WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL 2016/17 CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING OF EVENTS
SEPTEMBER 2016
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Tuesday, September 27, 2016, at 7 PM -OPENING NIGHT CONCERT & GALA- OPENING NIGHT CONCERT & GALA Walt Disney Concert Hall (Non-subscription) GERSHWIN AND THE JAZZ AGE
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Megan Hilty and Brian Stokes Mitchell, singers George Li, piano
GERSHWIN “I Got Rhythm” Variations ELLINGTON “Night Creatures: Stalking Monster” PORTER “Always True to You in My Fashion” from Kiss Me Kate ELLINGTON “I’m Beginning to See the Light” PORTER “So In Love” from Kiss Me Kate BERNSTEIN Prelude, Fugue and Riffs GERSHWIN Songs: “Someone to Watch Over Me” from Oh, Kay! “It Ain’t Necessarily So” from Porgy and Bess “Let’s Call The Whole Thing” Off from Shall We Dance GERSHWIN An American in Paris
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Thursday, September 29, 2016, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Friday, September 30, 2016, at 8 PM Sunday, October 2, 2016, at 2 PM
Adams @70
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano St. Lawrence String Quartet
BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture John ADAMS Absolute Jest (L.A. premiere) BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4
OCTOBER 2016
GREEN UMBRELLA Saturday, October 1, 2016, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Green Umbrella: Noon to Midnight
Location: Walt Disney Concert Hall Lobby Escalators Time: Day-long
Nimbus
Performance Installation by The Industry Concept and Direction by Yuval Sharon Music and Sound Design by Rand Steiger Visual Realization by Patrick Shearn Production Design by Ed Carlson and Danielle Kaufman Recorded performances by LA Phil musicians — Martin Chalifour, violin Robert DeMaine, cello Marion Arthur Kuszyk, oboe Boris Allakhverdyan, clarinet Andrew Bain, horn Thomas Hooten, trumpet
Kicking off a three-year LA Phil residency for director Yuval Sharon, Nimbus is an installation that transforms a transitional space into a performance site. The installation acts as a timepiece for Walt Disney Concert Hall as Rand Steiger’s commissioned music changes over the course of the day, alternating between computer generated musical atmospheres and compositions built from material recorded by soloists from the Los Angeles Philharmonic. These pieces, spatially distributed over 32 speakers, alternate with periods of silence interrupted by brief related sounds triggered by motion sensors.
Location: BP Hall Time: Noon and 5:15pm
LA Phil Bass Quintet Christopher Hanulik, Brian Johnson, Oscar Meza, David Allen Moore, Peter Rofé
Veronika KRAUSAS Porcupine for tent, quintet, bows and elbows by Ana PRVACKI (world premiere, LA Phil commission) ---
Location: BP Hall Time: 12:45pm
Los Angeles Percussion Quartet Matt Cook, Justin DeHart, Nick Terry, Cory Hills
Joseph PEREIRA Mallet Quartet
--- Location: Walt Disney Concert Hall Time: 1:00pm wild UP
Christopher Rountree, conductor Compositions by National Composer’s Intensive Participants
The second National Composers Intensive (NCI) is an offshoot of the Barry and Nancy Sanders Composer Fellowship Program, and offers young composers aged 18-30 the opportunity to gather in Los Angeles for an immersive multi-day workshop and have their works performed by the modern music collective wild UP. The NCI concludes with performances of some of the young composers’ works as part of Noon to Midnight on the stage of Walt Disney Concert Hall.
--- Location: Keck Time: 1:00pm
Piano Spheres
MESSIAEN Catalogue d’Oiseaux
--- Location: BP Hall Time: 2:15pm gnarwhallaby
Brian Walsh, clarinets and saxophones Richard Valitutto, piano and keyboards Derek Stein, cello Matt Barbier, trombones and euphonium
Michelle LOU Heart/Lung (world premiere, LA Phil commission) Ramón LAZKANO hatsik-1 GORECKI Muzyczka IV (concert puzonowy), Op. 28
--- Location: Walt Disney Concert Hall Time: 2:30pm
St. Lawrence String Quartet Geoff Nuttall, violin Owen Dalby, violin Lesley Robertson, viola Christopher Costanza, cello
Samuel ADAMS String Quartet in Five Movements John ADAMS Selections from John’s Book of Alleged Dances - Toot Nipple - Pavane: She’s So Fine - Stubble Crotchet - Alligator Escalator
--- Location: BP Hall Time: 3:30pm wasteLAnd Nicholas Deyoe, conductor Stephanie Aston, soprano Matt Barbier, trombone Élise Roy, flute Ashley Walters, cello Scott Worthington, double bass
Liza LIM Invisibility Erik ULMAN Tout Orgeuil… Nicholas DEYOE Finally, the cylindrical voids tapping along (world premiere, LA Phil commission) [text by Allison Carter]
--- Location: Walt Disney Concert Hall Time: 4:00pm
USC Percussion Ensemble Joseph Pereira, conductor Vicki Ray, Joanne Pearce Martin, Richard Valitutto, Aron Kallay, pianists
Rolf WALLIN Stonewave ANTHEIL Ballet Mechanique (performed with the Kiesler restoration of the Léger film)
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Location: Walt Disney Concert Hall Time: 5:30pm Jacaranda Donald Crockett, conductor Mark Alan Hilt, conductor Grant Anderson, boy soprano Jeffrey Parola, organ
“Trance Room” David LANG sleeper’s prayer (world premiere, LA Phil and Jacaranda co-commission) Hans ABRAHMSEN Schnee Steve REICH Eight Lines
--- Location: BP Hall Time: 6:30pm
Los Angeles Percussion Quartet Matt Cook, Justin DeHart, Nick Terry, Cory Hills
Jeffrey HOLMES Ur (world premiere, LA Phil and LAPQ co- commission) Ellen REID Fear | Release Daniel BJARNASON Qui Tollis
--- Location: Garden Time: 5:15pm and 6:45pm
USC Percussion Ensemble
John Luther ADAMS Qilyan
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Location: Walt Disney Concert Hall Time: 8:00pm
LA Phil New Music Group John Adams, conductor Timo Andres, piano Marley Erickson, violin Andrew Moses, clarinet Kate Soper, soprano
Andrew MOSES at a gray sky floating between the dirt (world premiere, LA Phil commission) Oscar COLOMINA I BOSCH Shpigl (U.S. premiere) Kate SOPER The Ultimate Poem Is Abstract (world premiere, LA Phil commission) Mario DIAZ DE LEON Lightmass (world premiere, LA Phil commission) Ingram MARSHALL Flow (world premiere, LA Phil commission)
--- Location: BP Hall Time: 9:00pm-11:00pm
Chris Kallmyer untitled work (crickets, gently amplified in an interior space.)
--- Location: Walt Disney Concert Hall Time: 10:00pm wild UP Christopher Rountree, conductor Jennifer Koh, violin Richard Valitutto, piano
Christopher ROUNTREE Word Language Honey (world premiere, LA Phil and wild Up co-commission) Andrew MCINTOSH Yelling Into the Wind (west coast premiere) Clara IANNOTTA Troglodyte Angels Clank By (world premiere) John ADAMS Scratchband
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Location: Corner of 1st and Grand Time: Immediately following wild Up performance
Lucky Dragons (a collaboration between Luke Fischbeck and Sarah Rara)
LUCKY DRAGONS every noun until any now (world premiere, LA Phil commission)
CHAMBER MUSIC Tuesday, October 4, 2016, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Ingrid Chun, violin Nathan Cole, violin Robert deMaine, cello David Garrett, cello Johnny Lee, violin Leticia Oaks Strong, viola Ben Ullery, viola
All-Beethoven
BEETHOVEN String Trio No. 1 in E-flat major, Op.3 BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major, Op. 127
WORLD MUSIC Wednesday, October 5, 2016, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall From the Buena Vista Social Club Omara Portuondo 85 Tour Special guests Roberto Fonseca, Anat Cohen & Regina Carter
In her Walt Disney Concert Hall debut, great Cuban diva Omara Portuondo celebrates her 85 years in a musical grand fiesta. The audience will hear the warm, sultry voice that has regaled fans with passion for over half a century, from elegant cabaret to the days with Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club, right up to the present.
