Glimpse of the Infinite CITY OF LIGHT Gustavo Dudamel shares his love of Wolfgang Mozart and Arvo Pärt in a festival that places their miraculous music MOZART side by side. Both masters have a reputation for sonic 20th- and 21st-century French Masterworks Mélisande, for which Salonen has received ecstatic reviews. “…among the finest achievements of Salonen’s purity and transparency, music that unfolds naturally French music is so universally appealing because its principal conductorship” (The Guardian). Chamber music, and effortlessly. Both created works of sublime spirituality aesthetic consistently values color, lightness and Symphonies for Youth and a Green Umbrella concert round that can transcend our daily lives, giving us a glimpse of transparency. Esa-Pekka Salonen’s natural tendencies out this special event. the infinite – intensified by Bill Viola’s stunning video/sound make him an ideal interpreter of this music. His festival & PÄRT installation in one of the three orchestral programs (there is will feature Ravel’s delicate and enchanting Mother Goose JAN 23–FEB 23 SERIES → FR1, FR3, SA2, SU1, SU2, also an organ recital). This rare and unusual pairing will – to be enhanced with a newly created multi-disciplinary SY1, SY2, CH1, GU1 shed new light on each composer. Don’t miss it! installation – and Debussy’s influential opera Pelléas et MAY 19–29 SERIES → TH1, TH2, FR1, FRC2, SA2, SAM, SU1, SU2, OR1

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photo: Dan Avila The Andriessen Effect Ocean Views The LA Phil has developed a long-term relationship Orchestral music has long been associated with the ocean. with Louis Andriessen, one of the most influential and This season, three programs will manifest that connection in imaginative composers of our time, resulting this season uncommon ways. The highly atmospheric music Benjamin in two major premieres. In October, Dudamel combines Britten used to portray the North Sea in Peter Grimes gains the U.S. premiere of Mysteriën with music by one of new layers of meaning when combined with imagery by Andriessen’s biggest influences, Stravinsky, including video artist Tal Rosner (Series FR1). A different view comes The Rite of Spring (Series TH1, SA3, SU3). Then, in May, the by way of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize-winning Become Ocean by eyes of the world will turn to Los Angeles for the first-ever John Luther Adams (Series SAM, SU2). And finally, The Reef, Hear It First The Piatigorsky International Cello Festival performances of Theatre of the World, a monumental work the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s project in which for singers, actors and orchestra, staged with video, and astonishing footage of the sea is accompanied live by In late February and early March, Gustavo Dudamel and the This remarkable gathering of cellists from around the inspired by the life of 17th-century scholar Athanasius unbelievably eclectic music: Bach to Alice in Chains, Los Angeles Philharmonic will present a preview of the world includes high-profile concerts hosted by the LA Phil: Kircher, the last true Renaissance man (Series FR1, SU3). Shostakovich to didgeridoo, and much more (p. 30). two terrific programs they are taking on tour in 2016. The a Yo-Yo Ma recital, three different cello concertos, a recital first, a focus on the Americas, includes music by Copland by multiple cellists, and Symphonies for Youth. Regarding and Ginastera featuring Argentine pianist Sergio Tiempo the closing of the 2012 festival, the Los Angeles Times (Series TH2, FRM, SA1, SU2). Then, for the first time with wrote, “Sunday's sundry cellos swelled fabulously, and they the LA Phil, Dudamel leads Mahler’s monumental Third exhaled just as fabulously. Cello vibrations seemed to Symphony (Series TH1, FR2, SA3, SU3). infuse all the senses, not just hearing. The hall shimmered. The cellos could be felt through the skin, tasted, smelled.” (Series FRC1, SA3, SU2, CE1, CE2, SY1, SY2).

SEASON SUPERSTARS

John Adams Youssou N’Dour Emanuel Ax Eddie Palmieri Joshua Bell Itzhak Perlman Yefim Bronfman Dianne Reeves Renaud Capuçon Esa-Pekka Salonen Dudamel & Bolle Kristin Chenoweth Sir András Schiff Renewing a dynamic artistic partnership, Roberto Bolle, Hilary Hahn Gil Shaham a Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre and an international star, joins Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil Herbie Hancock Jean-Yves Thibaudet strings to perform Stravinsky’s elegant ballet Apollo, just Leila Josefowicz Chucho Valdés in time for ABT’s 75th anniversary (Series FR3, SA2, SU1). Yo-Yo Ma Yuja Wang Zubin Mehta Yundi

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photo©lucianoromano LA PHIL THURSDAY EVENINGS SERIES 8 CONCERTS DEC 10 MAY 19 TH1 8:00 PM Hilary Hahn MOZART & PÄRT: Mirga Gražinyte˙-Tyla, conductor Requiem & Miserere OCT 1 Hilary Hahn, violin Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Lucy Crowe, soprano IMMORTAL BEETHOVEN: WEINBERG Suite from The Golden Key ORCHESTRAL Roxana Constantinescu, mezzo-soprano Symphonies 1 & 2 VIEUXTEMPS Violin Concerto No. 4 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 Paul Appleby, tenor Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Luca Pisaroni, bass-baritone Continuing her quest to shine new light on Simone Porter, violin Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir violin gems, Hilary Hahn draws on her BEETHOVEN Latvian Radio Choir all-encompassing musicality for the Romance No. 1 SERIES fourth of Vieuxtemps’ highly virtuosic, PÄRT Miserere Symphony No. 1 emphatically Romantic concertos. MOZART Requiem Romance No. 2 Launching our Mozart & Pärt festival, Symphony No. 2 MAR 3 Pärt’s acknowledged masterwork, Right from the get-go, Beethoven (in his Dudamel & Mahler 3 Miserere, demonstrates how he draws a late 20s) throws down the gauntlet. Not Gustavo Dudamel, conductor wealth of emotions from the simplest only has he mastered the symphonic Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano musical elements. His setting of Psalm form of the giants Haydn and Mozart, he Women of the Los Angeles Master Chorale 51 begins and ends in utmost quiet. In goes further, displaying the explosive Grant Gershon, artistic director between, the words that it shares with energy and characteristic shifts that we Los Angeles Children’s Chorus Mozart’s Requiem, from the Dies irae, are identify with Beethoven. Experience the Anne Tomlinson, artistic director musically apocalyptic. development of genius from its inception. MAHLER Symphony No. 3 JUN 2 OCT 15 Mahler’s colossal Third just might be the Dudamel Conducts Bartók one that fully embodies his conception The Rite of Spring with Dudamel Gustavo Dudamel, conductor that “A symphony must be like the world Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Carrie Dennis, viola – it must contain everything.” Countless STRAVINSKY Suites Nos. 1 and 2 ideas are explored on an epic scale, taking KODÁLY Dances of Galánta for small orchestra us on an odyssey from raw, primitive BARTÓK Viola Concerto ANDRIESSEN Mysteriën (U.S. premiere) nature to the heart of divine love. These LIGETI Apparitions STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring are Dudamel’s first performances of the BARTÓK Miraculous Mandarin Suite The Rite of Spring has become an icon of work with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Dudamel leads a powerful and revolutionary change. It retains a volcanic kaleidoscopic program of 20th-century power that singes, stings and sets the APR 14 Hungarian works, capped by the suite from heart pounding. Andriessen’s recent Adams & Respighi Bartók’s scandalous pantomime ballet. work, inspired by 15th-century cleric John Adams, conductor Thomas à Kempis’ writings, is a kindred Leila Josefowicz, violin spirit to the Rite. ADAMS Scheherazade.2 OCT 29 (West Coast premiere) ↓ Mirga Gražinyte˙-Tyla Mendelssohn & Strauss RESPIGHI The Pines of Rome RESPIGHI The Fountains of Rome Semyon Bychkov, conductor Renaud Capuçon, violin It’s always a special occasion when Creative Chair John Adams conducts one MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto of his latest compositions, especially a STRAUSS An Alpine Symphony collaboration with the world’s leading Extraordinary French virtuoso Renaud proponent of new music for the violin, Capuçon begins this all-Romantic Leila Josefowicz. This huge “Symphony program performing Mendelssohn’s for Violin and Orchestra” takes off from much-loved concerto. Revered conductor Rimsky-Korsakov’s popular classic. Semyon Bychkov leads Strauss’ massive final tone poem, a powerful portrait for huge orchestra of a mountain climbing expedition.

