The new season of the LA PHILHARMONIC radio series brings us back to 13 concerts from the last season at the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Gustavo Dudamel kicks off the series, leading the LA Phil in a program of Esa-Pekka Salonen’s LA Variations; Beethoven’s phenomenal Triple Concerto, featuring Martin Chalifour, Joanne Pearce Martin, and Robert deMaine; and the first of many LA Phil-commissioned world premieres in the series, Andrew Norman’s Sustain, heralded as a “modern American classic” by the New Yorker’s Alex Ross. This season —
- Zubin Mehta leads two performances pairing Brahms’ first and second piano concerti with his first and second symphonies, with intimate and dramatic interpretations by pianist Yefim Bronfman and solo-piano encore performances of Chopin and Scarlatti.
- We’ll hear an all-Stravinsky program, featuring his emotive and recently-discovered (in 2015) Funeral Song, a concert version of his astounding ballet Agon, and the infamously raw and emotive Rite of Spring, led by Music Director emeritus Esa-Pekka Salonen.
- Six LA Phil-commissioned world premieres showcase the work of composers Thomas Adès, Unsuk Chin, John Adams, Christopher Cerrone, Steve Reich, and Andrew Norman.
- Among the musicians who will feature onstage are guest conductors Susanna Mälkki, Roderick Cox, Michael Tilson Thomas, Simone Young, Elim Chan, Lionel Bringuier, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla; and esteemed soloists, including Cameron Carpenter (organ), Measha Brueggergosman (mezzo-soprano), Yefim Bronfman (piano), Michael Slattery (tenor), Andrew Bain (horn), Ray Chen (violin), Wang Ying and Zhang Tingfang (DiaoQiang Opera singers), Yuja Wang (piano), Hélène Grimaud (piano), Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), and Michael Barenboim (violin).
The new season of the 13-week LA PHILHARMONIC series comes to you starting Jan 11 (Sat 1900) on DZFE, in partnership with the WFMT Radio Network in Chicago.