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Friday, October 7, 2016, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Saturday, October 8, 2016, at 2 PM Sunday, October 9, 2016 at 2 PM
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor Javier Perianes, piano
RAVEL Alborada del gracioso (except Friday) RAVEL Concerto in G STRAVINSKY The Firebird
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Thursday, October 13, 2016, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Friday, October 14, 2016, at 11 AM Saturday, October 15, 2016, at 8 PM Sunday, October 16, 2016 at 2 PM
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
Matthias PINTSCHER towards Osiris (West Coast premiere) BRAHMS Violin Concerto STRAUSS Don Juan STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
COLBURN CELEBRITY RECITAL Tuesday, October 18, 2016, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Emerson String Quartet Renée Fleming, soprano
BRAHMS String Quartet in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2 WELLESZ Five Sonnets for soprano and string quartet BERG Lyric Suite
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Thursday, October 20, 2016, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Friday, October 21, 2016, at 8 PM Saturday, October 22, 2016, at 8 PM Sunday, October 23, 2016, at 2 PM
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
MAHLER Symphony No. 9
COLBURN CELEBRITY RECITAL Wednesday, October 26, 2016, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Hilary Hahn, violin Robert Levin, piano
BACH Sonata No. 6 in G Major for Violin and Piano, BWV. 1019 MOZART Violin Sonata in E-flat Major for Violin and Piano, K. 481 Antón García ABRIL Solo Partita No. 4 for Violin Hans Peter TÜRK Träume SCHUBERT Rondo in B Minor for Violin and Piano, D. 895
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Friday, October 28, 2016, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Andrew NORMAN Play TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4
HALLOWEEN ORGAN CONCERT Saturday, October 31, 2016, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall (Special Non-subscription event) Horror in the Hall: Halloween Organ With Film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Clark Wilson, organ
Print and license provided by Kino Lorber Restoration Friedrich Wilhelm Muranu-Stiftung
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC October 31 through November 4, 2016 -ON TOUR- Dudamel and the LA Phil bring two different programs to San Francisco, Davis and Seattle.
NOVEMBER 2016
SONGBOOK Saturday, November 5, 2016, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall An Evening with Joan Baez
LA Phil’s Songbook series offers an intimate evening with legendary folk singer Joan Baez. A musical force of nature of incalculable influence, Baez marched on the front line of the civil rights movement with Martin Luther King, Jr., inspired Václav Havel in his fight for a Czech Republic, then 40 years later saluted the Dixie Chicks for protesting the Iraq war. Her earliest recordings fed traditional ballads into the rock vernacular before she introduced Bob Dylan to the world in 1963.
JAZZ Sunday, November 6, 2016, at 7:30 PM -in/SIGHT- Walt Disney Concert Hall Kamasi Washington The Langston Hughes Project “Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz” Featuring the Ron McCurdy Quartet
Celebrated for such projects as his ambitious 172-minute masterpiece The Epic, young L.A. jazz giant Kamasi Washington combines influences like Coltrane along with soul, classical, hip-hop and gospel for a decidedly contemporary jazz perspective. Ask Your Mama takes the audience from gospel, blues and New Orleans to bebop and beyond with a multimedia performance of Langston Hughes’ kaleidoscopic 12-part jazz poem about the struggle for freedom in the early ‘60s.
BAROQUE VARIATIONS Tuesday, November 9, 2016, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Teatro d’Amore
L’Arpeggiata Christina Pluhar, theorbo and musical direction Mariana Flores, soprano Vincenzo Capezzuto, alto
Maurizio CAZZATI Ciaccona Barbara STROZZI Che si può fare Claudio MONTEVERDI Ohime ch’io cado Claudio MONTEVERDI Damigella, tutta bella Improvisation Tarantella Napoletana Traditional Pizzicarella mia Improvisation La Dia spagnola Claudio MONTEVERDI Si dolce e’l tormento Traditional La Carpinese Tarquinio MERULA Su la cetra amorosa Improvisation Canario Improvisation Tarantella a Maria di Nardo’ Claudio MONTEVERDI ‘Amor, dicea’ (from : Lamento della Ninfa) Traditional Silenziu d’amuri Claudio MONTEVERDI Chiome d’oro Traditional Pizzica di San Vito Giralomo KAPSBERGER Toccata L’Arpeggiata Giovanni Felice SANCES Stabat Mater Claudio MONTEVERDI Laudate Dominum
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Friday, November 11, 2016, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Saturday, November 12, 2016, at 8 PM Sunday, November 13, 2016, at 2 PM
Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor Johannes Moser, cello
MOSOLOV The Iron Foundry DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto SIBELIUS Symphony No. 1
COLBURN CELEBRITY RECITAL Sunday, November 13, 2016, at 7:30 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Garrick Ohlsson, piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata, Op. 13, “Pathétique” BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata, Op. 57, “Appassionata” BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata, Op. 53, “Waldstein” BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata, Op. 27, No. 2, “Moonlight”
CHAMBER MUSIC Tuesday, November 15, 2016, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Mark Baranov, violin Jin Shan Dai, violin Barry Gold, cello Vijay Gupta, violin Armen Guzelimian, piano Dale Hikawa Silverman, viola Mark Kashper, violin Dahae Kim, cello Michael Larco, viola Ben Ullery, viola Kristine Whitson, violin
BARTÓK String Quartet No. 3 SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 8 SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Thursday, November 17, 2016, at 8 PM -in/SIGHT- Walt Disney Concert Hall Rebel Without a Cause
Scott Dunn, conductor Andy Garcia, introduction
ROSENMAN Rebel Without a Cause (world premiere of complete film with live orchestra)
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Friday, November 18, 2016, at 8 PM -in/SIGHT- Walt Disney Concert Hall On the Waterfront Film with Live Orchestra
David Newman, conductor Eva Marie Saint, introduction
BERNSTEIN On the Waterfront (complete film with live orchestra)
On The Waterfront © 1954, renewed 1982 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All rights reserved. © A.M.P.A.S.