RENEW TODAY — LAPHIL.COM 9 THURSDAY EVENINGS FRIDAY EVENINGS in/SIGHT SERIES DEC 3 MAR 31 8 CONCERTS Designed for audiences eager to experience more, the LA Phil’s Dudamel & Shaham From Bach to Schubert TH2 8:00 PM innovative in/SIGHT series redefines the concert hall experience Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Nicholas McGegan, conductor Gil Shaham, violin Martin Chalifour, violin for the 21st century, combining inspired, unexpected visual productions OCT 8 Nathan Cole, violin with the most extraordinary music, from Ravel to Andriessen. IMMORTAL BEETHOVEN: MENDELSSOHN Harmoniemusik BACH Violin Concerto No. 1 Ariana Ghez, oboe Symphonies 1 & 2 BACH Violin Concerto No. 2 Whitney Crockett, bassoon Gustavo Dudamel, conductor MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 1 Robert DeMaine, cello Simone Porter, violin BACH Orchestral Suite No. 3 SERIES 4 CONCERTS MAY 6 MAY 27 Continuing his ongoing exploration of BEETHOVEN BACH Concerto for Two Violins Andriessen Premiere: MOZART & PÄRT: The Angels Bach, Gil Shaham plays both of the German 8:00 PM Romance No. 1 HAYDN Sinfonia concertante in B-flat FR1 master’s solo violin concertos in a dynamic Theatre of the World Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Symphony No. 1 SCHUBERT Symphony No. 3 partnership with Gustavo Dudamel. Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor Inon Barnatan, piano Romance No. 2 NOV 13 One of our all-time favorite early music Pierre Audi, director Bill Viola, video/sound installation Symphony No. 2 Britten & Beethoven JAN 14 conductors leads glorious, melodic works, Quay Brothers, video artists PÄRT Cantus in Memoriam Ludovic Morlot, conductor Right from the get-go, Beethoven (in Itzhak Perlman from Bach to Schubert. The latter composed ANDRIESSEN Theatre of the World Benjamin Britten Sergey Khachatryan, violin his late 20s) throws down the gauntlet. this Haydn-inspired symphony during his (world premiere, LA Phil commission) VIOLA Inverted Birth Itzhak Perlman, conductor/violin Tal Rosner, video artist Not only has he mastered the symphonic unbelievably productive 18th year. MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17, K. 453 MOZART Adagio, K. 261 With a unique aesthetic built from a mix form of the giants Haydn and Mozart, he BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes and PÄRT Symphony No. 4, “Los Angeles” MOZART Rondo, K. 373 of Stravinsky, jazz & rock, and minimalism, goes further, displaying the explosive APR 21 Passacaglia from Peter Grimes TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 Dutch composer Louis Andriessen is one Inspired by the City of Angels, where it energy and characteristic shifts that we (with video) Saint-Saëns & Mendelssohn of the most influential and imaginative was premiered, Arvo Pärt composed his identify with Beethoven. Experience the The incomparable Itzhak Perlman plays BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto Edo de Waart, conductor composers of our time. His staggeringly latest symphony for the LA Phil. A recent development of genius from its inception. Mozart and leads Tchaikovsky’s beloved Behzod Abduraimov, piano Britten’s frequently performed orchestral ambitious new multi-media vocal/ video/sound installation by Bill Viola is Fifth. ADAMS The Chairman Dances excerpts from his operatic masterpiece instrumental work centers on the presented for the first time in Los OCT 22 receive an additional layer of meaning Angeles. FEB 25 SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 2 astounding life and accomplishments of Mozart & Haydn via newly created video imagery by Athanasius Kircher, the 17th-century Dudamel & Music from MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3, Sir András Schiff, conductor/piano “Scottish” Tal Rosner. German Jesuit scholar known as the last Anna Lucia Richter, soprano the Americas true Renaissance man. The world will be The breakout pianist from Uzbekistan, Britta Schwarz, alto Gustavo Dudamel, conductor FEB 12 watching. Werner Güra, tenor Sergio Tiempo, piano who made such a strong impression here CITY OF LIGHT:

Robert Holl, bass last season, performs what is probably Mother Goose, with installation WILLIAMS Soundings Saint-Saëns’ most popular concerto, filled Los Angeles Master Chorale GINASTERA Piano Concerto No. 1 Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor Grant Gershon, artistic director with melodies, drama, and glittering NORMAN new work passagework. Camilla Tilling, soprano MOZART Piano Concerto No. 25, K. 503 (world premiere, LA Phil commission) Vincent DuBois, organ HAYDN Mass in Time of War COPLAND Appalachian Spring MAY 26 Ars Electronica, installation artists Serving as both pianist and conductor, A preview of the Phil’s first tour program: MOZART & PÄRT: The Angels TANGUY Affettuoso Sir András Schiff applies his profound Dudamel leads music from North and Gustavo Dudamel, conductor POULENC Organ Concerto love and intimate knowledge of these South America, including the fierce First Inon Barnatan, piano DUTILLEUX Correspondances two composers to a heavenly program Piano Concerto by Alberto Ginastera (who Bill Viola, video/sound installation RAVEL Mother Goose beginning with one of Mozart’s supreme actually studied with Copland), as well as PÄRT Cantus in Memoriam Esa-Pekka Salonen’s focus on French piano concertos and crowned by of one works by John Williams and L.A.-based Benjamin Britten music begins with this tantalizing mix of Haydn’s late, great masses. Andrew Norman, concluding with VIOLA Inverted Birth from two centuries. Leading off is Éric Copland’s beloved ballet. MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17, K. 453 Tanguy’s affectionate tribute to his friend PÄRT Symphony No. 4, “Los Angeles” and colleague Henri Dutilleux. A newly commissioned multi-disciplinary Inspired by the City of Angels, where it ↓ Itzhak Perlman installation will surround the performance was premiered, Arvo Pärt composed his of Ravel’s delicate and magical Mother latest symphony for the LA Phil. A recent Goose to close this program. video/sound installation by Bill Viola is ↑ still from Rosner’s video installation presented for the first time in Los for Four Sea Interludes Angeles.

↑ video still from Viola’s Inverted Birth

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SERIES 6 CONCERTS JAN 8 MAR 4 SERIES 4 CONCERTS FEB 19 JUN 3 FR2 8:00 PM Ax Plays Franck Dudamel & Mahler 3 FR3 8:00 PM CITY OF LIGHT: Dudamel Conducts Bartók Daniel Harding, conductor Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Pelléas et Mélisande Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Emanuel Ax, piano Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano OCT 2 OCT 23 Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor Carrie Dennis, viola Women of the Los Angeles Master Chorale David Edwards, director IMMORTAL BEETHOVEN: BERLIOZ Le corsaire Mozart & Haydn KODÁLY Dances of Galánta FRANCK Symphonic Variations Grant Gershon, artistic director Colin Grenfell, lighting designer BARTÓK Viola Concerto Symphonies 3 & 4 Sir András Schiff, conductor/piano BOULEZ Memoriale Los Angeles Children’s Chorus Stéphane Degout, Pelléas LIGETI Apparitions Anna Lucia Richter, soprano Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2 Anne Tomlinson, artistic director Camilla Tilling, Mélisande BARTÓK Miraculous Mandarin Suite Britta Schwarz, alto of Venezuela MAHLER Symphony No. 3 Willard White, Arkel Beloved pianist Emanuel Ax performs Dudamel leads a powerful and Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Werner Güra, tenor Laurent Naouri, Golaud Franck’s tight, one-movement “concerto,” Mahler’s colossal Third just might be the Robert Holl, bass kaleidoscopic program of 20th-century BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, “Eroica” Felicity Palmer, Genevieve once ubiquitous but now rare. The one that fully embodies his conception Los Angeles Master Chorale Hungarian works, capped by the suite from BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4 Chloé Briot, Yniold otherwise all-French program concludes that “A symphony must be like the world Grant Gershon, artistic director Bartók’s scandalous pantomime ballet. An epic journey of invention, daring, with the surging Romantic fervor of the – it must contain everything.” Countless DEBUSSY Pelléas et Mélisande MOZART Piano Concerto No. 25, K. 503 emotion, power and depth, the “Eroica” Second Symphony by Robert Schumann, ideas are explored on an epic scale, taking (semi-staged) HAYDN Mass in Time of War set the world of music on its ear. Never whose music is one of Daniel Harding’s us on an odyssey from raw, primitive Debussy’s highly influential and mysterious had anyone heard a symphony of this passions. nature to the heart of divine love. These Serving as both pianist and conductor, opera of tragically entangled love, scope. Minds were blown by Beethoven’s are Dudamel’s first performances of the Sir András Schiff applies his profound expressed in evanescent half-tones and revolutionary uses of harmony, melody JAN 29 work with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. love and intimate knowledge of these glancing allusions, is revisited by the and, especially, rhythm. Beethoven & Mahler two composers to a heavenly program creative team behind Salonen’s beginning with one of Mozart’s supreme Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor APR 15 resoundingly successful London piano concertos and crowned by one of NOV 20 Yefim Bronfman, piano Adams & Respighi production. “…gave Esa-Pekka Salonen Yuja Wang Plays Mozart Haydn’s late, great masses. BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 John Adams, conductor the opportunity to sculpt a performance of great transparency and lightness.” Lionel Bringuier, conductor MAHLER Symphony No. 1 Leila Josefowicz, violin NOV 27 Yuja Wang, piano ADAMS Scheherazade.2 (The Telegraph) ↓ Roberto Bolle Beethoven and Mahler were about the Dudamel & Bolle Los Angeles Master Chorale (West Coast premiere) same age (late 20s) when they created Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Grant Gershon, artistic director RESPIGHI The Pines of Rome these timeless works. For Beethoven, it Roberto Bolle, Apollo DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon RESPIGHI The Fountains of Rome was a way to make his mark in Vienna, as of a Faun BRITTEN Young Apollo both pianist and composer. For Mahler, It’s always a special occasion when MOZART Piano Concerto No. 9, K. 271 STRAVINSKY Apollo Vienna was still in the distance, and his Creative Chair John Adams conducts one SALONEN Karawane (U.S. premiere) SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 major success there came only as a of his latest compositions, especially a The brilliant Yuja Wang, who has held conductor. collaboration with the world’s leading In a co-production with American Ballet back from playing Mozart until she felt proponent of new music for the violin, Theatre (celebrating its 75th anniversary), ready, enters a new phase of her career, Leila Josefowicz. This huge “Symphony Principal Dancer and international star and we are fortunate to witness it. for Violin and Orchestra” takes off from Roberto Bolle joins Dudamel and the Bringuier leads Debussy’s quietly Rimsky-Korsakov’s popular classic. LA Phil to dance to Stravinsky’s exquisite revolutionary masterpiece as well as score, based on the grand tradition of Salonen’s new work for chorus and French 17th- and 18th-century music. The orchestra based on Dadaist Hugo Ball’s inexorable drive of Shostakovich’s Fifth poem. brings the program to a delirious climax.

