Hollywood Bowl

Tchaikovsky and the Funny Englishman

It was the 50thanniversary of one of the most audience-friendly shows at the Hollywood Bowl: The Tchaikovsky Spectacular with Fireworks! This year, the English conductor Bramwell Tovey lead the inspired and sparkling Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra with elegance, precision and virtuosity. But the real stars of the evening were the fireworks that make this event …

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Hollywood Bowl fireworks: God Save the Tsar!

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 …

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Dudamel Masters Rachmaninoff at the Hollywood Bowl

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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