VISITING ORCHESTRAS Saturday, November 19, 2016, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Berliner Philharmoniker Sir Simon Rattle, conductor
BOULEZ Éclat MAHLER Symphony No. 7
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Sunday, November 20, 2016, at 2 PM -in/SIGHT- Walt Disney Concert Hall Casablanca
David Newman, conductor Aaron Eckhart, introduction
STEINER Casablanca (complete film with live orchestra)
GREEN UMBRELLA Tuesday, November 22, 2016, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall LA Phil New Music Group Thomas Adès, conductor Barbara Hannigan, soprano (Alice) Allison Cook, mezzo-soprano (The Red Queen, The Queen of Hearts, The Duchess, Passenger 1, Oyster 1) Hilary Summers, contralto (The White Queen, Dormouse, Tiger Lily, The Mock Turtle, The Cook, Passenger 2, Oyster 2) Allan Clayton, tenor (The White King, The White Rabbit, The Mad Hatter Tweedledum, Frog Footman, Fawn, Bottle 1, Cake 2, Baby 1, Passenger 3, Daisy 1) Peter Tantsits, tenor (The March Hare, Tweedledee, Fish Footman, Guard, Messenger, Bottle 2, Cake 1, Baby 2, Passenger 4, Daisy 2) Mark Stone, baritone (The White Knight, The Cheshire Cat, Soldier, Bottle 3, Cake 3, Baby 3, Oyster 3, Passenger 5, Daisy 3) Joshua Bloom, bass (Humpty Dumpty, The King of Hearts, The Red Knight, Bottle 4, Cake 4, Baby 4, Oyster 4, Passenger 6, Daisy 4)
Gerald BARRY Alice’s Adventures Under Ground (world premiere, LA Phil co-commission) (Libretto by Gerald Barry based on the text by Lewis Carroll)
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Friday, November 25, 2016, at 8 PM -CASUAL FRIDAYS- Walt Disney Concert Hall Krzysztof Urbański, conductor Augustin Hadelich, violin
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5, “Turkish” BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Saturday, November 26, 2016, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Sunday, November 27, 2016, at 2 PM
Krzysztof Urbański, conductor Augustin Hadelich, violin
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3 MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5, “Turkish” BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
TOYOTA SYMPHONIES FOR Saturday, November 26, 2016, at 11 AM YOUTH Walt Disney Concert Hall Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker, selections
Los Angeles Philharmonic Elim Chan, conductor Members of the Barak Ballet Eric Roche, Allynee Noelle, Evan Swenson, Kate Kadow, Mariana Carillo, Keria Schwartz, Zachary Guthier, Jessica Gadzinski, Chasen Greenwood, Stephanie Kim, Sadie Black, Olivia Hertzel
ORGAN RECITAL SERIES Sunday, November 27, 2016, at 7:30 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Philippe Lefebvre, organ
MARCHAND Dialogue du troisième livre SÉJAN Variations sur u Noël FRANCK Pièce héroïque DEBUSSY Clair de Lune VIERNE Allegro, from Organ Symphony No. 2 DUPRÉ Cortège et Litanies DURUFLÉ Prélude et fugue sur le nom d’Alain Philippe LEFEBVRE Improvisation
DECEMBER 2016
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Thursday, December 1, 2016, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Friday, December 2, 2016, at 11 AM Saturday, December 3, 2016, at 8 PM Sunday, December 4, 2016, at 2 PM
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3 PROKOFIEV Scythian Suite SCRIABIN Poem of Ecstasy
TOYOTA SYMPHONIES FOR Saturday, December 3, 2016, at 11 AM YOUTH Walt Disney Concert Hall Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker, selections
Los Angeles Philharmonic Elim Chan, conductor Members of the Barak Ballet Eric Roche, Allynee Noelle, Evan Swenson, Kate Kadow, Mariana Carillo, Keria Schwartz, Zachary Guthier, Jessica Gadzinski, Chasen Greenwood, Stephanie Kim, Sadie Black, Olivia Hertzel
VISITING ORCHESTRAS December 5, 2016, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall China Philharmonic Orchestra Long Yu, conductor Serena Wang, piano
Qigang CHEN Enchantments oubliés BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Thursday, December 8, 2016, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Saturday, December 10, 2016, at 2 PM Sunday, December 11, 2016, at 2 PM
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Alberto Arvelo, video artist/director (except Sunday) James F. Ingalls, lighting designer Rachele Gilmore, soprano Joshua Guerrero, tenor Johannes Kammler, baritone Los Angeles Master Chorale Grant Gershon, artistic director
HAYDN The Creation (w/video installation, except Sunday)
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Friday, December 9, 2016, at 8 PM -Inside the Music with Brian Lauritzen- Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Walt Disney Concert Hall Alberto Arvelo, video artist/director James F. Ingalls, lighting designer Rachele Gilmore, soprano Joshua Guerrero, tenor Johannes Kammler, baritone Los Angeles Master Chorale Grant Gershon, artistic director
HAYDN The Creation (w/video installation)
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Thursday, December 15, 2016, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Saturday, December 17, 2016, at 8 PM
Bernard Labadie, conductor Karina Gauvin, soprano Ann Hallenberg, mezzo-soprano Allan Clayton, tenor Nicholas Phan, tenor Matthew Brook, bass-baritone La Chapelle de Québec, chorus
HANDEL Messiah
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT Friday, December 16, 2016, at 7:30 PM Wilshire United Methodist Church Los Angeles Philharmonic Kahchun Wong, conductor
MOZART Eine kleine Nachtmusik TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Friday, December 16, 2016, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Sunday, December 18, 2016, at 2 PM
Adams @70
Grant Gershon, conductor Julia Bullock, soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano Davóne Tines, bass Daniel Bubeck, Brian Cummings, and Nathan Medley, countertenors Los Angeles Master Chorale Grant Gershon, artistic director Los Angeles Children’s Chorus Anne Tomlinson, artistic director Mark Grey, sound designer
John ADAMS El Niño (with video by Peter Sellars: Friday Only)
DECK THE HALL Saturday, December 17, 2016, at 11:30 AM and 2:30 Walt Disney Concert Hall PM (Non-subscription) Holiday Sing-Along
Melissa Peterman, host John Sutton, conductor Angeles Chorale
Accompanied by Walt Disney Concert Hall’s huge pipe organ, a choir and a jazz combo for audiences to enjoy singing numerous popular songs of the season.
DECK THE HALL Tuesday, December 20, 2016, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall (Non-subscription) A Chanticleer Christmas
The 12 men of this “orchestra of voices” make a welcome return with their exquisite and eclectic Christmas program.
DECK THE HALL Wednesday, December 21, 2016, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall (Non-subscription) Sweet Honey in the Rock: Celebrating the Holidays
This ensemble returns with a special holiday performance that is guaranteed to spread joy and cheer. The revered female African-American a capella ensemble entertains and empowers its audience and community alike through their dynamic and stunning vocal prowess to deliver an unforgettable holiday experience.
DECK THE HALL Thursday, December 22, 2016, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall (Non-subscription) Swinging Christmas with Arturo Sandoval Big Band
Trumpet virtuoso and 10-time Grammy® honoree Arturo Sandoval leads a Latin-flavored jazz program for the holidays.
DECK THE HALL Friday, December 23, 2016, at 3 PM and 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall (Non-subscription) White Christmas Sing-Along
Gather friends and family for this heartwarming holiday event, a showing of the beloved 1954 film with lyrics embedded on screen. The audience will enjoy singing along with such songs as “The Best Things Happen When You’re Dancing,” “Snow,” “Sisters” and, of course, the iconic “White Christmas.”
© Paramount Pictures
DECK THE HALL Saturday, December 31, 2016, 7 PM and 10:30 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall (Non-subscription) New Year’s Eve with Pink Martini featuring China Forbes & Storm Large with special guests All Things Considered co-host Ari Shapiro, fashion guru Ikram Goldman, cantor Ida Rae Cahana and the legendary Rita Moreno
Pink Martini – with its irresistible fusion of Brazilian samba, ‘30s Cuban dance, and Parisian café music – is the perfect way to ring in the New Year!