Yuja Wang ↓

Yefim Bronfman ↓ photo©lucianoromano

↓ Sir András Schiff

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Symphonies 3 & 4 preceded by an introduction from Piano Concerto No. 2 GINASTERA Piano Concerto No. 1 Dudamel & Shaham an LA Phil musician. Afterward, Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Symphonic Dances NORMAN new work (world premiere, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor MAY 13 of Venezuela stay for the TalkBack (Q&A) with A substantial range of Rachmaninoff’s LA Phil commission) Gil Shaham, violin PIATIGORSKY INTERNATIONAL Gustavo Dudamel, conductor the artists or head straight to writing is heard in this rich, wonderful COPLAND Appalachian Spring CELLO FESTIVAL: Bloch BEETHOVEN BACH Violin Concerto No. 1 program. Our Russian-born soloist A preview of the Phil’s first tour program: the reception to mingle with Leonard Slatkin, conductor Symphony No. 3, “Eroica” BACH Violin Concerto No. 2 Kirill Gerstein, a world-class pianist Dudamel leads music from North and orchestra members and fellow Ralph Kirshbaum, cello Symphony No. 4 MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 1 equally adept in jazz and classical music, South America, including the fierce First concertgoers. Continuing his ongoing exploration of BLOCH Schelomo An epic journey of invention, daring, performs Rachmaninoff’s beloved Second Piano Concerto by Alberto Ginastera (who Bach, Gil Shaham plays both of the German BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique emotion, power and depth, the “Eroica” Concerto. actually studied with Copland), as well as SERIES 4 CONCERTS master’s solo violin concertos in a dynamic Virtuosos love to play Bloch's masterpiece set the world of music on its ear. Never works by John Williams and L.A.-based FRC1 8:00 PM partnership with Gustavo Dudamel. Schelomo (“Solomon”). The magnificence had anyone heard a symphony of this JAN 15 Andrew Norman, concluding with of the solo part, its overwhelming emotional scope. Minds were blown by Beethoven’s Itzhak Perlman Copland’s beloved ballet. range, is unique in cello literature. revolutionary uses of harmony, melody Itzhak Perlman, conductor/violin and, especially, rhythm. APR 29 MOZART Adagio, K. 261 Grieg with Thibaudet OCT 30 MOZART Rondo, K. 373 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 Jakub Hru˚ša, conductor Mendelssohn & Strauss Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano OCT 9 JAN 22 The incomparable Itzhak Perlman plays Semyon Bychkov, conductor FRIDAY IMMORTAL BEETHOVEN: Brahms & Dvorˇák Mozart and leads Tchaikovsky’s beloved MUSSORGSKY Night on Bald Mountain Renaud Capuçon, violin Symphonies 5 & 6 Jesús López-Cobos, conductor Fifth. GRIEG Piano Concerto ˇ EVENINGS Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto JANÁCEK Taras Bulba STRAUSS An Alpine Symphony BEETHOVEN HALFFTER Tiento del primer tono Composed when he was just 24, Grieg’s INSIDE Symphony No. 5 y batalla imperial (West Coast Extraordinary French virtuoso Renaud only Piano Concerto has become a pillar Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral” premiere) Capuçon begins this all-Romantic on which his reputation rests, filled as it BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1 program performing Mendelssohn’s is with rich Romantic melodies that stay THE MUSIC Beginning with the most famous four DVORˇ ÁK Symphony No. 8 much-loved concerto. Revered conductor with you for a lifetime. Jean-Yves WITH BRIAN LAURITZEN notes in history, Beethoven’s powerful Semyon Bychkov leads Strauss’ massive Thibaudet applies his comprehensive The darkly powerful and sweeping First Fifth represents the quintessential struggle final tone poem, a powerful portrait for mastery to bring it to sumptuous life. Piano Concerto by Brahms, one of his with Fate, ultimately emerging victorious. huge orchestra of a mountain climbing With Inside the Music, you get an earlier successes, is paired with the In contrast, the picturesque Sixth revels in expedition. array of enhancements to help nature with an air of joyful contentment. optimism and joviality of the Eighth you get more out of your musical Despite their vast differences, Beethoven Symphony, a later success by Dvorˇák. encounter: beautifully produced composed them simultaneously! MAY 20 behind-the-scenes videos, DEC 11 MOZART & PÄRT: pre-concert presentations, Hilary Hahn Requiem & Miserere insight from the musicians, Mirga Gražinyte˙-Tyla, conductor Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Semyon Bychkov ↓ and a fun online game. Audience Hilary Hahn, violin Lucy Crowe, Roxana Constantinescu, response is enthusiastic, to WEINBERG Suite from The Golden Key Paul Appleby, Luca Pisaroni, vocalists say the least! VIEUXTEMPS Violin Concerto No. 4 Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 Latvian Radio Choir SERIES PÄRT Miserere 4 CONCERTS Continuing her quest to shine new light on MOZART Requiem FRC2 8:00 PM violin gems from the past, Hilary Hahn draws on her all-encompassing Pärt’s acknowledged masterwork, musicality for the fourth of Vieuxtemps’ Miserere, demonstrates how he draws a highly virtuosic, emphatically Romantic wealth of emotions from the simplest concertos. musical elements. His setting of Psalm 51 begins and ends in utmost quiet. 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SERIES 8 CONCERTS NOV 21 APR 16 SERIES 8 CONCERTS JAN 16 APR 23 SA1 8:00 PM Yuja Wang Plays Mozart Adams & Respighi SA2 8:00 PM Itzhak Perlman Saint-Saëns & Mendelssohn Lionel Bringuier, conductor John Adams, conductor Itzhak Perlman, conductor/violin Edo de Waart, conductor Behzod Abduraimov, piano OCT 3 Yuja Wang, piano Leila Josefowicz, violin OCT 10 MOZART Adagio, K. 261 Los Angeles Master Chorale IMMORTAL BEETHOVEN: ADAMS Scheherazade.2 IMMORTAL BEETHOVEN: MOZART Rondo, K. 373 ADAMS The Chairman Dances Grant Gershon, artistic director TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 2 Symphonies 7 & 8 (West Coast premiere) Symphonies 7 & 8 DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon RESPIGHI The Pines of Rome MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3, Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra The incomparable Itzhak Perlman plays of a Faun RESPIGHI The Fountains of Rome “Scottish” of Venezuela of Venezuela Mozart and leads Tchaikovsky’s beloved MOZART Piano Concerto No. 9, K. 271 Gustavo Dudamel, conductor It’s always a special occasion when Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Fifth. The breakout pianist from Uzbekistan, SALONEN Karawane (U.S. premiere) Creative Chair John Adams conducts one who made such a strong impression here BEETHOVEN BEETHOVEN The brilliant Yuja Wang, who has held of his latest compositions, especially a FEB 13 last season, this time performs what is Symphony No. 7 Symphony No. 7 back from playing Mozart until she felt collaboration with the world’s leading CITY OF LIGHT: probably Saint-Saëns’ most popular Symphony No. 8 Symphony No. 8 ready, enters a new phase of her career, proponent of new music for the violin, concerto, filled with melodies, drama, Egmont Overture Egmont Overture Mother Goose, with installation and we are fortunate to witness it. Bringuier Leila Josefowicz. This huge “Symphony Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor and glittering passagework. “The apotheosis of the dance.” Wagner’s leads Debussy’s quietly revolutionary for Violin and Orchestra” takes off from “The apotheosis of the dance.” Wagner’s Camilla Tilling, soprano apt description of Beethoven’s Seventh masterpiece, as well as Salonen’s new Rimsky-Korsakov’s popular classic. apt description of Beethoven’s Seventh Vincent DuBois, organ MAY 21 captures the propulsive dance rhythms work for chorus and orchestra based captures the propulsive dance rhythms Ars Electronica, installation artists MOZART & PÄRT: that permeate this vigorous work, which on Dadaist Hugo Ball’s poem. that permeate this vigorous work, which Requiem & Miserere APR 30 TANGUY Affettuoso has been popular since its premiere. The Grieg with Thibaudet has been popular since its premiere. The Gustavo Dudamel, conductor shorter and lighter Eighth bubbles and shorter and lighter Eighth bubbles and POULENC Organ Concerto JAN 9 Jakub Hru˚ša, conductor Lucy Crowe, soprano bursts with humor, charm, and amazing bursts with humor, charm, and amazing DUTILLEUX Correspondances Ax Plays Franck Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano RAVEL Mother Goose Roxana Constantinescu, mezzo-soprano orchestral virtuosity. orchestral virtuosity. Paul Appleby, tenor Daniel Harding, conductor MUSSORGSKY Night on Bald Mountain Esa-Pekka Salonen’s focus on French Luca Pisaroni, bass-baritone Emanuel Ax, piano GRIEG Piano Concerto OCT 24 NOV 28 music begins with this tantalizing mix Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir BERLIOZ Le corsaire JANÁCˇEK Taras Bulba Mozart & Haydn Dudamel & Bolle from two centuries. Leading off is Éric Latvian Radio Choir FRANCK Symphonic Variations Sir András Schiff, conductor/piano Composed when he was just 24, Grieg’s Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Tanguy’s affectionate tribute to his friend BOULEZ Memoriale PÄRT Miserere only Piano Concerto has become a pillar and colleague Henri Dutilleux. A newly Anna Lucia Richter, soprano Roberto Bolle, Apollo MOZART Requiem SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2 commissioned multi-disciplinary Britta Schwarz, alto on which his reputation rests, filled as it BRITTEN Young Apollo installation will surround the Launching our Mozart & Pärt festival, Werner Güra, tenor Beloved pianist Emanuel Ax performs is with rich Romantic melodies that stay STRAVINSKY Apollo performance of Ravel’s delicate and Pärt’s acknowledged masterwork, Robert Holl, bass Franck’s tight, one-movement “concerto,” with you for a lifetime. Jean-Yves SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 Los Angeles Master Chorale once ubiquitous but now rare. The Thibaudet applies his comprehensive magical Mother Goose to close this Miserere, demonstrates how he draws a Grant Gershon, artistic director otherwise all-French program concludes mastery to bring it to sumptuous life. In a co-production with American Ballet program. wealth of emotions from the simplest with the surging Romantic fervor of the Theatre (celebrating its 75th anniversary), musical elements. His setting of Psalm 51 MOZART Piano Concerto No. 25, K. 503 Second Symphony by Robert Schumann, Principal Dancer and international star APR 9 begins and ends in utmost quiet. In HAYDN Mass in Time of War JUN 4 whose music is one of Daniel Harding’s Dudamel Conducts Bartók Roberto Bolle joins Dudamel and the Brahms & Liszt between, the words that it shares with Serving as both pianist and conductor, LA Phil to dance to Stravinsky’s exquisite passions. Gustavo Dudamel, conductor James Gaffigan, conductor Mozart’s Requiem, from the Dies irae, are Sir András Schiff applies his profound score, based on the grand tradition of Carrie Dennis, viola Stephen Hough, piano musically apocalyptic. love and intimate knowledge of these FEB 27 French 17th- and 18th-century music. The KODÁLY Dances of Galánta BRAHMS Symphony No. 3 two composers to a heavenly program Dudamel & Music from inexorable drive of Shostakovich’s Fifth beginning with one of Mozart’s supreme BARTÓK Viola Concerto brings the program to a delirious climax. LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1 the Americas STRAUSS Salome Dances piano concertos and crowned by one of LIGETI Apparitions ↓ Behzod Abduraimov Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Haydn’s late, great masses. BARTÓK Miraculous Mandarin Suite DEC 12 British/Australian pianist (and composer, Sergio Tiempo, piano Dudamel leads a powerful and Hilary Hahn writer, visual artist) Stephen Hough, a WILLIAMS Soundings kaleidoscopic program of 20th-century Mirga Gražinyte˙-Tyla, conductor thinking man’s virtuoso who can play GINASTERA Piano Concerto No. 1 Hungarian works, capped by the suite from Hilary Hahn, violin virtually anything, has been widely NORMAN new work Bartók’s scandalous pantomime ballet. praised for his performances of Liszt. (world premiere, LA Phil commission) WEINBERG Suite from The Golden Key Emanuel Ax ↓ COPLAND Appalachian Spring VIEUXTEMPS Violin Concerto No. 4 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 A preview of the Phil’s first tour program: Dudamel leads music from North and Continuing her quest to shine new light on South America, including the fierce First violin gems from the past, Hilary Hahn draws Piano Concerto by Alberto Ginastera (who on her all-encompassing musicality for the actually studied with Copland), as well as fourth of Vieuxtemps’ highly virtuosic, works by John Williams and L.A.-based emphatically Romantic concertos. Andrew Norman, concluding with Copland’s beloved ballet.

