Upbeat Live

Composer and conductor of the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra Russell Steinberg discusses Argentine music and Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. This talk was given at the first performance of Dudamel Conducts The Rite of Spring at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Alex NANTE El Rió de Luz (world premiere, LA Phil commission) GINASTERA Estancia STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2021/22 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

KUSC's Brian Lauritzen discusses how the Divine Comedy inspired Adès' Dante. This talk was given at the first performance of Dudamel Leads Adès' Dante at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Thomas ADÈS Dante (U.S. premiere; commissioned by the LA Phil and The Royal Ballet, with generous support from the Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg Fund) See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2021/22 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Composer and USC educator Veronika Krausas discusses the music and background of Generation X composers. This talk was given at the first performance of Voices of a Generation at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Anna MEREDITH Nautilus (U.S. premiere) Felipe LARA Brutal Mirrors Veronika KRAUSAS Caryatids Francisco COLL Four Iberian Miniatures Thomas ADÈS Märchentänze (U.S. premiere) See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2021/22 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

KUSC's Brian Lauritzen is joined by composers Ellen Reid and Nico Muhly for a conversation on creating music. This talk was given at the first performance of Pekka Kuusisto + Ellen Reid at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Ellen REID Desiderium for solo violin (world premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting) Ellen REID Fear l Release Hannah KENDALL Verdala Ellen REID/Roxie PERKINS Lumee's Dream (world premiere arr., LA Phil commission) KiMani BRIDGES The Flower Missy MAZZOLI Vespers William KRAFT Encounters I: Soliloquy (In Memoriam, performed by Joseph Pereira, percussion) Meredith MONK (ARR. DAVID LANG) Double Fiesta Nico MUHLY Shrink (West Coast premiere) See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2021/22 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Chair of Music History at the Colburn Conservatory of Music, Kristi Brown-Montesano discusses Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio. This talk was given at the performance of Beethoven's Fidelio with Dudamel and Deaf West Theatre at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Piece discussed: BEETHOVEN Fidelio See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2021/22 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Associate Professor and Chair of the Music Performance department at Azusa Pacific University, Christopher Russell explores the last pieces of music by Bruckner and Berg. This talk was given at the first performance of Mehta Conducts Bruckner and Berg at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: BERG Violin Concerto BRUCKNER Symphony No. 9 See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2021/22 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Conductor Christian Campos discusses Mozart's stirring unfinished masterpiece, Great Mass in C minor. This talk was given at the performance of Mozart's Great Mass with Mehta at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Piece discussed: Great Mass in C minor See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2021/22 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Composer and conductor of the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra Russell Steinberg delves into Mahler's Symphony No. 7 in E minor. This talk was given at the performance of Mahler's Seventh at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: MAHLER Symphony No. 7 in E minor See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2021/22 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Composer and conductor of the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra Russell Steinberg explores music by Barber, Pärt and Dvořák. This talk was given at the performance of Hilary Hahn Plays Barber at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Arvo PÄRT Silhouette BARBER Violin Concerto, Op. 14 DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7 See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2021/22 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Educator Rachel Iba and organist Monica Czausz Berney delve into music by Kapustin, Mendelssohn, Bach, Demessieux, Tchaikovsky and Naji Hakim. This talk was given at the first performance of Monica Czausz Berney at Walt Disney Concert Hall. KAPUSTIN (arr. Czausz Berney) Sinfonietta, Op. 49: Rondo MENDELSSOHN Allegro, Chorale and Fugue BACH Toccata and Fugue in D minor, “Dorian,” BWV 538 DEMESSIEUX Te Deum, Op. 11 Naji HAKIM Arabesques TCHAIKOVSKY (trans. Guillou/Czausz Berney) Scherzo from Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique” See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2021/22 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Composer and USC educator Veronika Krausas discusses Shostakovich, Prokofiev and contemporary composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir. This talk was given at the first performance of Shostakovich and Prokofiev with Ludovic Morlot at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Anna THORVALDSDÓTTIR Metacosmos PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 1, in D-flat major, Op. 10 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10 See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2021/22 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