JANUARY 2017
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Thursday, January 5, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Saturday, January 7, 2017, at 8 PM Sunday, January 8, 2017, at 2 PM
Bramwell Tovey, conductor Ray Chen, violin
WALTON Façade Suite No. 2 SIBELIUS Violin Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Sleeping Beauty, Act 2
CHAMBER MUSIC Tuesday, January 10, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Camille Avellano, violin Lucinda Carver, harpsichord Minyoung Chang, violin Christopher Hanulik, double bass Ingrid Hutman, viola Aron Kallay, harpsichord Catherine Ransom Karoly, flute Jonathan Karoly, cello Dahae Kim, cello Marion Arthur Kuszyk, oboe Johnny Lee, violin Elise Shope Henry, flute Leticia Oaks Strong, viola Akiko Tarumoto, violin Stacy Wetzel, violin
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major BWV 1049 CARTER Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello, and Harpsichord SCHUMANN String Quartet No. 3 Op. 41, No. 3
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Friday, January 13, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Saturday, January 14, 2017, at 8 PM Sunday, January 15, 2017, at 2 PM
Zubin Mehta, conductor Anoushka Shankar, sitar
R. SHANKAR Sitar Concerto No. 2, “Raga mala” (West Coast premiere) STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben
TOYOTA SYMPHONIES FOR Saturday, January 14, 2017, at 11 AM YOUTH Walt Disney Concert Hall Gustav Holst’s The Planets
Los Angeles Philharmonic Adrien Perruchon, conductor
GREEN UMBRELLA Tuesday, January 17, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall LA Phil New Music Group Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor Matthew Howard, James Babor, Jeffrey Grant, Nicholas Terry, percussion Synergy Vocals, guest ensemble
All-Reich
Steve REICH Mallet Quartet REICH Pulse (West Coast premiere, LA Phil commission) REICH Tehillim
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Thursday, January 19, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Friday, January 20, 2017, at 8 PM Saturday, January 21, 2017, at 8 PM
Lionel Bringuier, conductor Gil Shaham, violin
MUSSORGSKY (arr. Rimsky-Korsakov) Night on Bald Mountain PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2 STRAVINSKY Petrushka
TOYOTA SYMPHONIES FOR Saturday, January 21, 2017, at 11 AM YOUTH Walt Disney Concert Hall Gustav Holst’s The Planets
Los Angeles Philharmonic Adrien Perruchon, conductor
SOUNDS ABOUT TOWN Sunday, January 22, 2017, at 2 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall (Non-subscription) USC Thornton Symphony Carl St. Clair, conductor Bernadene Blaha and Kevin Fitz-Gerald, piano
MOZART Concerto for Two Pianos, No. 10 STRAUSS Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64
COLBURN CELEBRITY RECITAL Tuesday, January 24, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Itzhak Perlman, violin Rohan de Silva, piano
VIVALDI Sonata in A Major for Violin and Continuo, Op. 2 RV 31 BEETHOVEN Sonata for Violin and Piano in F Major, No. 5, Op. 24 “Spring” SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 STRAVINSKY (Arr. Dushkin) Suite Italienne for Violin and Piano Additional Works to be Announced from the Stage
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Thursday, January 26, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Saturday, January 28, 2017, at 2 PM
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Emanuel Ax, piano
SCHOENBERG Accompaniment to a Film Scene MOZART Piano Concerto No. 14, K. 449 SCHOENBERG Piano Concerto MOZART Symphony No. 31, K.297, ”Paris”
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Friday, January 27, 2017, at 8 PM -CASUAL FRIDAYS- Walt Disney Concert Hall Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Emanuel Ax, piano
SCHOENBERG Accompaniment to a Film Scene MOZART Piano Concerto No. 14, K. 449 MOZART Symphony No. 31, K.297, ”Paris”
SONGBOOK Sunday, January 29, 2017, at 7:30 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs
This legendary star of stage (Cabaret) and screen (The Good Wife), described by The New York Times as an “irresistible” and “bawdy countercultural sprite,” delivers an emotional firestorm with a range of songs from Noel Coward and Rufus Wainwright to Sondheim and Annie Lennox.
CHAMBER MUSIC Tuesday, January 31, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Emanuel Ax, piano
Denis Bouriakov, flute Martin Chalifour, violin Robert deMaine, cello Michele Grego, bassoon Burt Hara, clarinet Ben Hong, cello Mark Kashper, violin Dahae Kim, cello Marion Arthur Kuszyk, oboe Michael Larco, viola Jason Lippmann, cello Gloria Lum, cello Amy Jo Rhine, horn Brent Samuel, cello Robert Thies, piano
MOZART Flute Quartet in D major, K. 285 MOZART Quintet for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, & Bassoon KV 452 MOZART Overture to Marriage of Figaro for 4 celli BRAHMS Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8
FEBRUARY 2017
COLBURN CELEBRITY RECITAL Wednesday, February 1, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Lang Lang, piano
DEBUSSY Ballade LISZT Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178 ALBÉNIZ Selections from Suite española, Op. 47 GRANADOS Selections from Goyescas, Op. 11 De FALLA Ritual Fire Dance
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Thursday, February 2, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Friday, February 3, 2017, at 8 PM Saturday, February 4, 2017, at 8 PM Sunday, February 5, 2017, at 2 PM
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Lisa Batiashvili, violin
SCHNITTKE (K)ein Sommernachtstraum TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto PROKOFIEV Selections from Romeo and Juliet
ORGAN RECITAL SERIES Sunday, February 5, 2017, at 7:30 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall James McVinnie, organ Liam Byrne, viola da gamba Chris Thompson, marimba
Nico MUHLY Rev Mustard his installation prelude MUHLY 7 O Antiphon Preludes MUHLY Drones for Viola da Gamba MUHLY Slow Twitchy Organs MUHLY Fast Cycles MUHLY Beaming Music GIBBONS Fantasia in G minor HANDEL Organ Concerto in G minor Op. 4 No. 1 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Romanza from Symphony 5 arr. R Quinney MESSIAEN La joie de la grậce from Livre du Saint- Sacrement MESSIAEN Prière après la communion from Livre du Saint-Sacrement STRAVINSKY Berceuse and Finale from Firebird
WORLD MUSIC Tuesday, February 7, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall KODO: Dadan 2017
Having appeared on five continents and given over 3,500 performances since 1982, Kodo is one of Japan’s best- known drumming ensembles. They return with an exciting and vibrant re-envisioning of their show Dadan, featuring just the men of the ensemble.
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Friday, February 10, 2017, at 8 PM -Inside the Music with Brian Lauritzen- Thomas Adès, conductor Walt Disney Concert Hall Steven Isserlis, cello Simon Keenlyside, baritone Christianne Stotijn, mezzo-soprano
SIBELIUS The Bard SAINT-SAËNS Danse macabre Thomas ADÈS Lieux retrouvés (U.S. premiere, LA Phil co- commission) Thomas ADÈS Totentanz (West Coast premiere)
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Saturday, February 11, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Thomas Adès, conductor Simon Keenlyside, baritone Christianne Stotijn, mezzo-soprano Steven Isserlis, cello
RAVEL Pavane pour une infante défunte SAINT-SAËNS Danse macabre Thomas ADÈS Lieux retrouvés Thomas ADÈS Totentanz
TOYOTA SYMPHONIES FOR Saturday, February 18, 2017, at 11 AM YOUTH Walt Disney Concert Hall The Art of the Piano
Los Angeles Philharmonic Paulo Bortomameolli, conductor Joanne Pearce Martin, piano
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K491, First movement excerpt BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 2, Second movement excerpt BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 2, Third movement excerpt RAVEL Piano Concerto in G, Third movement excerpt GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue excerpt
JAZZ Sunday, February 19, 2017, at 7:30 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and Terence Blanchard Los Angeles Philharmonic James Gaffigan, conductor Snarky Puppy
Sparks will fly when LA Phil Creative Chair for Jazz Herbie Hancock teams with fellow world-renowned artists Wayne Shorter and Terence Blanchard to perform with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, including a new commission by Blanchard based on one of Herbie’s unique improvisations. Innovative Grammy® Award-winning NY- based jazz+funk+world+soul+pop collective Snarky Puppy open the evening.
