Upbeat Live

Brian Lauritzen guides Gracias Gustavo: Celebrating 17 Years. This talk was given at a performance of Gracias Gustavo: Celebrating 17 Years at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

John ADAMS  Harmonium

Guillermo ARRIAGA  América

ESTÉVEZ  Cantata Criolla

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Marc Bolin reflects on Gracias Gustavo: Celebrating the Musicians of the LA Phil. This talk was given at a performance of Gracias Gustavo: Celebrating the Musicians of the LA Phil at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

John WILLIAMS  Bravo Gustavo!

ROSSINI  Rondo: Allegretto from Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra

MARCELLO  Adagio from Oboe Concerto in C minor

PAGANINI  La Campanella

MOZART  Romance: Andante cantabile from Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat major, K. 495

MENDELSSOHN  Adagio from Concerto for Violin, Piano, and String Orchestra

TCHAIKOVSKY  Pezzo capriccioso

GLIÈRE  Allegro giocoso from Concerto for Harp and Orchestra

Philip GLASS  Movement III from Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra

SHAW Concerto for Clarinet

ROTA  Lento, ben rimato from Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra in C

Andrés MARTÍN  Allegro Obsesivo from Concerto No. 1 for Contrabass and Orchestra

Gabriela ORTIZ  Mujer Arena

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Educator Kristi-Brown Montesano explains Dudamel Conducts Die Walküre Act III with Cori Ellison and Alberto Alvero. This talk was given at a performance of Dudamel Conducts Die Walküre Act III at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

WAGNER  Die Walküre Act III

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Composer and conductor Geoffrey Pope discusses Dudamel Conducts Die Walküre Act II with Cori Ellison and Alberto Alvero. This talk was given at a performance of Dudamel Conducts Die Walküre Act II at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

WAGNER  Die Walküre Act II

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Educator Mike Basak explores Dudamel Conducts Die Walküre Act I with Cori Ellison and Alberto Alvero. This talk was given at a performance of Dudamel Conducts Die Walküre Act I at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

WAGNER  Die Walküre Act I

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Rachel Iba discusses Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony. This talk was given at a performance of Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

SZYMANOWSKI  Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 35

RACHMANINOFF  Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

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Tiffany Kuo leads a conversation on Smith, Cabezas & Childs with Billy Child, Molly Turner & Michael Gordon. This talk was given at a performance of Smith, Cabezas & Childs at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Michael GORDON  2bd, LA Phil Etudes Book 4, Part 1

Gabriel CABEZAS, Gabriella SMITH  Duos

Esa-Pekka SALONEN  Vignette for Bassoon, LA Phil Etudes Book 4, Part 2

CAGE  Branches

Billy CHILDS, Dan "Chimy" CHMIELINSKI, Christian EUMAN  Improvisation

Billy CHILDS  My Roots Spread Far and Wide

Gabriella SMITH  25

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Christoph Bull discusses Anna Lapwood with Anna Lapwood. This talk was given at a performance of Anna Lapwood at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Hans ZIMMER  Chevaliers de Sangreal from The Da Vinci Code

Alan MENKEN  The Bells of Notre Dame from The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Howard SHORE  The Lord of the Rings Organ Symphony

John WILLIAMS  Duel of the Fates from Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Rachel PORTMAN Flight

Olivia BELLI Limina Luminis

Hans ZIMMER Suite from Pirates of the Caribbean

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Rachel Iba delves into Dvořák and Korngold with Andrés Orozco-Estrada. This talk was given at a performance of Dvořák and Korngold at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

TILSON THOMAS Agnegram

KORNGOLD Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 35

DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70

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Thomas Neenan leads a conversation on Brahms & Beethoven. This talk was given at a performance of Brahms & Beethoven at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

SCHUMANN  Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op. 52

BEETHOVEN  Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15

BRAHMS  Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73

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Zach Neufeld leads a conversation on John Adams & Conrad Tao. This talk was given at a performance of John Adams & Conrad Tao at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

PIAZZOLLA Selections from Three Tangos Oblivion Libertango

John ADAMS Century Rolls

STRAVINSKY Song of the Nightingale

PROKOFIEV Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60

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This talk was given at a performance of Shostakovich & Sibelius at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

SHOSTAKOVICH  Selections from Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1

SHOSTAKOVICH  Concerto No. 2 for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 126

