The Los Angeles Philharmonic and 91.5 Classical KUSC bring you selected performances from the final season with Esa-Pekka Salonen as Music Director.
The series will continue each Sunday evening through July 19th, 2009.
Program was funded in part by a grant from the Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts.
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April 26th, 4:00 PM
Salonen Conducts Falla and Ravel
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Falla: Three Dances from El amor brujo
Debussy: La Mer
Ravel: Mother Goose (Complete)
Ravel: Bolero
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May 3rd, 4:00 PM
Midori and Harth-Bedoya
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
Midori, violin
Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite
Britten: Violin Concerto
Revueltas: La noche de los mayas
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May 10th, 4:00 PM
Dudamel Conducts Mozart and Strauss
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Rudolf Buchbinder, piano
Kurtág: Stélé
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23, K. 488
Strauss: Alpine Symphony
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May 17th, 4:00 PM
Alsop Conducts Brahms
Marin Alsop, conductor
Nikolaj Znaider, violin
Brahms: "Tragic" Overture
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
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May 24th, 4:00 PM
Stéphane Denève Conducts Stravinsky and Rachmaninoff
Stéphane Denève, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
Stravinsky: "Dumbarton Oaks" Concerto
Khachaturian: Violin Concerto
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
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May 31st, 4:00 PM
Debussy and Prokofiev
Charles Dutoit, conductor
Yuja Wang, piano
Debussy: Petite suite
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
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June 7th, 4:00 PM
Thibaudet plays Gershwin
Robert Spano, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Varèse: Octandre
Gershwin: Concerto in F
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3
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June 14th, 4:00 PM
Argerich Plays Ravel
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Martha Argerich, piano
Ravel: La Valse
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
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June 21st, 4:00 PM
Handel, Haydn, and Mendelssohn
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
Johannes Moser, cello
Handel: Royal Fireworks Music
Haydn: Cello Concerto in C
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, "Scottish"
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June 28th, 4:00 PM
Bronfman Plays Prokofiev
Xian Zhang, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Yi: Momentum
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Adams: The Chairman Dances
Bartók: Suite from the Miraculous Mandarin
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July 5th, 4:00 PM
Eschenbach Conducts Prokofiev and Shostakovich
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
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July 12th, 4:00 PM
Salonen Conducts Beethoven and Salonen
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin
Women of the Los Angeles Master Chorale, Grant Gershon, music director
Ligeti: Clocks and Clouds
Salonen: Violin Concerto (LAPA commission)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
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July 19th, 4:00 PM
Salonen Conducts Stravinsky: The Final Concert
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Peter Sellars, director
Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
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