CHAMBER MUSIC Friday, February 21, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Denis Bouriakov, flute Dale Breidenthal, violin Whitney Crockett, bassoon Jin Shan Dai, violin David Garrett, cello Barry Gold, cello David Howard, clarinet Mark Kashper, violin Marion Arthur Kuszyk, oboe Michael Larco, viola Shawn Mouser, bassoon Lou Anne Neill, harp Minor Wetzel, viola Stacy Wetzel, violin
A. JOLIVET Pastorales de Noel for flute, bassoon, and harp DEBUSSY String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 CANTELOUBE Rustiques for clarinet, oboe, and bassoon RAVEL String Quartet in F major
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Friday, February 24, 2017, at 11 AM Walt Disney Concert Hall Saturday, February 25, 2017, at 8 PM Sunday, February 26, 2017, at 2 PM
James Gaffigan, conductor Hélène Grimaud, piano
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 James MATHESON Unchained (world premiere, LA Phil commission) RAVEL Daphnis and Chloé Suite No. 2
TOYOTA SYMPHONIES FOR Saturday, February 25, 2017, at 11 AM YOUTH Walt Disney Concert Hall The Art of the Piano
Los Angeles Philharmonic Paulo Bortomameolli, conductor Joanne Pearce Martin
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K491, First movement excerpt BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 2, Second movement excerpt BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 2, Third movement excerpt RAVEL Piano Concerto in G, Third movement excerpt GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue excerpt
BAROQUE VARIATIONS Sunday, February 26, 2017, at 7:30 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Venice Baroque Orchestra Nicola Benedetti, violin
GALUPPI Concerto a Quattro n.2 in G major AVISON Concerto grosso n.8 in E minor, after D. Scarlatti GEMINIANI Concerto grosso for strings in D minor, “La Follia” (after Corelli Op. V n.12) VIVALDI Concerto in D major for violin, strings and basso continuo, “Per la solennita della S. lingua di S. Antonio in Padua.” RV 212a VIVALDI The Four Seasons Concerto in E major, “Spring” Concerto in G minor, “Summer” Concerto in F major, “Autumn” Concerto in F minor, “Winter”
MARCH 2017
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Friday, March 3, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Sunday, March 5, 2017, at 2 PM
Adams @ 70
John Adams, conductor Alice Goodman, librettist Elkhanah Pulitzer, director Bill Morrison, designer Alexander V. Nichols, scenic designer Elisabeth Scott, costume designer David Finn, lighting designer Leslie Stevens, choreographer
Ryan McKinny, Nixon John Matthew Myers, Mao Joélle Harvey, Pat Nixon Kathleen Kim, Madame Mao Peter Coleman-Wright, Kissinger Joo Won Kang, Chou En Lai Lacey Jo Benter, Renée Rapier Rachael Wilson, secretaries
Jasmine Perry, Ching Hua Carlton Wilborn, Villain Tom Berklund, Kristin Deiss, Nancy Dobbs Owen, Candace Olsen, Wally Pham, Marc Spaulding, dancers Brian Siregar, Jee Teo, supernumeraries
Los Angeles Master Chorale Grant Gershon, artistic director
John ADAMS Nixon in China
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Friday, March 10, 2017, at 11 AM Walt Disney Concert Hall Saturday, March 11, 2017, at 8 PM Sunday, March 12, 2017, at 2 PM
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5
JAZZ Friday, March 10, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Aaron Diehl presents “Jelly & George” featuring Adam Birnbaum and Cécile McLorin Salvant Jason Moran’s Fats Waller Dance Party
This evening of jazz piano celebrates some of the most influential jazz musicians of all time. “Jelly & George” is a tribute to pioneers Jelly Roll Morton and George Gershwin, featuring the fresh perspectives of American pianist/composer Aaron Diehl and extraordinary vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant. Opening is Jason Moran’s supergroup, Fats Waller Dance Party, bringing the legacy of singer/pianist Fats Waller into the 21st century with a mix of funk, hip-hop and dance.
SOUNDS ABOUT TOWN Saturday, March 11, 2017, at 2 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall American Youth Symphony Carlos Izcaray, music director and conductor Steve Vai, electric guitar
SALONEN Gambit Steve VAI There’s Something Dead in There VAI Kill the Guy with the Ball VAI Call it Sleep VAI Helios & Vesta STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
BAROQUE VARIATIONS Friday, March 15, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Fretwork
“In Nomine”
TAVERNER In Nomine, for 4 parts TYE In Nomine a 5 “Crye” TYE In Nomine a 5 “Trust” PARSONS In Nomine for 5 viols PARSONS Ut re mi Fa Sol for 4 viols PARSONS De la Court BYRD Browning BYRD In Nomine a 4 PICFORTH In Nomine GIBBONS Two in Nomine in 5 parts Nico MUHLY Slow (In Nomine in 5 parts) LAWES Consort set in G minor (Fantazy, on the plainsong, Aire) Gavin BRYARS In Nomine (after Purcell) PURCELL Two Fantazias in four parts PURCELL Fantasia upon one note
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Friday, March 17, 2017, at 8 PM -Inside the Music with Brian Lauritzen- Stéphane Denève, conductor Walt Disney Concert Hall Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
BRITTEN Passacaglia James MacMILLAN Piano Concerto No. 3, The Mysteries of Light FAURÉ Pelléas and Mélisande DEBUSSY La mer
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Saturday, March 18, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Stéphane Denève, conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
BRITTEN Passacaglia James MacMILLAN Piano Concerto No. 3, The Mysteries of Light FAURÉ Pelléas and Mélisande DEBUSSY La mer
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT Sunday, March 19, 2017, at 5 PM Rosemead High School Los Angeles Philharmonic Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, conductor
All-Strauss