KUSC's Brian Lauritzen is joined by composer inti figgis-vizueta and musician Jay Campbell for a conversation about contemporary music. This talk was given at the first performance of Jay Campbell + inti figgis-vizueta at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: William KRAFT Encounters I: Soliloquy (In Memoriam, performed by Joseph Pereira, percussion) Liza LIM An ocean beyond earth for solo cello Thomas MEADOWCROFT Walkman Antiquarian Wadada Leo SMITH Gondwana: Earth, a Blue Sanctuary, Oceans, Seas, Lakes, Rivers, Springs and Lagoons; Paradise Gardens and Skies (world premiere, LA Phil commission) inti FIGGIS-VIZUETA Talamh (Land) (world premiere of string orchestra version) inti FIGGIS-VIZUETA amaru (world premiere, LA Phil commission) See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2021/22 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Composer and USC educator Veronika Krausas delves into the life and music of composers Elgar and Tchaikovsky. This talk was given at the first performance of Elgar and Tchaikovsky at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Miguel FARÍAS Estallido (world premiere) ELGAR Cello Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, "Pathétique" See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2021/22 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Composer and conductor of the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra Russell Steinberg discusses music by Bartók, Bjarnason, and Sibelius. This talk was given at the performance of Salonen Leads Bartok, Bjarnason, and Sibelius at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: BARTÓK Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta Daníel BJARNASON FEAST (world premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from the Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg Fund) SIBELIUS Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105 See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2021/22 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Chair of Music History at the Colburn Conservatory of Music, Kristi Brown-Montesano, explains the connection to nature in pieces by Bach, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Gabriella Smith and Strauss. This talk was given at the performance of Strauss, Smith, and Salonen at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: BACH Preludio from Partita No. 3, BWV 1006 for solo violin Esa-Pekka SALONEN Fog (U.S. premiere of orchestral version) Gabriella SMITH Breathing Forests (world premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from the Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg Fund) STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2021/22 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Pianist and writer, Sarah Cahill discusses music by Russian composers: Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev and Borodin. This talk was given at the performance of Bronfman Plays Rachmaninoff's Third at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: BORODIN Overture to Prince Igor RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, op. 30 PROKOFIEV Suite from Romeo and Juliet See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2021/22 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Pianist and writer, Sarah Cahill discusses music by Beethoven and Mendelssohn. This talk was given at the performance of Beethoven and Mendelssohn at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Elizabeth OGONEK Cloudline (U.S. premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting) BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4, “Italian” See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2021/22 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Saxophonist and educator at the USC Thornton School of Music, Patrick Posey delves into the life and music of jazz legend, Duke Ellington. This talk was given at the performance of Symphonic Ellington: Sacred Concerts at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Duke ELLINGTON (ARR. PERESS) Black, Brown & Beige Duke ELLINGTON (ARR. GOULD) Solitude ELLINGTON “David Danced” from the Sacred Concerts (Chloé Arnold and Loren Smith) ELLINGTON Selections from the Sacred Concerts See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2021/22 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Saxophonist and educator at the USC Thornton School of Music, Patrick Posey delves into the life and music of jazz legendd, Duke Ellington. He is joined briefly by the evening's conductor Thomas Wilkins. This talk was given at the performance of Symphonic Ellington: New World A-Comin' at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Duke ELLINGTON (ARR. BERGER) Night Creature ELLINGTON New World A-Comin' Duke ELLINGTON (ARR. PERESS) Black, Brown & Beige Duke ELLINGTON (ORCH. COLLIER) The River Suite See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2021/22 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Pianist and writer, Sarah Cahill, discusses music by Mahler, Berg and Brahms. This talk was given at the performance of Ax Plays Brahms at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: MAHLER Blumine BERG Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6 BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1 See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2021/22 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Violinist and educator, Rachel Iba, explores the musical storytelling behind pieces by Angélica Negrón, Nathalie Joachim, Pamela Z, Allison Loggins-Hull and Nina Shekhar. This talk was given at the performance of Nathalie Joachim + Pamela Z at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Angélica NEGRÓN This Person Nathalie JOACHIM “Suite pou Dantan” from Fanm d'Ayiti Pamela Z The Schmetterling Allison LOGGINS-HULL The Pattern Pamela Z Silent H (world premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from the Deborah Borda Women in the Arts Initiative) Nathalie JOACHIM In Between (world premiere, LA Phil commission) Nina SHEKHAR Dear Abby See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2021/22 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Professor of music at Caltech, Thomas Neenan, discusses music by Prokofiev, Michael Tilson Thomas and Fauré. This talk was given at the performance of Prokofiev and MTT at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: FAURÉ Pavane Michael TILSON THOMAS Meditations on Rilke PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 100 See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2021/22 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