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SERIES 6 CONCERTS DEC 19 MAR 5 SERIES 5 CONCERTS SA3 8:00 PM All-Rachmaninoff Dudamel & Mahler 3 SAM 2:00 PM Cristian Ma˘celaru, conductor Gustavo Dudamel, conductor OCT 17 Kirill Gerstein, piano Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano OCT 3 JAN 23 MAY 28 Women of the Los Angeles Master Chorale The Rite of Spring with Dudamel RACHMANINOFF IMMORTAL BEETHOVEN: Brahms & Dvorˇák MOZART & PÄRT: Vocalise Grant Gershon, artistic director Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Symphonies 5 & 6 Jesús López-Cobos, conductor World Premiere Piano Concerto No. 2 Los Angeles Children’s Chorus Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano Gustavo Dudamel, conductor STRAVINSKY Suites Nos. 1 and 2 Symphonic Dances Anne Tomlinson, artistic director for small orchestra MAHLER Symphony No. 3 BEETHOVEN HALFFTER Tiento del primer tono MOZART Symphony No. 25, K. 183 A substantial range of Rachmaninoff’s ANDRIESSEN Mysteriën (U.S. premiere) Symphony No. 5 y batalla imperial (West Coast PÄRT new work (world premiere, writing is heard in this rich, wonderful Mahler’s colossal Third just might be the STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral” premiere) LA Phil commission) program. Our Russian-born soloist one that fully embodies his conception BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1 MOZART Symphony No. 40, K. 550 The Rite of Spring has become an icon of Beginning with the most famous four Kirill Gerstein, a world-class pianist that “A symphony must be like the world DVORˇ ÁK Symphony No. 8 revolutionary change. It retains a volcanic equally adept in jazz and classical music, – it must contain everything.” Countless notes in history, Beethoven’s powerful An early work by Mozart and one of power that singes, stings and sets the performs Rachmaninoff’s exceptionally ideas are explored on an epic scale, taking Fifth represents the quintessential The darkly powerful and sweeping First his final symphonic masterworks will heart pounding. Andriessen’s recent beloved Second Concerto. us on an odyssey from raw, primitive struggle with Fate, ultimately emerging Piano Concerto by Brahms, one of his surround a historic world premiere by work, inspired by 15th-century cleric nature to the heart of divine love. These victorious. In another world altogether, earlier successes, is paired with the one of the most spiritual and lauded Thomas à Kempis’ writings, is a kindred JAN 30 are Dudamel’s first performances of the the picturesque Sixth revels in nature optimism and joviality of the Eighth composers of our time, all led by spirit to the Rite. Beethoven & Mahler work with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. with an air of joyful contentment. Symphony, a later success by Dvorˇák, Gustavo Dudamel. Despite their vast differences, the closest Brahms ever had to a protégé. Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor DEC 5 Beethoven composed these two Yefim Bronfman, piano MAY 14 Dudamel & Shaham PIATIGORSKY INTERNATIONAL works simultaneously! APR 2 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 Gustavo Dudamel, conductor CELLO FESTIVAL: Elgar From Bach to Schubert MAHLER Symphony No. 1 NOV 14 Nicholas McGegan, conductor Gil Shaham, violin Leonard Slatkin, conductor Beethoven and Mahler were about the Beethoven & Become Ocean Martin Chalifour, violin MENDELSSOHN Harmoniemusik Truls Mørk, cello same age (late 20s) when they created Ludovic Morlot, conductor Nathan Cole, violin BACH Violin Concerto No. 1 ROSSINI William Tell Overture these timeless works. For Beethoven, it Sergey Khachatryan, violin Ariana Ghez, oboe BACH Violin Concerto No. 2 ELGAR Cello Concerto ↓ Nicholas McGegan was a way to make his mark in Vienna, as BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto Whitney Crockett, bassoon MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 1 BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique both pianist and composer. For Mahler, John Luther ADAMS Become Ocean Robert DeMaine, cello Continuing his ongoing exploration of Vienna was still in the distance, and his One of the most performed of all cello “It may be the loveliest apocalypse in BACH Orchestral Suite No. 3 Bach, Gil Shaham plays both of the German major success there came only as a concertos, Elgar’s eloquent masterpiece musical history.” That’s Alex Ross (The BACH Concerto for Two Violins master’s solo violin concertos in a dynamic conductor. is a rich, rewarding experience. Brilliant New Yorker) on Become Ocean, Alaskan HAYDN Sinfonia concertante in B-flat partnership with Gustavo Dudamel. Norwegian cello master Truls Mørk John Luther Adams’ 2014 Pulitzer Prize- SCHUBERT Symphony No. 3 brings it to life with Leonard Slatkin, winning palindromic orchestral One of our all-time favorite early music who also leads beloved, thrilling music meditation on the melting of the ice caps. conductors leads glorious, melodic works, by Rossini and Berlioz. from Bach to Schubert. The latter composed this Haydn-inspired symphony during his unbelievably productive 18th year. Gil Shaham ↓

