Episodes
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Composer & Conductor Russell Steinberg discusses A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Dudamel with Alberto Arvelo
This talk was given at a performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Dudamel at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Pieces discussed:
Gabriela ORTIZ Dznot
MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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Educator Thomas Neenan discusses Dvořák and Ortiz with Dudamel.
This talk was given at a performance of Dvořák and Ortiz with Dudamel at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Pieces discussed:
John WILLIAMS Olympic Fanfare and Theme
Gabriela ORTIZ Altar de cuerda
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”
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Educator Kristi Brown-Montesano discusses Dudamel Leads Beethoven and Strauss.
This talk was given at a performance of Dudamel Leads Beethoven and Strauss at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Pieces discussed:
Andreia PINTO CORREIA Cortejo
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4
STRAUSS Don Quixote
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Conductor Christopher Russell discusses Bartók and Mozart with Inon Barnatan
This talk was given at a performance of Bartók and Mozart at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Pieces discussed:
BEETHOVEN Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 25, K. 503
BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra
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Conductor Russell Steinberg discusses Anna Lapwood with Anna Lapwood.
This talk was given at a performance of Anna Lapwood at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Pieces discussed:
Kristina ARAKELYAN Star Fantasy
Bach (Arr: Gounod), arr. Anna LAPWOOD Ave Maria
Hans ZIMMER, arr. Anna LAPWOOD Suite from Interstellar, Cornfield Chase
BRITTEN, arr. Anna LAPWOOD Four Sea Interludes: Dawn and Sunday Morning from Peter Grimes
Alan MENKEN, arr. Anna LAPWOOD The Bells of Notre Dame from The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Olivia BELLI Limina Luminis
Hans ZIMMER, arr. Anna LAPWOOD Suite from Interstellar, Stay
PRICE An Elf on a Moonbeam
DEBUSSY, arr. Anna LAPWOOD Clair de lune
DURUFLÉ Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d’Alain, Op. 7
Hans ZIMMER, arr. Anna LAPWOOD Suite from Interstellar, No Time for Caution
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Educator Robert Fink discusses The Labèques, Muhly, and Dessner.
This talk was given at a performance of The Labèques, Muhly, and Dessner at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Pieces discussed:
Nico MUHLY In Certain Circles, Concerto for Two Pianos
Bryce DESSNER Concerto for Two Pianos
PROKOFIEV Suite from Romeo and Juliet
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Composer Sarah Cahill discusses John Adams Conducts the LA Phil New Music Group with Zosha Di Castri, John Adams & Anthony Davis.
This talk was given at a performance of John Adams Conducts the LA Phil New Music Group at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Pieces discussed:
VARIOUS LA Phil Etudes: Book 1
Zosha DI CASTRI Noctiluca
Anthony DAVIS You Have the Right to Remain Silent
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Educator Kristi Brown-Montesano discusses Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony with Jonathan Bailey Holland.
This talk was given at a performance of Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Pieces discussed:
Jonathan Bailey HOLLAND Assemble
RAVEL Tzigane, Rapsodie de Concert
RAVEL Mother Goose Suite
SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 ("Organ")
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Music Journalist Mark McNeill guides Philip Glass: The Complete Etudes, 1-20 with Laura Downes and Anton Batagov.
This talk was given at a performance of Philip Glass: The Complete Etudes, 1-20 at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Pieces discussed:
Philip GLASS The Complete Etudes, 1-20
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Educator Asadour Santourian discusses Elgar and Vaughan Williams.
This talk was given at a performance of Elgar and Vaughan Williams at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Pieces discussed:
Arvo PÄRT Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
ELGAR Cello Concerto
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 8 in D Minor
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Conductor Russell Steinberg discusses Michael Tilson Thomas Leads Tchaikovsky.
This talk was given at a performance of Michael Tilson Thomas Leads Tchaikovsky at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Pieces discussed:
STRAVINSKY Petrushka
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4
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Conductor Christopher Russell discusses John Adams’ City Noir.
This talk was given at a performance of John Adams’ City Noir at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Pieces discussed:
COPLAND Quiet City
Timo ANDRES Made of Tunes
John ADAMS City Noir
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Scholar Marc Bolin leads a conversation on Bernstein and Wooten with Victor Wooten.
This talk was given at a performance of Bernstein and Wooten at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Pieces discussed:
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Ballade in A minor, Op. 33
BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Victor WOOTEN La Lección Tres
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Music Engineer Mike Matessino discusses Superman in Concert.
This talk was given at a performance of Superman in Concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
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Composer Chris Castro explores Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff with Mao Fujita.
This talk was given at a performance of Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Pieces discussed:
Sofia GUBAIDULINA Poema-Skazka ("Fairy-Tale Poem")
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 100
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Educator Thomas Neenan explores Wayne Marshall with Wayne Marshall.
This talk was given at a performance of Wayne Marshall at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Pieces discussed:
Wayne MARSHALL Improvised Intrada
JONGEN Sonata Eroïca, Op. 94
FRANCK Choral No. 1 in E major
LAURIN Étude Héroïque
DUPRÉ Evocation
III. Allegro Deciso
WIDOR Symphony No. 5, Op. 42, No. 1
Wayne MARSHALL Improvisation on Rhapsody in Blue
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KUSC’s Brian Lauritzen explains Mälkki Conducts Brahm.
This talk was given at a performance of Mälkki Conducts Brahm at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Pieces discussed:
BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2
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Conductor Christian Campos guides Schubert & Beethoven.
This talk was given at a performance of Schubert & Beethoven at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Pieces discussed:
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 6 in C major, D. 589 (“Little C-major”)
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
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Composer Veronika Krausas reflects on Ravel and Adès.
This talk was given at a performance of Ravel and Adès at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Pieces discussed:
Thomas ADÈS Five Spells from The Tempest
RAVEL Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Thomas ADÈS Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
RAVEL La valse, A Choreographic Poem
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KUSC’s Brian Lauritzen delves into A Century of Film Music.
This talk was given at a performance of A Century of Film Music at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Pieces discussed:
Alfred NEWMAN 20th Century Fox Fanfare
KORNGOLD Main Title from Captain Blood
Miklós RÓZSA Prelude (Main Title) from Ben-Hur
WAXMAN Sunset Boulevard Suite
HERRMANN Scène d’Amour from Vertigo
Alex NORTH “Forest Meeting” and "March" from Spartacus
Alfred NEWMAN Cathy’s Theme from Wuthering Heights (with Ms. Wang)
Maurice JARRE Suite from Lawrence of Arabia
Danny ELFMAN Main Title from Batman
John WILLIAMS Excerpts from Close Encounters of the Third Kind
GOLDSMITH The Hunt from Planet of the Apes
MORRICONE Main Title from Once Upon a Time in the West (with Ms. Newman)
Thomas NEWMAN The Night Window from 1917
John WILLIAMS “Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra” from Indiana Jones
ROTA Suite from The Godfather
Alan SILVESTRI Suite from Back to the Future
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