KUSC's Brian Lauritzen discusses pieces by Beethoven, Julia Adolphe and Nokuthula Ngwenyama. This talk was given at the performance of Beethoven and Julia Adolphe at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Nokuthula NGWENYAMA Primal Message Julia ADOLPHE Woven Loom, Silver Spindle (world premiere, LA Phil commission) BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2021/22 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Educator, Thomas Neenan, takes a look into the music of Conor D'Netto, Korngold and Brahms. This talk was given at the performance of Brahms and Korngold at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Connor D'NETTO Uncertain Planning (U.S. premiere) KORNGOLD Violin Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2021/22 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Reel Change Advisory Board member Kris Bowers and Reel Change grantee Sultana Isham talk about their approaches to the art form of film scoring, experiences in the industry, and the unconventional pathways that led them to film composition. This talk was given at the performance of Reel Change: Kris Bowers at Walt Disney Concert Hall. See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2021/22 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

KUSC's Brian Lauritzen explores a Mozart concerto and three Ravel favorites. This talk was given at the first performance of Mozart and Ravel at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: RAVEL Menuet antique MOZART Piano Concerto No. 21, K. 467 RAVEL Le tombeau de Couperin RAVEL Bolero See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2021/22 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Associate Professor and Chair of the Music Performance department at Azusa Pacific University, Christopher Russell discusses Rachmaninoff and minimalist music with composer John Adams. This talk was given at the first performance of Reich, Adams, and Rachmaninoff at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Steve REICH Runner John ADAMS Violin Concerto RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2021/22 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Musician and conductor, Rachel Iba discusses the 1920 silent film Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and it's organ accompaniment. This talk was given at the first performance of Halloween Organ, Film & Music: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at Walt Disney Concert Hall. See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2021/22 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Composer Veronika Krausas explores Tchaikovsky's beloved concerto and new music by Saariaho. This talk was given at the first performance of Tchaikovsky and Saariaho with Mälkki at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Kaija SAARIAHO Vista (U.S. premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from Carol Grigor and the Esa-Pekka Salonen Commissions Fund) TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2021/22 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Composer Russell Steinberg discusses Mahler's heavenly Fourth Symphony and the world premiere of Steven Mackey's trumpet concerto. This talk was given at the first performance of Dudamel Conducts Mahler at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Jessie MONTGOMERY Strum Steven MACKEY Shivaree: Fantasy for Trumpet and Orchestra (world premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from Ellen and Arnold Zetcher) MAHLER Symphony No. 4 See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2021/22 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Musician and conductor, Rachel Iba discusses organ pieces by Bach. This talk was given at the first performance of Cameron Carpenter at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: BACH Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537 BACH Prelude and Fugue I in C Major from Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, BWV 870 BACH Prelude and Fugue XII in F Major from Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, BWV 880 BACH Fantasia on “Komm, Heiliger Geist,” BWV 651 BACH Chorale Prelude “O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sünde groß,” BWV 622 BACH Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major, “St. Anne,” BWV 552 BACH Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2021/22 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Associate Professor and Chair of the Music Performance department at Azusa Pacific University, Christopher Russell discusses three pieces on life, death, and love, all inspired by Romantic poetry. This talk was given at the first performance of Dudamel Conducts Strauss at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: SCHOENBERG Transfigured Night STRAUSS Four Last Songs STRAUSS Death and Transfiguration See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2021/22 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

About This Performance Underneath the sense of hope and expansiveness in the New World is a shadow that has been there from its first colonization to the present moment. Dvořák set out to find and compose “American music.” What he created is a collage, suggestions of the hope of immigrants in the boundless space; the presence of slavery; the treatment of Native Americans; and the pristine beauty of the natural resources. Even more poignant today, we hear this music with all its shadows fully in the light. Join Deborah O'Grady and Melinda Haas for this unique exploration of Dvořák's signature work, Symphony No. 9, “New World,” through the lens of myth as part of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Dvořák & Ives festival. Artists Melinda Haas Deborah O'Grady