↓ Jesús López-Cobos

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SERIES 8 CONCERTS JAN 10 APR 24 SERIES 8 CONCERTS JAN 17 MAY 15 SU1 2:00 PM Ax Plays Franck Saint-Saëns & Mendelssohn SU2 2:00 PM Itzhak Perlman PIATIGORSKY INTERNATIONAL Daniel Harding, conductor Edo de Waart, conductor Itzhak Perlman, conductor/violin CELLO FESTIVAL: Martin˚u OCT 4 Emanuel Ax, piano Behzod Abduraimov, piano OCT 11 MOZART Adagio, K. 261 Leonard Slatkin, conductor IMMORTAL BEETHOVEN: BERLIOZ Le corsaire ADAMS The Chairman Dances IMMORTAL BEETHOVEN: MOZART Rondo, K. 373 Sol Gabetta, cello The Ninth FRANCK Symphonic Variations SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 2 The Ninth TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 ROSSINI William Tell Overture BOULEZ Memoriale MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3, MARTINU˚ Cello Concerto No. 1 Los Angeles Philharmonic Los Angeles Philharmonic The incomparable Itzhak Perlman plays SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2 “Scottish” (1955 version) Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Mozart and leads Tchaikovsky’s beloved BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique of Venezuela Beloved pianist Emanuel Ax performs The breakout pianist from Uzbekistan, of Venezuela Fifth. Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Franck’s tight, one-movement “concerto,” who made such a strong impression here Gustavo Dudamel, conductor For her LA Phil debut, fast-rising cellist Mariana Ortiz, soprano once ubiquitous but now rare. The last season, this time performs what is Mariana Ortiz, soprano FEB 14 Sol Gabetta has chosen Martinu˚’s J’nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano otherwise all-French program concludes probably Saint-Saëns’ most popular J’nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano CITY OF LIGHT: vigorous and lyrical First Cello Concerto, Joshua Guerrero, tenor with the surging Romantic fervor of the concerto, filled with melodies, drama, Joshua Guerrero, tenor Mother Goose, with installation a happy marriage of Czech folk music and Soloman Howard, bass Second Symphony by Robert Schumann, and glittering passagework. Soloman Howard, bass Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor 20th-century impulses that music lovers Los Angeles Master Chorale whose music is one of Daniel Harding’s Los Angeles Master Chorale Camilla Tilling, soprano will enjoy discovering. Slatkin also leads Grant Gershon, artistic director passions. MAY 22 Grant Gershon, artistic director Vincent DuBois, organ exciting favorites by Rossini and Berlioz. BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 MOZART & PÄRT: BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 Ars Electronica, installation artists JAN 24 Requiem & Miserere MAY 29 During the ten years that separate During the ten years that separate TANGUY Affettuoso Brahms & Dvorˇák Gustavo Dudamel, conductor MOZART & PÄRT: Beethoven’s Eighth and Ninth, he entered Beethoven’s Eighth and Ninth, he entered POULENC Organ Concerto Jesús López-Cobos, conductor Lucy Crowe, soprano World Premiere yet another musical world. His Ninth yet another musical world. His Ninth DUTILLEUX Correspondances Garrick Ohlsson, piano Roxana Constantinescu, mezzo-soprano stands as one of humankind’s greatest, stands as one of humankind’s greatest, RAVEL Mother Goose Gustavo Dudamel, conductor HALFFTER Tiento del primer tono Paul Appleby, tenor most profound works of art, a universal most profound works of art, a universal Esa-Pekka Salonen’s focus on French MOZART Symphony No. 25, K. 183 y batalla imperial (West Coast Luca Pisaroni, bass-baritone vision that continues to move and thrill us. vision that continues to move and thrill us. music begins with this tantalizing mix PÄRT new work (world premiere, premiere) Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir from two centuries. Leading off is Éric LA Phil commission) BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1 Latvian Radio Choir NOV 15 NOV 1 Tanguy’s affectionate tribute to his friend MOZART Symphony No. 40, K. 550 DVORˇ ÁK Symphony No. 8 PÄRT Miserere Beethoven & Become Ocean Mendelssohn & Strauss and colleague Henri Dutilleux. A newly An early work by Mozart and one of MOZART Requiem Semyon Bychkov, conductor The darkly powerful and sweeping First Ludovic Morlot, conductor commissioned multi-disciplinary his final symphonic masterworks will Renaud Capuçon, violin Piano Concerto by Brahms, one of his Launching our Mozart & Pärt festival, Sergey Khachatryan, violin installation will surround the performance surround a historic world premiere earlier successes, is paired with the MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto Pärt’s acknowledged masterwork, BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto of Ravel’s delicate and magical Mother by one of the most spiritual and lauded optimism and joviality of the Eighth STRAUSS An Alpine Symphony Miserere, demonstrates how he draws John Luther ADAMS Become Ocean Goose to close this program. composers of our time, all led by Symphony, a later success by Dvorˇák. a wealth of emotions from the simplest Gustavo Dudamel. Extraordinary French virtuoso Renaud “It may be the loveliest apocalypse in musical elements. His setting of Psalm 51 musical history.” That’s Alex Ross (The FEB 28 Capuçon begins this all-Romantic program FEB 21 begins and ends in utmost quiet. In Dudamel & Music from performing Mendelssohn’s much-loved New Yorker) on Become Ocean, Alaskan CITY OF LIGHT: between, the words that it shares with John Luther Adams’ 2014 Pulitzer Prize- the Americas concerto. Revered conductor Semyon Pelléas et Mélisande Mozart’s Requiem, from the Dies irae, are Bychkov leads Strauss’ massive final winning palindromic orchestral Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor musically apocalyptic. meditation on the melting of the ice caps. tone poem, a powerful portrait for huge Sergio Tiempo, piano David Edwards, director orchestra of a mountain expedition. WILLIAMS Soundings Colin Grenfell, lighting designer DEC 20 GINASTERA Piano Concerto No. 1 NOV 29 Stéphane Degout, Pelléas All-Rachmaninoff NORMAN new work Camilla Tilling, Mélisande Dudamel & Bolle Cristian Ma˘celaru, conductor (world premiere, LA Phil commission) Willard White, Arkel Kirill Gerstein, piano COPLAND Appalachian Spring Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Laurent Naouri, Golaud RACHMANINOFF Roberto Bolle, Apollo Felicity Palmer, Genevieve A preview of the Phil’s first tour program: ↓ Renaud Capuçon Vocalise Dudamel leads music from North and BRITTEN Young Apollo Chloé Briot, Yniold ↓ Leonard Slatkin Piano Concerto No. 2 South America, including the fierce First STRAVINSKY Apollo DEBUSSY Pelléas et Mélisande Symphonic Dances Piano Concerto by Alberto Ginastera (who SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 (semi-staged) A substantial range of Rachmaninoff’s actually studied with Copland), as well as In a co-production with American Ballet Debussy’s highly influential and mysterious writing is heard in this rich, wonderful works by John Williams and L.A.-based Theatre (celebrating its 75th anniversary), opera of tragically entangled love, expressed program. Our Russian-born soloist Andrew Norman, concluding with Principal Dancer and international star in evanescent half-tones and glancing Kirill Gerstein, a world-class pianist Copland’s beloved ballet. Roberto Bolle joins Dudamel and the allusions, is revisited by the creative team equally adept in jazz and classical music, LA Phil to dance to Stravinsky’s exquisite behind Salonen’s resoundingly successful performs Rachmaninoff’s beloved Second score, based on the grand tradition of London production. “…gave Esa-Pekka Concerto. French 17th- and 18th-century music. The Salonen the opportunity to sculpt a inexorable drive of Shostakovich’s Fifth performance of great transparency and brings the program to a delirious climax. lightness.” (The Telegraph)