Fledermaus Overture On the Beautiful Blue Danube Gypsy Baron Overture Pizzicato Polka Radetzky March
COLBURN CELEBRITY RECITAL Tuesday, March 21, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Night and Dreams: A Schubert & Beckett Recital
Yuval Sharon, director John Iacovelli, scenic designer Christopher Kuhl, lighting designer Judith Dolan, costume designer Carol Doran, wig and hair design
Ryan MCKinny, bass-baritone Julia Bullock, soprano Alan Mandell, actor Barry MCGovern, actor Miles Anderson, actor Bella Merlin, actor Priscilla Pointer, actor Wenwen Du, piano Richard Valitutto, piano
Diana Wyenn, assistant director Halei Parker, assistant costume designer
SCHUBERT Der Doppelgänger BECKETT Ohio Impromptu SCHUBERT Allegretto in C minor BECKETT Come and Go SCHUBERT Lachen und Weinen SCHUBERT Der Einsame SCHUBERT Im Frühling BECKETT Catastrophe SCHUBERT Totengräbers Heimweh BECKETT Act Without Words II SCHUBERT Impromptu D. 935 No. 3 SCHUBERT Seligkeit BECKETT That Time SCHUBERT Moments Musicaux No. 2 SCHUBERT Suleika I SCHUBERT Der Tod und das Mädchen BECKETT Rockaby SCHUBERT Nacht und Träume
“Catastrophe,” “Act Without Word II,” “Come and Go,” “Ohio Impromptu,” “Rockaby,” and “That Time” are presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Friday, March 24, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Saturday, March 25, 2017, at 8 PM Sunday, March 26, 2017, at 2 PM
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor Christian Tetzlaff, violin
DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture DVOŘÁK Violin Concerto BRAHMS (orch. Schoenberg) Piano Quartet in G minor
CHAMBER MUSIC Tuesday, March 28, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Andrew Bain, horn Elizabeth Baker, violin Stéphane Beaulac, trumpet Anne Marie Gabriele, oboe Barry Gold, cello Michele Griego, bassoon Burt Hara, clarinet Ben Hong, cello Tom Hooten, trumpet Carolyn Hove, oboe Ingrid Hutman, viola Patricia Kindel, contrabassoon Andrew Lowy, clarinet David Allen Moore, double bass Shawn Mouser, bassoon Joseph Pereira, timpani Amy Jo Rhine, horn Gregory Roosa, horn Christopher Still, trumpet Stacy Wetzel, violin James Wilt, trumpet
DVOŘÁK Fanfares for 4 trumpets and timpani, B. 167 DVOŘÁK Serenade Op. 44 BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
TOYOTA SYMPHONIES FOR Wednesday, March 29, 10:10 AM and 11:20 PM – YOUTH Pasadena Showcase Walt Disney Concert Hall REYKJAVÍK FESTIVAL: Maximus Musicus
Los Angeles Philharmonic Daníel Bjarnason, conductor
Hallfríður ÓLAFSDÓTTIR Maxi’s Song (Orch. Tryggvi M. BALDVINSSON Tryggvi M. BALDVINSSON Fanfare for the Uncommon Mouse Jórunn VIÐAR Ólafur Liljurós (two fragments) Anna THORVALDSDÓTTIR Hrím (Frost) Haukur TÓMASSON Magma Jón ÁSGEIRSSON Tröllaslagur Gunnsteinn OLAFSSON Ólafsson Medley of Icelandic Songs (Þýtur í stráum - Kvölda tekur - Við skulum róa - Þýtur í stráum - Sofnar lóa - Hani, krummi, hundur, svín (sing-along)- Kvölda tekur - Ljósið kemur langt og mjótt (+Göfug jómfrú gráttu ei) - Það var barn í dalnum - Við skulum þreyja/Bíbí og blaka (sing-along) - Krumminn á skjánum) Bára GRÍMSDÓTTIR Dance Daníel BJARNASON Collider
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Friday, March 31, 2017, at 8 PM -CASUAL FRIDAYS- Walt Disney Concert Hall Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, conductor Stephen Kovacevich, piano
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491 HAYDN Symphony No. 31 in D, “Horn Signal”
APRIL 2017
TOYOTA SYMPHONIES FOR Saturday, April 1, 2017, at 11 AM YOUTH Walt Disney Concert Hall REYKJAVÍK FESTIVAL: Maximus Musicus
Los Angeles Philharmonic Daníel Bjarnason, conductor
Hallfríður ÓLAFSDÓTTIR Maxi’s Song (Orch. Tryggvi M. BALDVINSSON Tryggvi M. BALDVINSSON Fanfare for the Uncommon Mouse Jórunn VIÐAR Ólafur Liljurós (two fragments) Anna THORVALDSDÓTTIR Hrím (Frost) Haukur TÓMASSON Magma Jón ÁSGEIRSSON Tröllaslagur Gunnsteinn OLAFSSON Ólafsson Medley of Icelandic Songs (Þýtur í stráum - Kvölda tekur - Við skulum róa - Þýtur í stráum - Sofnar lóa - Hani, krummi, hundur, svín (sing-along)- Kvölda tekur - Ljósið kemur langt og mjótt (+Göfug jómfrú gráttu ei) - Það var barn í dalnum - Við skulum þreyja/Bíbí og blaka (sing-along) - Krumminn á skjánum) Bára GRÍMSDÓTTIR Dance Daníel BJARNASON Collider
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Saturday, April 1, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Sunday, April 2, 2017, at 2 PM
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, conductor Stephen Kovacevich, piano Hornroh Modern Alphorn Quartet
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 24, K. 491 Georg Friedrich HAAS Concerto Grosso No. 1 for Alpine Horns and Orchestra (U.S. premiere, LA Phil co- commission) HAYDN Symphony No. 31 in D, “Horn Signal”
ORGAN RECITAL SERIES Sunday, April 2, 2017, at 7:30 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Felix Hell, organ
BACH (arr. Hell) Goldberg Variations
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Thursday, April 6, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Saturday, April 8, 2017, at 2 PM Sunday, April 9, 2017, at 2 PM
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor Martin Chalifour, violin
SIBELIUS Finlandia SIBELIUS Symphony No. 6 SIBELIUS Six Humoresques SIBELIUS Symphony No. 7
REYKJAVÍK FESTIVAL OPENING Friday, April 7, 2017, at 7 PM NIGHT Walt Disney Concert Hall Reykjavík Festival (Non-subscripton) Opening Night: Made in Iceland
BP Hall, 7 PM
*Installation by Shoplifter
WDCH Stage, 7:30 PM
Múm Skúli Sverrisson + Ólöf Arnalds d.j. flugvél og geimskip (Airplane & Spaceship) JFDR
W.M. Keck Foundation Children’s Amphitheatre (opening time TBD)
*Driving at the speed of the Nordic sun film screening (film by Xarene Eskander, music by Daníel Bjarnason (continuous screenings)
Additional artists and activations as part of this Opening Night to be announced.