About This Performance The culmination of Dudamel's unique look at Ives and Dvořák shows the individualistic American expanding his harmonic and rhythmic language even further in the stunningly complex Fourth Symphony. Dvořák's final symphony was composed from Native-American and African-American source materials, from which he drew unforgettable melodies and dramatic harmonies that gelled into his most popular creation. Program IVES - The Unanswered Question IVES - Symphony No. 4 Intermission DVOŘÁK - Symphony No. 9, “New World” Artists Los Angeles Philharmonic Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Los Angeles Master Chorale Grant Gershon, artistic director

About This Performance By juxtaposing Ives' and Dvořák's symphonies, Dudamel reveals new ways to hear each composer. Here, Ives' compact Third draws on memories of songs, hymns, children's games, and dances to create music of wondrous complexity. Dvořák's final symphony was composed from Native-American and African-American source materials, from which he drew unforgettable melodies and dramatic harmonies that gelled into his most popular creation. Program IVES - The Unanswered Question IVES - Symphony No. 3, “The Camp Meeting” Intermission DVOŘÁK - Symphony No. 9, “New World” Artists Los Angeles Philharmonic Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

About this Performance: British-born Wayne Marshall is a triple threat, appearing around the world as an organist, pianist, and conductor. His abilities in jazz as well as classical music make him particularly well suited for the glittering improvisations on Bernstein and Beethoven that will bookend his Disney Hall recital. “…sheer technical bravado… breathtaking speeds…stunning virtuosity…such brilliant playing.” (Gramophone)   Artists: Wayne Marshall, organ   Program: Wayne MARSHALL Improvisation on themes of Bernstein, “Homage à Lenny” DUPRÉ Symphonie-Passion, Op. 23 George C. BAKER Deux Evocations WIDOR Organ Symphony No. 6 in G minor, Op. 42 No. 2 Andrew AGER Toccata & Fugue MESSIAEN Les mages & Dieu parmi nous from La Nativité du Seigneur Wayne MARSHALL Improvisation on themes of Beethoven

About this Performance: Revealing unpredictable connections between the two composers, Dudamel's unexpected pairing of symphonies by Ives and Dvořák begins here with each man showing us new ways to view vernacular music in a symphonic context.   Artists Los Angeles Philharmonic Gustavo Dudamel, conductor   Program IVES Symphony No. 1 DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7

Widely acclaimed English actor/writer/director Simon McBurney and his equally accomplished brother, composer/writer/scholar Gerard McBurney, collaborate with Salonen to present darkly satirical musical-theater works from the heyday of German Expressionism. The music is inflected with 1920s jazz and popular song, along with an edge of cynicism. Program: HINDEMITH Murderer, Hope of Women WEILL/BRECHT The Berlin Requiem WEILL/BRECHT The Seven Deadly Sins  

About this Performance: Two of the biggest stars of our 2017 Reykjavík Festival, conductor/composer Daníel Bjarnason and pianist Víkingur Ólafsson, have put together a fascinating program that includes a world premiere.

About this Performance: One of the most sought-after conductors of his generation, Swiss musician Philippe Jordan returns with two prime examples of tone poems by Richard Strauss, one about the legendary Spanish knight – featuring one of the world's leading cellists as the irrepressible dreamer – and, though Strauss denied it, the other work about the composer himself!

About this Performance: Beloved pianist Emanuel Ax will apply his consummate artistry to Beethoven's mighty and heroic C-minor concerto, his only one in a minor key. Celebrated contralto Nathalie Stutzmann, who has transitioned into an acclaimed conductor, will lead this all-Beethoven program, unleashing the unrelenting power of the most recognizable symphony in the world.

About this Performance: The Los Angeles Philharmonic and New York's electric Bang on a Can All-Stars join forces for Julia Wolfe's new Flower Power, in which she addresses the radical societal upheaval of the 1960s, presented with suitably psychedelic visuals. Adams also leads the Grammy®-nominated symphonic work he composed for the LA Phil in 1998, when Esa-Pekka led the premiere.

Conductor Emmanuelle Haïm sits down with Christian Campos to discuss the night's Baroque-focused program.