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To welcome children into the exciting world of classical music, the LA Phil offers this longstanding series, which gives young audiences the chance to SERIES 8 CONCERTS DEC 6 APR 10 experience a live orchestra through the fantasy of theater. Each performance Dudamel & Shaham Brahms & Liszt SU3 2:00 PM is preceded by a choice of art workshops, including an instrument petting Gustavo Dudamel, conductor James Gaffigan, conductor zoo, dance and more. For children 5-11 and their families. OCT 18 Gil Shaham, violin Stephen Hough, piano The Rite of Spring with Dudamel MENDELSSOHN Harmoniemusik BRAHMS Symphony No. 3 BACH Violin Concerto No. 1 LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1 Gustavo Dudamel, conductor BACH Violin Concerto No. 2 STRAUSS Salome Dances SERIES 4 CONCERTS DEC 5 & 12 APR 9 & 16 STRAVINSKY Suites Nos. 1 and 2 MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 1 for small orchestra British/Australian pianist (and composer, SY1 11:00 AM Young Person’s Guide PIATIGORSKY INTERNATIONAL ANDRIESSEN Mysteriën (U.S. premiere) Continuing his ongoing exploration of writer, visual artist) Stephen Hough, a to the Orchestra CELLO FESTIVAL: Spirit of STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring Bach, Gil Shaham plays both of the German thinking man’s virtuoso who can play SY2 the Cello master’s solo violin concertos in a dynamic virtually anything, has been widely Adventures abound within the music The Rite of Spring has become an icon of partnership with Gustavo Dudamel. praised for his performances of Liszt. of English composer Benjamin Britten. The Los Angeles Philharmonic and a revolutionary change. It retains a volcanic OCT 3 & 10 Experience musical journeys and magical cello virtuoso lead us on a humorous power that singes, stings and sets the JAN 31 MAY 8 IMMORTAL BEETHOVEN: landscapes as we dive into some of his exploration of the role of the cello, through heart pounding. Andriessen’s recent Beethoven & Mahler Andriessen Premiere: Beethoven’s in the House best loved works, including The Young music by Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn. work, inspired by 15th-century cleric Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. Our cellist learns the true spirit of his Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor Theatre of the World As part of the Immortal Beethoven festival, Thomas à Kempis’ writings, is a kindred instrument, and his cello discovers many Yefim Bronfman, piano Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of spirit to the Rite. JAN 23 & 30 other possibilities for making music Pierre Audi, director Venezuela takes us on an imaginary tour of BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 CITY OF LIGHT: besides just being in the spotlight. NOV 22 MAHLER Symphony No. 1 Quay Brothers, video artists the house where Beethoven was born. Through Beethoven’s most beloved works, A Musical Tour de France Yuja Wang Plays Mozart Beethoven and Mahler were about the ANDRIESSEN Theatre of the World we discover his passionate determination Tour the colorful and rich orchestral Lionel Bringuier, conductor same age (late 20s) when they created (world premiere, LA Phil commission) to create, and how his drive continues to music of France with the Los Angeles Yuja Wang, piano these timeless works. For Beethoven, it With a unique aesthetic built from a mix inspire musicians across the globe. Philharmonic in celebration of the LA Los Angeles Master Chorale was a way to make his mark in Vienna, as of Stravinsky, jazz & rock, and minimalism, Phil’s 2016 French festival. Grant Gershon, artistic director both pianist and composer. For Mahler, Dutch composer Louis Andriessen is one DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon Vienna was still in the distance, and his of the most influential and imaginative of a Faun major success there came only as a composers of our time. His staggeringly MOZART Piano Concerto No. 9, K. 271 conductor. ambitious new multi-media vocal/ SALONEN Karawane (U.S. premiere) instrumental work centers on the MAR 6 astounding life and accomplishments of The brilliant Yuja Wang, who has held back Dudamel & Mahler 3 Athanasius Kircher, the 17th-century from playing Mozart until she felt ready, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor German Jesuit scholar known as the last enters a new phase of her career, and we Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano true Renaissance man. The world will be are fortunate to witness it. Bringuier Women of the Los Angeles Master Chorale watching. leads Debussy’s quietly revolutionary Grant Gershon, artistic director masterpiece as well as Salonen’s new Los Angeles Children’s Chorus JUN 5 work for chorus and orchestra based on Anne Tomlinson, artistic director Dudamel Conducts Bartók Dadaist Hugo Ball’s poem. MAHLER Symphony No. 3 Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Carrie Dennis, viola Mahler’s colossal Third just might be the one that fully embodies his conception KODÁLY Dances of Galánta that “A symphony must be like the world BARTÓK Viola Concerto LIGETI Apparitions – it must contain everything.” Countless ↑ Enjoying the instrument BARTÓK Miraculous Mandarin Suite ideas are explored on an epic scale, taking petting zoo us on an odyssey from raw, primitive Dudamel leads a powerful and nature to the heart of divine love. These kaleidoscopic program of 20th-century ↓ Gustavo Dudamel are Dudamel’s first performances of the Hungarian works, capped by the suite from work with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Bartók’s scandalous pantomime ballet.

↑ Wing on Wing TSFY concert (2014)

RENEW TODAY — LAPHIL.COM 23 SERIES 4 CONCERTS FRI FEB 26 8:00 PM COLBURN CE1 Daniil Trifonov, piano CLASSICAL Program to be announced CELEBRITY SUN OCT 18 7:30 PM Born in 1991, Trifonov is taking the music Sir András Schiff, piano world by storm: just weeks after winning the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano RECITALS HAYDN Sonata in E-flat, Hob. XVI:52 Master Competition, he took First Prize BEETHOVEN Sonata in C minor, Op. 111 and a host of medals at the International These two diverse series provide MOZART Sonata in D, K. 576 PRESENTATIONS an intense, intimate connection Tchaikovsky Competition. “What he does SCHUBERT Sonata in B-flat, D. 960 with some of the finest performing with his hands is technically incredible. To complete his focus on late masterworks, It’s also his touch – he has tenderness and artists in the world. one of our greatest pianists performs the also the demonic element. I never heard final piano sonatas by four masters at the anything like that.” (Martha Argerich) height of their creative powers, the perfect companion to the Mozart/Haydn TUE MAY 17 8:00 PM BAROQUE VARIATIONS program Schiff conducts here Oct. 22-24. PIATIGORSKY INTERNATIONAL CELLO FESTIVAL: CelloFest TUE JAN 12 8:00 PM For lovers of earlier music, Baroque Variations continues to present Emerson String Quartet, guest ensemble some of the finest ensembles anywhere, using varying approaches Itzhak Perlman, violin SCHUBERT Quintet in C and types of instruments. Our final concert this season steps outside Emanuel Ax, piano DEAN Twelve Angry Men convention by offering an unusual pairing for a celebratory program. Sonatas by FAURÉ and STRAUSS CLYNE new work for mass cello ensemble (world premiere, Two of the most beloved and accomplished LA Phil commission) artists of our time team up for late- VILLA-LOBOS Bachianas Brasileiras SERIES 4 CONCERTS WED JAN 20 8:00 PM WED APR 13 8:00 PM Romantic luxuries. Europa Galante Les Violons du Roy No. 1 BV1 Fabio Biondi, conductor/ Bernard Labadie, conductor Lovers of the cello will be in heaven violin & viola d’amore Alexandre Tharaud, piano with this one-of-a-kind recital program, SUN OCT 25 7:30 PM which will feature dozens and dozens of Bach Collegium Japan Chiara’s Diary BACH (arr. Labadie) Passacaglia in C BERNASCONI Sinfonia in D minor, BWV 582 virtuoso cellists from around the world. Masaaki Suzuki, conductor VIVALDI Sinfonia in G,RV 149, BACH Keyboard Concerto in D minor, Joanne Lunn, soprano “Il Coro delle muse” BWV 1052 Guy Ferber, trumpet PORPORA Sinfonia a tre in G BACH Keyboard Concerto in F minor, Joshua Bell ↓ Masamitsu San’nomiva, oboe VIVALDI Violin Concerto in B-flat, BWV 1056 Andreas Böhlen, recorder RV 372, “Per la S.ra Chiara” HANDEL Water Music – Suite No. 1 in F, Ryo Terakado, violin MARTINELLI Viola d’amore Concerto HWV 348 SERIES 4 CONCERTS TUE APR 26 8:00 PM BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, in D, “Per la S.ra Chiaretta” Led by their founder Bernard Labadie, Murray Perahia, piano BWV 1047 MARTINELLI Violin Concerto in E, CE2 Québec’s wonderful chamber orchestra – VIVALDI Recorder Concerto in C, RV 443 “dedicato all S.ra Chiara” Program to be announced which uses period performance techniques HANDEL Gloria in B flat - HWV deest LATILLA Sinfonia in G but on modern instruments – performs TUE NOV 3 8:00 PM Longtime master pianist Murray Perahia VIVALDI Oboe Concerto in A minor, PEROTTI Grave in G minor for Violin Bach with much-recorded French pianist Joshua Bell, violin has been celebrated over the years for RV 463 and Organ Alexandre Tharaud. Pianist to be announced his probing performances of music by BACH Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BERNASCONI Sinfonia in D for strings Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, (Exult in God in all lands), BWV 51 Program to be announced Inspired by the diary of a child abandoned WED MAY 11 8:00 PM Schumann, Chopin and Brahms, winning The highly acclaimed Suzuki and his at the Venetian orphanage where Vivaldi Philharmonia Baroque An intimate recital by one of America’s eight Gramophone Awards and being voted into the inaugural Gramophone Hall world-renowned ensemble bring music by taught, who grew up to be a talented Orchestra finest and most celebrated violinists. the three biggest names of the Baroque of Fame. violinist, Biondi has devised a program of Nicholas McGegan, conductor period. SUN FEB 21 7:30 PM works by Venetian composers written Andreas Scholl, countertenor expressly for Chiara. Yundi, piano SUN MAY 15 7:30 PM Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano PIATIGORSKY INTERNATIONAL HANDEL selected arias and duets Program to be announced CELLO FESTIVAL: Yo-Yo Ma PÄRT new arrangement The former Yundi Li is best known for in Recital Andreas Scholl and Anne Sofie von Otter being the youngest-ever winner of the Yo-Yo Ma, cello International Frédéric Chopin Piano join Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra for Kathryn Stott, piano a very special concert celebrating Competition. A huge mega-star in his Nicholas McGegan’s 30th anniversary as native China, Yundi has focused recently Program to be announced on music by Beethoven in recordings and conductor and music director. One of the world’s most beloved concerts that have been widely acclaimed. musicians and ambassadors of music appears in an intimate recital. ← Bach Collegium Japan