SIBELIUS  Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22

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This talk was given at a performance of Turangalîla at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

MESSIAEN  Turangalîla-symphonie

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This talk was given at a performance of Gerald Barry’s Salome at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Gerald BARRY  Salome

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This talk was given at a performance of Vertigo in Concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Vertigo (1958)

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This talk was given at a performance of Alcée Chriss III at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

RACHMANINOFF Non allegro from Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

FRANCK  Allegretto from Symphony in D minor

YOUMANS “Tea For Two”

GUILLOU  Toccata, Op. 9

J.S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532

ARLEN “Over the Rainbow”

TRADITIONAL  Improvisation on “Amazing Grace”

REGER  Fantasy and Fugue on B-A-C-H, Op. 46

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This talk was given at a performance of John Williams & Rachmaninoff at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

John WILLIAMS Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra

RACHMANINOFF  Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

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This talk was given at a performance of The Great Wall of Los Angeles at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Juhi BANSAL  A Lone Voice in the Darkness

Nina SHEKHAR  Westbound

Estevan OLMOS  Sin Tierra Sin Voz

Nicolás Lell BENAVIDES  ¡AGUAS!

Xavier MUZIK  God, The Brand

Viet CUONG  Ladders

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This talk was given at a performance of Dudamel, Dante, and Beethoven 6 at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, “Pastoral”

Thomas ADÈS Inferno – Part 1 of Dante

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This talk was given at a performance of Beethoven and Ortiz with Dudamel at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

BEETHOVEN  Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

Gabriela ORTIZ  Revolución diamantina

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This talk was given at a performance of Gustavo Conducts Beethoven: Missa Solemnis at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

BEETHOVEN  Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123

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This talk was given at a performance of Dudamel Conducts Beethoven and Lorenz at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Ricardo LORENZ Humboldt’s Nature

SCHUMANN  Piano Concerto

BEETHOVEN  Egmont (complete incidental music)

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This talk was given at a performance of Thomas Ospital at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

VIERNE Organ Symphony No. 3, Op. 28

SAINT-SAËNS  Danse macabre, Op. 40

RAVEL  Le tombeau de Couperin (orchestral suite)

Thomas OSPITAL  Improvisation

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This talk was given at a performance of Thomas Adès and Yuja Wang featuring Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

William MARSEY Man with Limp Wrist

PROKOFIEV  Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16

TCHAIKOVSKY  Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32

Thomas ADÈS  Aquifer

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This talk was given at a performance of Adams, Cheung & Lanao at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Samuel ADAMS  Heartwood

Francisco COLL  Partita I

Sílvia LANAO Desert Bloom

Nico MUHLY  Unison Spans

Anthony CHEUNG  Respire: Piano Concerto No. 2

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This talk was given at a performance of Mahler, Bartók & Ravel at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

RAVEL  Le tombeau de Couperin

BARTÓK  Dance Suite

MAHLER  Symphony No. 4 in G major

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This talk was given at a performance of Adams, Ólafsson & Copland at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

IVES  The Unanswered Question

John ADAMS  After the Fall

HARRIS  Symphony No. 3, in One Movement

COPLAND  Appalachian Spring Suite for Orchestra

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This talk was given at a performance of Prometheus with Esa-Pekka Salonen at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

SIBELIUS  The Oceanides

Gabriella SMITH  Rewilding

DEBUSSY  La damoiselle élue

SCRIABIN  Prometheus, Poem of Fire, Op. 60

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This talk was given at a performance of Ellington’s Nutcracker & Tchaikovsky’s “Winter Daydreams” at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Carlos SIMON  Four Black American Dances

ELLINGTON  The Nutcracker Suite

TCHAIKOVSKY  Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13, “Winter Daydreams”

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Geoffrey Pope explains Mozart & Sibelius.This talk was given at a performance of Mozart & Sibelius at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

MOZART  Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216

SIBELIUS  Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39

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This talk was given at a performance of Elgar’s Enigma at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

KORNGOLD Theme and Variations, Op. 42

Edmund FINNIS Cello Concerto

ELGAR Enigma Variations, Op. 36

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This talk was given at a performance of Mozart, Ravel & Pintscher at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

RAVEL  Mother Goose Suite

Matthias PINTSCHER  neharot

MOZART  Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503

RAVEL  La valse

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This talk was given at a performance of Recovecos: Angélica Negrón & Lido Pimienta at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Christian QUIÑONES  Pasemisí, Pasemisá