*Will remain throughout Reykjavík Festival
Presented in Partnership with IMX
TOYOTA SYMPHONIES FOR Saturday, April 8, 2017, at 11 AM YOUTH Walt Disney Concert Hall REYKJAVÍK FESTIVAL: Maximus Musicus
Los Angeles Philharmonic Daníel Bjarnason, conductor
Hallfríður ÓLAFSDÓTTIR Maxi’s Song (Orch. Tryggvi M. BALDVINSSON Tryggvi M. BALDVINSSON Fanfare for the Uncommon Mouse Jórunn VIÐAR Ólafur Liljurós (two fragments) Anna THORVALDSDÓTTIR Hrím (Frost) Haukur TÓMASSON Magma Jón ÁSGEIRSSON Tröllaslagur Gunnsteinn OLAFSSON Ólafsson Medley of Icelandic Songs (Þýtur í stráum - Kvölda tekur - Við skulum róa - Þýtur í stráum - Sofnar lóa - Hani, krummi, hundur, svín (sing-along)- Kvölda tekur - Ljósið kemur langt og mjótt (+Göfug jómfrú gráttu ei) - Það var barn í dalnum - Við skulum þreyja/Bíbí og blaka (sing-along) - Krumminn á skjánum) Bára GRÍMSDÓTTIR Dance Daníel BJARNASON Collider
COLBURN CELEBRITY RECITAL Saturday, April 8, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Martha Argerich, piano Stephen Kovacevich, piano
DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun DEBUSSY Lindaraja DEBUSSY En blanc et noir RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
COMMUNITY CONCERT Sunday, April 9, 2017, at 7:30 pm First Congregational Church – Shatto Chapel Schola Cantorum Reykjavík Hörður Áskelsson, conductor
James MacMILLAN A Child’s Prayer John TAVERNER The Lamb Hugi GUÐMUNDSSON Hvíld Jón LEIFS Requiem Morten LAURIDSEN O nata lux Eric WHITACRE Lux aurumque Þorkell SIGURBJÖRNSSON Nú hverfur sól í haf Sigurður SÆVARSSON Nunc dimittis Ēriks EŠENVALDS O salutaris Hostia Anna ÞORVALDSDÓTTIR Heyr þú oss himnum á Þorkell SIGURBJÖRNSSON Heyr, himna smiður Hörður ÁSKELSSON Hvíld Hreiðar INGI Nunc dimittis Arvo PÄRT Nunc dimittis
GREEN UMBRELLA Tuesday, April 11, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall REYKJAVÍK FESTIVAL
LA Phil New Music Group Daníel Bjarnason, conductor Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello Joseph Pereira, percussion Schola Cantorum Reykjavík
Askell MASSON Prím Daníel BJARNASON Ek ken die nag (U.S. premiere) Páll Ragnar PALSSON Quake (U.S. premiere, LA Phil commission) Þuríður JÓNSDÓTTIR Cylinder 49 (world premiere, LA Phil commission) Atli INGOLFSSON Object of Terror (U.S. premiere)
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Thursday, April 13, 2017, at 6:45 Walt Disney Concert Hall (Non-subscription) REYKJAVÍK FESTIVAL
BP Hall
Arni Heimir Ingolfsson, lecturer Nordic Affect (Halla Steinunn Stefánsdóttir, violin | Guðrún Hrund Harðardóttir, viola | Hanna Loftsdóttir, cello | Guðrún Óskarsdóttir, harpsichord)
María Huld Markan SIGFÚSDÓTTIR new work (world premiere) [Dodda Maggý, video] Hildur GUÐNADÓTTIR Point of Departure María Huld Markan SIGFÚSDÓTTIR Clockworking [Thorbjorg Jonsdottir, video]
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Thursday, April 13, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall (Non-subscription) REYKJAVÍK FESTIVAL
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor Sigur Rós Schola Cantorum Reykjavík Hörður Áskelsson, conductor
TVÍSÖNGUR Ísland Farsælda Fron Hafliði HALLGRÍMSSON Veröld Fláa Jón NORDAL Vorkvæði um Ísland Jórunn VIÐAR Vökuró Gunnar Andreas KRISTINSSON Vinátta I (world premiere) Hlynus Aŏils VILMARSSON BD (U.S. premiere) Daníel BJARNASON Emergence (U.S. premiere) “Á” (orch. Daníel BJARNASON) SIGUR RÓS works “Norður” (orch. Nico MUHLY) “Starálfur” (orch. Owen PALLETT) “Hrafntinna” (orch. David LANG) “Fljótavík” (orch. Anna MEREDITH) “Ekki mukk” (orch. Missy MAZZOLI) “Festival” (orch. Dan DEACON) “Takk + Glósóli” (orch. Páll Ragnar PÁLSSON)
preceded by Nordic Affect chamber music program
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Friday, April 14 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall (Non-subscription) REYKJAVÍK FESTIVAL
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor Sigur Rós Schola Cantorum Reykjavík Vikingur Ólafsson, piano
A capella choral works to be announced Anna THORVALDSDÓTTIR Aeriality Haukur TÓMASSON Piano Concerto (U.S. premiere, LA Phil co-commission) Sigur Rós works preceded by Nordic Affect chamber music program
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Saturday, April 15 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall (Non-subscription) REYKJAVÍK FESTIVAL
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor Sigur Rós Schola Cantorum Reykjavík James McVinnie, organ
A cappella choral works to be announced María Huld Markan SIGFÚDÓTTIR Aequora LEIFS Organ Concerto Sigur Rós works preceded by Nordic Affect chamber music program
WORLD MUSIC Monday, April 17, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall REYKJAVÍK FESTIVAL
Jóhann Jóhannsson featuring American Contemporary Music Ensemble Bedroom Community’s Whale Watching Tour featuring Valgeir Sigurðsson, Nico Muhly, Sam Amidon, Daníel Bjarnason, Nadia Sirota, Jodie Landau, James McVinnie and Sæunn Thorsteindóttir
Iceland’s Jóhann Jóhannsson, nominated for two Oscars® for his scores for The Theory of Eveything, and Sicario, is highly praised by pop music critics. This special show celebrates the release of a new record returning to the curiously wonderful dissonance between traditional instrumentation and electronics. To open, one of contemporary music’s most compelling record labels, Reykjavík’s Bedroom Community, marks its 10th anniversary with label founders Valgeir Sigurðsson and Nico Muhly, and others.
BAROQUE VARIATIONS Tuesday, April 18, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart Bach-Collegium Stuttgart Hans-Christoph Rademann, conductor Regula Mühlemann, soprano Roxana Constantinescu, contralto Benedikt Kristjansson, tenor Jakob Pilgram, tenor Peter Harvey, bass Gächinger Kantorei
BACH Mass in B minor, BWV 232 Kyrie Gloria Credo Sanctus Osanna Benedictus Agnus Dei Dona nobis pacem
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Thursday, April 20, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Saturday, April 22, 2017, at 8 PM Sunday, April 23, 2017, at 2 PM
David Robertson, conductor Paul Jacobs, organ
IVES Three Places in New England Christopher ROUSE Organ Concerto (West Coast premiere, LA Phil co-commission) DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”
SOUNDS ABOUT TOWN Friday, April 21, 2017, at 7 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall (Non-subscription) Colburn Orchestra Christian Arming, conductor Joshua Wheeker, tenor Colburn Dance Academy Benjamin Millepied, choreographer
BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide BERLIN I Got The Sun In The Morning (arr. Ninmer) BERLIN You’re Lonely And I’m Lonely (arr. Ninmer) BERLIN What’ll I Do (arr. Ninmer) BERLIN All Alone (arr. Ninmer) BERLIN Steppin’ Out With My Baby (arr. Ninmer) PROKOFIEV Romeo & Juliet Suite
CHAMBER MUSIC Tuesday, April 25, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Jin-Shan Dai, violin Robert deMaine, cello Ben Hong, cello Dahae Kim, cello Dana Lawson, viola Johnny Lee, violin Gloria Lum, cello Elise Shope Henry, flute Benjamin Ullery, viola Bing Wang, violin
VILLA-LOBOS Assobio a Jato, W. 493 “The Jet Whistle” George BENJAMIN Viola, Viola KODÁLY Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7 MARTINÚ Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola RAVEL Sonata for Violin and Cello
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Friday, April 28, 2017, at 11 AM Walt Disney Concert Hall Philippe Jordan, conductor Iréne Theorin, soprano
WAGNER Das Rheingold: Prelude, orchestral interludes, and Entrance of the Gods WAGNER Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries WAGNER Die Walküre: Magic Fire Music WAGNER Siegfried: Forest Murmurs WAGNER Götterdämmerung: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey WAGNER Götterdämmerung: Siegfried’s Funeral March WAGNER Götterdämmerung: “Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort”
WORLD MUSIC Saturday, April 29, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Sunday, April 30, 2017, at 2 PM Friday, April 28, 2017, at 8 PM
DakhaBrakha Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares
Dressed in striking traditional costumes, the multi- instrumental quartet from Ukraine DakhaBrakha (“give/take” in Ukrainian) mixes Europe’s folklore and rhythms with the urban avant-garde. Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares (The Mystery of Bulgarian Voices), the celebrated all-female folk choir, opens the evening with harmonies and arrangements that showcase the characteristic timbres and rhythms of traditional Bulgarian music.