RENEW TODAY — LAPHIL.COM 25 CHAMBER SERIES 4 CONCERTS SERIES 4 CONCERTS GREEN UMBRELLA CH1 TUE 8:00 PM CH2 TUE 8:00 PM MUSIC Keep on top of the latest music through the remarkable concerts of the Green OCT 13 OCT 27 Umbrella series. From modernist classics to world premieres – all in brilliant Members of the Los Angeles IMMORTAL BEETHOVEN: Mendelssohn’s Chamber Music performances – your ears will stretch and your imagination stir. This season, All-Beethoven Philharmonic and special guests the Umbrella expands, with unprecedented presentations and special guests DEC 1 gather for the joy of making music Simón Bolívar String Quartet, ranging from string quartets to the St. Louis Symphony. guest ensemble Chamber Music in small ensembles, performing jewels from the inexhaustible NOV 17 JAN 26 SERIES 5 CONCERTS treasure house of chamber music. FEB 2 APR 19 Russian Masters All-Brahms TUE 8:00 PM As a special treat, you are invited GU1 CITY OF LIGHT: 21c Liederabend, op. LA Messiaen with the to enjoy a complimentary wine- FEB 23 APR 12 LA Phil New Music Group DEC 8 St. Louis Symphony John Adams, conductor tasting reception before each CITY OF LIGHT: American Chamber Music Quartet x 3 St. Louis Symphony Craig Werden, voice program. Chamber Music from France Program to include: Calder Quartet David Robertson, conductor Theo Bleckmann, baritone LUBMAN Tangents (world premiere, Formalist Quartet Deborah O’Grady, photographer and Timur Bekbosunov, tenor MAY 10 LA Phil commmission) Lyris Quartet production director Additional artists to be announced Chamber Music for Brass CAGE (arr. Byers) Music for Seth Reiser, lighting and scenic designer Beth Morrison Projects, co-producer Marcel Duchamp Adam Larsen, video consultant Beth Morrison, co-director and co-curator Paola Prestini, co-director and co-curator WOLFF (arr. Giovando) Edges MESSIAEN Des canyons aux étoiles… SERIES 4 CONCERTS APR 3 JOHNSTON Amazing Grace (From the canyons to the stars...) Program to include: REICH Triple Quartet BANSAL new work for voice and piano ORGAN Thomas Trotter, organ Deborah O’Grady retraces Messiaen’s OR1 SUN 7:30 PM John Luther ADAMS new work for (world premiere, LA Phil commission) BACH Toccata and Fugue in F, BWV 540 1972 journey through Utah’s national string quartet (world premiere, COOPER new work for ensemble, voice MOZART Andante and Allegro, K. 594 parks to capture a contemporary RECITALS NOV 22 LA Phil commission) and video (world premiere, LA Phil SCHUMANN Two Fugues on B.A.C.H. perspective on the stunning landscapes Raúl Prieto Ramírez, organ BRECHT String Quartet commission) DOVE The Dancing Pipes that inspired the composer’s titanic The LA Phil’s series featuring (“Shaking hands”) RITTER Sonata II in E minor, Op. 19 WIDOR Symphony No. 5: 1. Allegro 12-movement work. He said, “Having left After three critically acclaimed New York gifted artists from around the PERICH new work for triple quartet SAINT-SAËNS (arr. Lemare) DUKAS (arr. Trotter) The Sorcerer’s the canyons to climb to the stars, I had presentations, Beth Morrison Projects and electronics (world premiere, world performing on our ex- Danse macabre Apprentice only to keep going in the same direction and VisionIntoArt are teaming up with LA Phil commission) traordinary pipe organ features a BACH Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582 LISZT Fantasia and Fugue on B.A.C.H. to raise myself up to God.” the LA Phil to create their first 21c DURUFLÉ Prelude and Fugue on the couple of twists this season. The LA Phil asked the Calder Quartet to This production is a co-commission Liederabend for L.A. An expansive re- Name ALAIN, Op. 7 MAY 29 curate this concert, and they invited their among the Los Angeles Philharmonic; imagining of the traditional art song LISZT (arr. Ramírez) Mephisto Waltz No. 1 MOZART & PÄRT: Organ Works friends the L.A.-based Formalist and Lyris Cal Performances, University of California, recital, the 21c Liederabend combines FRANCK Chorale No. 2 in B minor Aaron David Miller, organ quartets, to join them. This extraordinary Berkeley; St. Louis Symphony; Sydney leading contemporary composers and WAGNER (arr. Ramírez) Prelude to Damin Spitzer, organ edition of Green Umbrella brings together Symphony Orchestra; and Washington songwriters with cutting-edge Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg classics and premieres for string quartet Performing Arts. multimedia to create an immersive PÄRT Annum per Annum (and multiples thereof) by an amazing concert experience that explores song PÄRT (arr. Craighead ) Fratres JAN 24 range of contemporary composers. MAR 1 for the 21st century. Details online. Paul Jacobs, organ MOZART Fantasia in F minor, K. 608 Static Ecstatic MOZART Adagio and Fugue in C minor, Christine Brewer, soprano JAN 19 LA Phil New Music Group K. 546 Contemporary Poland Mirga Gražinyte˙-Tyla, conductor BACH Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV 547 GIGOUT Grand choeur dialogué ↓ John Adams Christina Naughton, piano HANDEL But Oh! What Art Can Teach Additional works to be announced LA Phil New Music Group Michelle Naughton, piano BACH Bist du bei mir Łukasz Borowicz, conductor FRANCK Panis Angelicus Burt Hara, clarinet NANCARROW Sonatina ↓ Walt Disney Concert Hall organ BOULANGER Pie Jesu Agata Zubel, soprano for Piano Four Hands BOULANGER Trois Pièces MEYER Musique scintillante IANNOTTA Intent on Resurrection – PUCCINI Salve Regina MYKIETYN 3 for 13 Spring or Some Such Thing GOUNOD O Repentir! PENDERECKI Sinfonietta No. 2 (U.S. premiere) REGER Songs (after Hugo Wolf) for clarinet and strings LUTOSŁAWSKI Paganini Variations REGER Toccata and Fugue, Op. 59 ZUBEL new work for soprano CZERNOWIN new work for ensemble and ensemble (world premiere, (U.S. premiere, LA Phil commission) LA Phil commission) GOSFIELD new work for two pianos and SZYMANSKI´ quasi una sinfonietta electronics (world premiere, LA Phil commission) One of the most influential schools in the latter 20th century was the Polish school Exploring themes of identity, physicality led by Lutosławski and Penderecki. Come and virtuosity, this Green Umbrella hear the latest from the East European program takes listeners on a journey powerhouse. beyond categories of musical style.