Nathalie JOACHIM  I'm Right Here

Tania LEÓN  Toque

Angélica NEGRÓN  Arquitecta

Amanda HERNÁNDEZ  Recovecos

Juan Andrés VERGARA  Fragmentos

Darian DONOVAN THOMAS  Volver, Volver

Lido PIMIENTA  Corazón

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This talk was given at a performance of Mehta Leads Bruckner’s Eighth at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

BRUCKNER Symphony No. 8 in C minor

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This talk was given at a performance of Halloween Organ, Film & Music at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)

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This talk was given at a performance of Dudamel Conducts Mahler’s “Resurrection” at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

MAHLER  Symphony No. 2 in C minor, "Resurrection"

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This talk was given at a performance of The Rite of Spring with Dudamel at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

John ADAMS  Frenzy: a short symphony

STRAVINSKY  The Firebird Suite (1919 version)

STRAVINSKY  The Rite of Spring

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This talk was given at a performance of Dudamel Launches His Final Season at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Ellen REID Earth Between Oceans

STRAUSS  Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), Op. 64

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This talk was given at a performance of Unsuk Chin & Brahms’ Double Concerto at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Whan RI-AHN  Spring Will Come Again

Unsuk CHIN  Clarinet Concerto

BRAHMS  Double Concerto

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This talk was given at a performance of Korean Premieres & Sunwook Kim at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Sunghyun LEE  Clockworks and Fireworks

Kay Kyurim RHIE  H’on

Texu KIM  Viola Concerto “Ko-Oh”

BRAHMS  Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15

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This talk was given at a performance of Tchaikovsky & Pereira at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

HERRMANN  Suite from Vertigo

Joseph PEREIRA  Naru

TCHAIKOVSKY  Symphony No. 5

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This talk was given at a performance of Gershwin & Strauss at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

GERSHWIN  Concerto in F

STRAUSS  Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30

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This talk was given at a performance of Cameron Carpenter at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

J.S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 544

FRANCK  Choral No. 2 in B minor

FRANCK  Choral No. 1 in E major

J.S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in E-flat, BWV 552

MUSSORGSKY  Pictures at an Exhibition

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This talk was given at a performance of Ravel & Adolphe at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

GRANADOS  Tres danzas españolas

Julia ADOLPHE  Chrysalis

RAVEL  Pavane for a Dead Princess

RAVEL  Rapsodie espagnole

RAVEL  Boléro

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This talk was given at a performance of Esa-Pekka Salonen Leads Debussy & Boulez at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

BOULEZ  Notations IV, for solo piano

BOULEZ  Notations IV, for orchestra

BOULEZ  Notations VII, for solo piano

BOULEZ  Notations VII, for orchestra

BARTÓK  Piano Concerto for Orchestra No. 3

DEBUSSY  La mer

BOULEZ  Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna

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This talk was given at a performance of Beethoven & Dessner with Esa-Pekka Salonen at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

DEBUSSY  Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

Bryce DESSNER  Violin Concerto

BEETHOVEN  Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”

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This talk was given at a performance of Vocal Dimensions at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Kate SOPER  Only the Words Themselves Mean What They Say

Nico MUHLY  New-Made Tongue

JÓHANNSSON  Odi et Amo

Chaya CZERNOWIN  NO! A Lament for the Innocent

Daníel BJARNASON  Hands on Me, Songs

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This talk was given at a performance of Carlos Simon’s Good News Mass with Dudamel at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

BERNSTEIN  Divertimento

PRICE  Violin Concerto No. 2

Carlos SIMON  Good News Mass

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This talk was given at a performance of Yo-Yo Ma, Williams & Dudamel at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

John WILLIAMS  Sound the Bells!

John WILLIAMS  Concerto for Cello and Orchestra

John WILLIAMS  Olympic Fanfare and Theme

John WILLIAMS  Excerpts from Close Encounters of the Third Kind

John WILLIAMS  Three Selections from Indiana Jones: Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra, Marion’s Theme, Raiders March

John WILLIAMS  “Princess Leia’s Theme” from Star Wars: A New Hope

John WILLIAMS  “Adventures on Earth” from E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

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This talk was given at a performance of Haïm Leads Handel & Bach at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

HANDEL  Dixit Dominus, HWV 232

J.S. BACH  Magnificat, BWV 243

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