MAY 2017
COLBURN CELEBRITY RECITAL Wednesday, May 3, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Yo-Yo Ma, cello Chris Thile, mandolin Edgar Meyer, bass
BACH Trios
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Friday, May 5, 2017, at 8 PM -Inside the Music with Brian Lauritzen- SCHUBERT SYMPHONIES / MAHLER SONGS Walt Disney Concert Hall 1 & 2 · Wayfarer
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 1 MAHLER Songs of a Wayfarer SCHUBERT Symphony No. 2
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Saturday, May 6, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall SCHUBERT SYMPHONIES / MAHLER SONGS 1 & 2 · Wayfarer
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 1 MAHLER Songs of a Wayfarer SCHUBERT Symphony No. 2
JAZZ Sunday, May 7, 2017, at 7:30 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Sondheim & Jazz, Side by Side featuring Bill Charlap, Ann Hampton Callaway and Renee Rosnes Scott Dunn, conductor Dave Grusin presents: Jazz from West Side Story
Sondheim & Jazz, Side by Side is a stunning jazz treatment by pianists/arrangers Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes, with award-winning singer Ann Hampton Callaway, that explores the sophistication, wit and genius of one of Broadway’s most innovative artists, in songs as “The Ladies Who Lunch,” “Send in the Clowns,” “Comedy Tonight” and many, many more. World-renowned pianist/composer Dave Grusin presents his ingenious jazz interpretation of Bernstein’s classic West Side Story to open the evening.
CHAMBER MUSIC Tuesday, May 9, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Boris Allakhaverdyan, clarinet Andrew Bain, horn Nathan Cole, violin Whitney Crockett, bassoon Robert deMaine, cello Ingrid Hutman, viola Johnny Lee, violin Gloria Lum, cello David Allen Moore, double bass Akiko Tarumoto, violin Ben Ullery, viola
SCHUBERT String Quartet No. 13, “Rosamunde” SCHUBERT Octet
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Thursday, May 11, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Friday, May 12, 2017, at 8 PM Saturday, May 13, 2017, at 8 PM
SCHUBERT SYMPHONIES / MAHLER SONGS 3 & 4 · Kindertotenlieder
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Matthias Goerne, baritone
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 3 MAHLER Kindertotenlieder SCHUBERT Symphony No. 4, “Tragic”
SONGBOOK Sunday, May 14, 2017, at 7:30 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall John Pizzarelli Plays McCartney and the Beatles
Based on a suggestion from Sir Paul McCartney himself, John Pizzarelli uses his gracefully brilliant vocals and guitar playing backed by a strong quartet and horns – to mix McCartney’s singular songs like “My Valentine,” “Maybe I’m Amazed” and “No More Lonely Nights,” with classic Beatles songs, all in swinging dimension with plenty of colorful touches and a playful wink.
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Thursday, May 18, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Friday, May 19, 2017, at 8 PM
SCHUBERT SYMPHONIES / MAHLER SONGS 5 & 6 · Rückert
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Elīna Garanča, mezzo-soprano
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 5 MAHLER Rückert Lieder SCHUBERT Symphony No. 6, “Little C-major”
SPECIAL EVENT Friday, May 19 – Wednesday, May 31, 2017, 10 AM MAGIC BOX at the REEF – 9 PM 1933 S. Broadway Los Angeles Björk Digital
LA Phil presents the West Coast premiere of Björk Digital, an exhibition of groundbreaking VR video works featuring music from Björk’s latest album, Vulnicura. A pioneer in music, art and technology, Björk has worked with a collection of world-renowned directors, programmers and visual artists to create a series of innovative virtual reality works displayed throughout a series of rooms. Björk Digital will invite guests to experience these immersive works through the latest in virtual reality technology.
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Saturday, May 20, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Sunday, May 21, 2017, at 2 PM
SCHUBERT SYMPHONIES / MAHLER SONGS 8 & 9 · Wunderhorn
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Elīna Garanča, mezzo-soprano
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished” MAHLER Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn SCHUBERT Symphony No. 9, “Great C-major”
ORGAN RECITAL SERIES Sunday, May 21, 2017, at 7:30 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Iveta Apkalna, organ
Aivars KALĒJS (1951, Latvia) Toccata on the Choral "Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr" Thierry ESCAICH Evocation I Theirry ESCAICH Evocation II Philip GLASS Satyagraha. Act III – Conclusion (Arranged by M. Riesmann) BACH Toccata, Adagio, Fuge C-dur BWV 564 SHOSTAKOVICH Passacaglia from Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op.29 LISZT Funérailles (Transcription for Organ by Lionel Rogg) THALBEN-BALL Variations on a Theme of Paganini (for pedal solo) BACH Passacaglia BWV 582
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Friday, May 26, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Saturday, May 27, 2017, at 2 PM Sunday, May 28, 2017, at 2 PM
BARTÓK PIANO CONCERTO CYCLE with DUDAMEL & YUJA WANG Piano Concerto No. 1
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Yuja Wang, piano Angela Meade, soprano Alisa Kolosova, mezzo-soprano Ladislav Elgr, tenor Stefan Kocan, bass Iveta Apkalna, organ Los Angeles Master Chorale Grant Gershon, artistic director
STRAVINSKY Requiem Canticles BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 1 JANÁČEK Glagolitic Mass
SPECIAL EVENT Tuesday, May 30, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Björk with Orchestra
Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason, conductor
Björk makes her Walt Disney Concert Hall debut, performing with orchestra. This concert is a special addition to our Reykjavík Festival, highlighting the profound musical creativity coming from Iceland’s capital.
JUNE 2017
SPECIAL EVENT Thursday, June 1 – Sunday, June 4, 2017, 10 AM – 9 MAGIC BOX at the REEF PM 1933 S. Broadway Los Angeles Björk Digital
LA Phil presents the West Coast premiere of Björk Digital, an exhibition of groundbreaking VR video works featuring music from Björk’s latest album, Vulnicura. A pioneer in music, art and technology, Björk has worked with a collection of world-renowned directors, programmers and visual artists to create a series of innovative virtual reality works displayed throughout a series of rooms. Björk Digital will invite guests to experience these immersive works through the latest in virtual reality technology.
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Thursday, June 1, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Friday, June 2, 2017, at 11 AM
BARTÓK PIANO CONCERTO CYCLE with DUDAMEL & YUJA WANG Piano Concerto No. 2
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
STRAVINSKY Symphonies of Wind Instruments BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 2 JANÁČEK Sinfonietta
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Saturday, June 3, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall Sunday, June 4, 2017, at 2 PM
BARTÓK PIANO CONCERTO CYCLE with DUDAMEL & YUJA WANG Piano Concerto No. 3
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Yuja Wang, piano
STRAVINSKY Symphonies of Wind Instruments BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 3 JANÁČEK Sinfonietta
GREEN UMBRELLA Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at 8 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall LA Phil New Music Group The Industry Marc Lowenstein, conductor Yuval Sharon, director Robert Gordon, libretto Danny Dolan, choreographer Christopher Kuhl, lighting designer Dan Selon, costume designer Kaitlyn Pietras, projection and video designer Jason H. Thompson, projection and video designer Bill Alves, transcriber Eva Soltes, creative consultant
Adam Fisher, Caesar David Adam Moore, Nicomedes Bruce Vilanch, Narrator Nancy Maultsby, Julia Delaram Kamareh, Cornelia Timur Bekbosunov, Dionysus Lou Becker, Andrew Pearson, Austin Westbay, Raymond Ejiofor, Malachi Middleton, Drew Hinkley, dancers Men of the Los Angeles Master Chorale Grant Gershon, artistic director
HARRISON Young Caesar
Experimental opera producer/director Yuval Sharon, the LA Phil’s Artist-Collaborator, directs Lou Harrison’s sublime and sinuous, percussion-rich look at Caesar before his rise to power and fame, originally a puppet opera premiered at Caltech in 1971 and revised several times since.
This performance is presented in collaboration with The Industry.
Contains mature content.
Programs, artists and dates subject to change. 04.21.17