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The Los Angeles Philharmonic on Classical KUSC
Hosted by Brian Lauritzen
Sundays, 4:00 PM

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.

April 26 - Salonen Conducts Falla and Ravel
May 3 - Midori and Harth-Bedoya
May 10 - Dudamel Conducts Mozart and Strauss
May 17 - Alsop Conducts Brahms
May 24 - Stéphane Denève Conducts Stravinsky and Rachmaninoff
May 31 - Debussy and Prokofiev ---Stream This Concert
June 7 - Thibaudet plays Gershwin
June 14 - Argerich Plays Ravel
June 21 - Handel, Haydn, and Mendelssohn
June 28 - Bronfman Plays Prokofiev
July 5 - Eschenbach Conducts Prokofiev and Shostakovich
July 12 - Salonen Conducts Beethoven and Salonen
July 19 - Salonen Conducts Stravinsky: The Final Concert Next Concert

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

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

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

May 17th, 4:00 PM
Alsop Conducts Brahms

Marin Alsop, conductor
Nikolaj Znaider, violin
Brahms: "Tragic" Overture
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 1

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

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

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

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

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"

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

July 5th, 4:00 PM
Eschenbach Conducts Prokofiev and Shostakovich

Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5

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

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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