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SERIES 3 CONCERTS FRI MAR 11 SAT MAY 7 WORLD MUSIC, José González with yMusic Brian Stokes Mitchell SB1 8:00 PM Los Angeles Philharmonic Swedish-born, but of Argentinean THU NOV 5 descent, José González makes his debut Dubbed Broadway’s “Last Leading Man” Kristin Chenoweth at Walt Disney Concert Hall in this special by The New York Times, Brian Stokes performance with the strings of inventive Mitchell has enjoyed a rich and varied JAZZ AND Multi-talented Emmy®- and Tony®-winning classical ensemble yMusic. One of today’s career on Broadway, television and film, actress/singer Kristin Chenoweth brings most remarkable songwriters, with a in the recording studio and in concert a fun-filled new show that promises crystal-clear singing voice and vibrant, performances. On his most recent record, exciting surprises, new songs, favorites classically-inspired guitar playing, Simply Broadway, Stokes “powerhouse from her best-known shows (Wicked, González pulls from folk, pop and an array baritone” brings storytelling and drama Glee and On the Twentieth Century), of world music traditions to build songs to great heights on favorite classics of SONGBOOK popular standards and classics from that are powerful, haunting and intimate. the Broadway canon, from Camelot, Broadway, Hollywood and beyond! Porgy and Bess and Company to Man of La Mancha, South Pacific and Les Misérables.

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SERIES 4 CONCERTS SAT FEB 20 8:00 PM FRI APR 1 8:00 PM WORLD MUSIC JZ1 Dianne Reeves Mack Avenue Superband Gregory Porter featuring Gary Burton, Kevin Eubanks, SERIES 4 CONCERTS TUE OCT 20 SAT MAR 12 SUN NOV 8 7:30 PM Tia Fuller, Sean Jones, Christian With her sophisticated jazz sensibility McBride, Ulysses Owens, Jr., Eddie Palmieri Todo Cambia: The Rebel Spirit Billy Childs: Map to the Treasure WM1 8:00 PM and one of the richest, most flexible Christian Sands Chucho Valdés of Mercedes Sosa – Reimagining Laura Nyro voices around, Dianne Reeves is one of Artists to be announced the country’s most mesmerizing José James This incredible evening features two featuring Becca Stevens and performers and storytellers. Brooklyn- legends of Latin jazz piano. Salsa pioneer The “voice of the voiceless,” Argentina’s Alicia Olatuja As one of the last exclusively jazz labels, based Gregory Porter, with his soulful Eddie Palmieri fearlessly combines Mercedes Sosa was a leader of the nueva Brad Mehldau Trio Mack Ave Records boasts an extraordinary baritone, is “The next great male jazz Afro-Caribbean grooves with hard-bop canción movement, created to resist South roster of stars, both established and up- Grammy®-winning pianist and singer.” (NPR Music) harmonies. Chucho Valdés is a towering America’s military dictatorships. Her and-coming. Expect scintillating solos composer Billy Childs pays homage to the figure who combines classic jazz dexterity extraordinary voice and rebellious songs and fiery musical chemistry from its great singer-songwriter Laura Nyro and FRI MAR 18 8:00 PM with the rhythmic intricacies of Afro- were rooted in Argentinian and other South Superband, helmed by veterans Christian her innovative songbook of joyous, Brill Cuban culture. American folk music. After her arrest and Herbie Hancock McBride and Gary Burton. New York’s José exile, she returned stronger than ever. Building jazz-pop. One of the most James opens with hypnotic fluid vocals The LA Phil’s Creative Chair for Jazz influential pianists of the last two and ultra hip style. FRI NOV 6 makes a welcome return for an evening Youssou N’Dour SAT MAR 26 decades, the amazing Brad Mehldau – with drummer Jeff Ballard and bassist packed with brilliant artistry and musical La Santa Cecilia experimentation. Senegal-born international giant Youssou Buika Larry Grenadier – mixes pop, rock, and N'Dour debuts at Walt Disney Concert Hall. classical music into a stunning jazz- ↓ Herbie Hancock From sensational pop hits steeped in the L.A.’s own La Santa Cecilia blends Pan- based brew. mbalax sound of his homeland to reggae, American rhythms from cumbia, bossa rumba, hip-hop and jazz, N’Dour has nova and bolero to rock, ska and R&B, entertained and championed social bringing the block party to the concert causes for over 37 years. The Los Angeles hall. Acclaimed Spanish flamenco singer Youssou N’Dour ↓ Times calls him “one of the world’s Buika returns with a voice that stirs the greatest singers.” soul and new repertoire from reggae to flamenco and beyond.

Kristin Chenoweth ↑ 28 Classical Presentations RENEW TODAY — LAPHIL.COM 29 SAT DEC 19 DECK THE 11:30 AM & 2:30 PM SOUNDS Holiday Sing-Along HALL Accompanied by the Hall’s huge pipe ABOUT TOWN ADDITIONAL organ, a choir and a jazz combo, you’ll Fill your holidays with music! enjoy singing numerous popular songs of The LA Phil takes pride in By getting an early start, you get the season. It’s the jolliest holiday sing- presenting many of the finest the best seats for these popular along in town! ensembles of young musicians programs. Our marvelous mix from around the Southland. of artists and programs mean MON DEC 21 8:00 PM CONCERTS A Swingin’ Christmas: there’s sure to be something for The Count Basie Orchestra you and your loved ones to enjoy. SUN JAN 10 7:30 PM One of the hottest bands anywhere, The Orange County Youth Watch for more programs to be directed by Scotty Barnhart, cooks up Symphony Orchestra a jazzy Christmas celebration, from These non-subscription concerts can be added to your order announced. Daniel Alfred Wachs, conductor holiday favorites to the best of the Young Musicians Foundation now, before they become available to the general public. Basie Band tunes. Debut Orchestra THU DEC 17 8:00 PM WED DEC 23 8:00 PM YMF Music Director Designate, conductor A Chanticleer Christmas Soweto Gospel Choir IVES The Unanswered Question

TURNAGE Passchendaele The 12 men of this “orchestra of voices” ® IMMORTAL VISITING ORCHESTRAS The Grammy -winning South African (U.S. premiere, OCYSO co-commission) make a welcome return for their exquisite ensemble makes a welcome return with NIELSEN Symphony No. 4, and eclectic Christmas program. BEETHOVEN We welcome orchestras from around the world to perform in the their uplifting holiday program, an “The Inextinguishable” stunning acoustics of Walt Disney Concert Hall. enlivening blend of African gospel, spirituals, reggae and American popular SUN MAR 13 2:00 PM Only series SU1 and SU2 music. include this program. All other American Youth Symphony subscribers should add it to TUE NOV 10 8:00 PM TUE FEB 16 8:00 PM National Children’s Chorus Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Australian Chamber Orchestra Conductor to be announced their subscription now. Zubin Mehta, conductor Richard Tognetti, artistic director/violin Luke McEndarfer, artistic director of National Children’s Chorus BARDANASHVILI A Journey to the End Jon Frank, photographic images and TAN DUN Heaven Earth Mankind of the Millennium footage TUE-WED OCT 6-7 8:00 PM Mick Sowry, director (Symphony 1997) IMMORTAL BEETHOVEN: RAVEL La valse DVORˇ ÁK Symphony No. 9, “New World” Mark Atkins, didgeridoo The Ninth Derek Hynd, surfer in the film SUN APR 24 7:00 PM Los Angeles Philharmonic In a reflection of their long and deep Stephen Pigram, voice Colburn Orchestra Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra association, the incomparable IPO is led The ACO’s extraordinary multimedia Stéphane Denève, conductor of Venezuela by its much-decorated Music Director for event, The Reef, combines heart- Program to be announced Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Life, Zubin Mehta. stopping imagery from Australia Mariana Ortiz, soprano with an unexpected collection of music J’nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano played live, ranging from Bach to Alice Joshua Guerrero, tenor in Chains, from Beethoven to George Soloman Howard, bass Crumb, and from Rachmaninoff to The Count Basie Orchestra → Los Angeles Master Chorale Pete Seeger. Utterly unforgettable. Grant Gershon, artistic director BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 HALLOWEEN During the ten years that separate Beethoven’s Eighth and Ninth, he entered Organ & Film yet another musical world. His Ninth stands as one of humankind’s greatest, most profound works of art, a universal SAT OCT 31 8:00 PM vision that continues to move and thrill us. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde It’s “horror in the hall” as the silent 1920 classic starring John Barrymore is accompanied live by Clark Wilson on the Hall’s monster organ.

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