LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION
CALENDAR OF EVENTS - OCTOBERCategory: Activities, Performances, & Events
Programs, dates, and artists subject to change
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
Walt Disney Concert Hall
- Thursday, October 2, 2014, at 8 PM
- Friday, October 3, 2014, at 11 AM
- Saturday, October 4, 2014, at 8 PM
- Sunday, October 5, 2014, at 2 PM
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Sō Percussion, ensemble
LANG man made (U.S. premiere, LA Phil co-commission)
MAHLER Symphony No. 5
Dudamel launches the season with a high-voltage program, beginning with a new percussion concerto by Pulitzer Prize winner David Lang (Bang on a Can). Then, an evocative trumpet fanfare initiates Mahler’s Fifth Symphony.
GREEN UMBRELLA
Walt Disney Concert Hall
- Tuesday, October 7, 2014, at 8 PM
Sō Percussion
Joseph Pereira, percussion
James Babor, percussion
LANG the so-called laws of nature for four percussionists
GORDON Timber for six percussionists
Bang on a Can co-founders Gordon and Lang produced absolutely remarkable, seminal works for percussion, heard here as performed by the acclaimed ensemble Sō Percussion, with members of the LA Phil.
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
Walt Disney Concert Hall
- Thursday, October 9, 2014, at 8 PM
- Friday, October 10, 2014, at 8 PM
- Saturday, October 11, 2014, at 8 PM
- Sunday, October 12, 2014, at 2 PM
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Amanda Woodbury, soprano
So Young Park, soprano
Lacey Jo Benter, mezzo-soprano
Brenton Ryan, tenor
Frederick Ballentine, tenor
Nicholas Brownlee, bass
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Grant Gershon, music director
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”
John ADAMS Harmonium
BEETHOVEN Choral Fantasy
ORGAN RECITAL SERIES
Walt Disney Concert Hall
- Sunday, October 12, 2014, at 7:30 PM
Christopher Houlihan, organ
Members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic brass section
Tom Hooten, trumpet
Christopher Still, trumpet
James Wilt, trumpet
Stéphane Beaulac, trumpet
Andrew Bain, horn
Gregory Roosa, horn
Ethan Bearman, horn
Brian Drake, horn
James Miller, trombone
Herbert Ausman, trombone
John Lofton, trombone
Norman Pearson, tuba
Joseph Pereira, timpani
GABRIELI Canzon per Sonar in Echo Duodecimi Toni (arranged for organ and brass)
GABRIELI Canzon per Sonar Noni Toni (arranged for organ and brass)
SOWERBY Toccata (solo organ)
VIERNE March Triompale (organ, brass and timpani)
VIERNE Romance and Finale from Symphony No. 4, opus 32 (solo organ)
DUKAS Fanfare (brass)
BARBER Mutations from Bach (organ and brass)
BACH Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 (solo organ)
Bruce MILLER Pluto: The Last Planet (organ and brass)
CHAMBER MUSIC
Walt Disney Concert Hall
- Tuesday, October 14, 2014, at 8 PM
Members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Catherine Ransom Karoly, flute
Michele Grego, bassoon
Robert Thies, piano
Minyoung Chang, violin
Johnny Lee, violin
Leticia Oaks Strong, viola
David Garrett
Lyndon Johnston Taylor, violin
Gloria Lum, cello
Norman Krieger, piano
ALL-BEETHOVEN
Trio for Flute, Bassoon and Piano
String Quartet Op. 18, No. 2
Piano Trio in B-flat, Op. 97 (Archduke)
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
-CASUAL FRIDAYS-
Walt Disney Concert Hall
- Friday, October 17, 2014, at 8 PM
Juanjo Mena, conductor
Behzod Abduraimov, piano
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7
TOYOTA SYMPHONIES FOR YOUTH
Walt Disney Concert Hall
- Saturday, October 18, 2014, at 10 AM arts workshop; 11 AM performance
The Organ: Stops, Keys, Pedals and Pipes
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Christian Kluxen, conductor
Abigail Deser, director
Leon Martell, writer
Joanne Pearce Martin, organist
Robert Beuth, plumber
Walt Disney Concert Hall’s unique and majestic organ, celebrates its 10th birthday with a concert that utilizes all 6,134 metal and wooden pipes.
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
Walt Disney Concert Hall
- Saturday, October 18, 2014, at 2 PM
- Sunday, October 19, 2014, at 2 PM
Juanjo Mena, conductor
Behzod Abduraimov, piano
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1, “Classical”
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
Walt Disney Concert Hall
- Friday, October 24, 2014, at 8 PM
- Saturday, October 25, 2014, at 8 PM
- Sunday, October 26, 2014 at 2 PM
Happy Birthday, Hurricane Mama
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Olivier Latry, organ
JANÁČEK Sinfonietta
Kaija SAARIAHO Maan varjot (Earth Shadow) (U.S. premiere)
SIBELIUS Lemminkäinen Suite
TOYOTA SYMPHONIES FOR YOUTH
Walt Disney Concert Hall
- Saturday, October 25, 2014, 10 AM arts workshop; 11 AM performance
The Organ: Stops, Keys, Pedals and Pipes
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Christian Kluxen, conductor
Abigail Deser, director
Leon Martell, writer
Joanne Pearce Martin, organist
Robert Beuth, plumber
Walt Disney Concert Hall’s unique and majestic organ, celebrates its 10th birthday with a concert that utilizes all 6,134 metal and wooden pipes.
COLBURN CELEBRITY RECITALS
Walt Disney Concert Hall
- Sunday, October 26, 2014, at 7:30 PM
Joshua Bell, violin
Alessio Bax, piano
SCHUBERT Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major “Duo”, D. 574, Op. 162
GRIEG Sonata for Violin and Piano in F major, Op. 8
PROKOFIEV Sonata for Violin and Piano in F minor, Op. 80
Additional works to be announced from the stage
CHAMBER MUSIC
Walt Disney Concert Hall
- Tuesday, October 28, 2014, at 8 PM
Members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Mark Baranov, violin
Michael Larco, viola
Gloria Lum, cello
Camille Avellano, violin
Michael Larco, viola
Barry Gold, cello
Vijay Gupta, violin
Jin-Shan Dai, violin
Dana Hansen, viola
Robert deMaine, cello
FRANCAIXString Trio
DOHNÁNYI Serenade for String Trio, Op. 10
BEETHOVEN String Quartet, Op. 18, No. 6
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
Walt Disney Concert Hall
- Thursday, October 30, 2014, at 8 PM
- Friday, October 31, 2014, at 11 AM
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Jeremy Denk, piano
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20, K. 466
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
HALLOWEEN ORGAN CONCERT
Walt Disney Concert Hall
(Special Non-subscription event)
- Friday, October 31, 2014, at 8 PM
Halloween Film & Organ
Clark Wilson, organ
Nosferatu
Directed by German Expressionist filmmaker F. W. Murnau, this 1922 classic is accompanied by Clark Wilson on Walt Disney Concert Hall’s incredible organ.