Christopher Russell provides historical and musical context for the concert's program, which takes us through a journey that chronicles a tumultuous time in Germany from 1874-1934.   About this Performance: Mehta leads an adventurous look at German Romanticism as it develops into the birth of 20th-century music, from the lushness of the full orchestra in Wagner's final Ring opera to the concentrated brevity of Webern's nine-instrument concerto.   Program: WAGNER Götterdämmerung: Rhine Journey WAGNER Götterdämmerung: Funeral Music WAGNER Götterdämmerung: Immolation Scene SCHOENBERG Chamber Symphony WEBERN Six Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6 WEBERN Concerto for Nine Instruments, Op. 24   Artists: Los Angeles Philharmonic Zubin Mehta, conductor Christine Goerke, soprano

About this Performance: Mehta reveals his deep affinity for Mahler in one of the composer's most overwhelmingly transcendent works. The climax of the ecstatic finale is deeply stirring and unforgettable.   Program: MAHLER Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection"   Artists Los Angeles Philharmonic Zubin Mehta, conductor Kristin Lewis, soprano Mihoko Fujimura, mezzo-soprano Los Angeles Master Chorale Grant Gershon, Artistic Director

About this Performance: Trifonov has the reputation of taking a beloved classic like Tchaikovsky's popular Piano Concerto and imbuing it with fresh new life. L.A. favorite Michael Tilson Thomas also leads Copland's Third Symphony, built on the composer's stirring Fanfare for the Common Man.    Program: RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Dubinushka TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1  COPLAND Symphony No. 3   Artists: Los Angeles Philharmonic Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano

About this Performance: To honor the memory of our talented and beloved colleague Oliver Knussen, Mälkki and Josefowicz have programmed three of his remarkable creations and surrounded them with chamber-sized music by his friends, colleagues, and his students. Come celebrate a musical life.   Program: Colin MATTHEWS Hidden Variables KNUSSEN Reflection Helen GRIME A Cold Spring Huw WATKINS Piano Quartet KNUSSEN Ophelia Dances Book 1 KNUSSEN Two Organa HARVEY Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco   Artists: LA Phil New Music Group Susanna Mälkki, conductor Leila Josefowicz, violin John Novacek, piano Co-curated by Susanna Mälkki and Leila Josefowicz

About this Performance: The late Oliver Knussen, acclaimed as composer and conductor, had a long connection with the LA Phil. His Violin Concerto is, by turns, intensely dramatic, lyrical, somber, skittish, and – as you would expect from a skilled conductor – it's masterfully orchestrated. Thrilling to this day, Beethoven's “Eroica” is one of the most revolutionary works in Western music, expanding the Classical symphony in almost every way imaginable.   Program: KNUSSEN Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”   Artists: Los Angeles Philharmonic Susanna Mälkki, conductor Leila Josefowicz, violin

About this Performance: The fast-rising Korean star pianist plays Rachmaninoff's ultra-Romantic concerto, and Dudamel leads Stravinsky's game-changing ballet score with its complex yet primitive-sounding rhythms. Program: RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring   Artists: Los Angeles Philharmonic Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Seong-Jin Cho, piano

About this Performance: The incomparable Yuja Wang plays John Adams' newest piano concerto, and Gustavo presides over Stravinsky's pulse-pounding vision of pre-historic Russian rituals.   Artists: Los Angeles Philharmonic Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Yuja Wang, piano   Program: GINASTERA: Variaciones Concertantes John ADAMS: Must the Devil have all the Good Tunes? (LA Phil commission) STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring    

Los Angeles-based composer and pianist Thomas Kotcheff is joined by composer Sky Macklay, pianist and composer Eric Wubbels, and cellist Jay Campbell to discuss the first Green Umbrella program of the season, including new works by Macklay, Wubbels, Gabriella Smith, Marc Sabat, and Tristan Perich.   About This Performance: Adams and astonishing star-on-the-rise Jay Campbell present a scintillating cello-focused Green Umbrella.   Program: Gabriella SMITH - Carrot Revolution for string quartet Marc SABAT - Partite Requiem (world premiere, LA Phil commission) Eric WUBBELS - gretchen am spinnrade Intermission Sky MACKLAY - Swarm Collecting (world premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from the Deborah Borda Women in the Arts Initiative) Tristan PERICH - Formations for solo cello and electronics     Artists: LA Phil New Music Group John Adams, Conductor Jay Campbell, cello Eric Wubbels, piano Co-curated by John Adams and Jay Campbell   TUE / NOV 5, 2019 - 8:00PM   Upcoming concerts: www.laphil.com/calendar Upbeat Live schedule, details, and speaker bios: www.laphil.com/ubl