The Los Angeles Philharmonic served up another of its ever-inventive creations last week. Conductor Gustavo Dudamel led an inspired pairing of all four Charles Ives symphonies and Antonín Dvořák’s final three. The overarching theme was the American story: one via a Czech immigrant’s melting pot perspective and the other, an American original’s take on his …
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The Los Angeles Philharmonic closed out its centennial birthday weekend on Sunday, October 27 with verve, pairing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the “Ode to Joy,” with a commissioned work by Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz. The four-day bash began on Thursday with the triumvirate of Zubin Mehta, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Gustavo Dudamel—the first two greats, of course, …
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Russia’s fierce national pride was on display this past weekend at the Hollywood Bowl’s enduring crowd-pleaser “Tchaikovsky Spectacular with Fireworks,” conducted by Gustavo Dudamel leading the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Russian’s national anthem, “God Save the Tsar,” provided a bookend for the evening. Its theme figured both in the program’s opener, Tchaikovsky’s Marche Slave, as well …
Conductor Gustavo Dudamel delivered the second of more than a half-dozen Hollywood Bowl concerts on July 12, commanding a superb Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2. Uzbekistani pianist Behzod Abduraimov joined Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic; he was a last-minute substitute for an ill Khatia Buniatishvili. No. 2 largely solidified Sergei Rachmaninoff’s standing. It’s a …
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Glockenspiel, octobons, spiral cymbals, temple bowls, vibraphone … that’s a partial list of percussion instruments on display at Walt Disney Concert Hall January 25-28 for the Los Angeles Philharmonic concert “Dudamel Conducts Brahms.” The instruments were present for the world premiere of the concerto Threshold by Los Angeles Philharmonic principal timpanist Joseph Pereira. The stage …
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Gustavo Dudamel, 34, music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic since 2009, has been in the news lately. Last week he penned an op-ed piece for the Los Angeles Times to explain why he does not get involved in politics. A proud Latino, he’s reluctant to criticize the socialist government of his native country, Venezuela, …
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