Scholar Hojoon Kim reflects on Unsuk Chin & Brahms’ Double Concerto with Whan Ri-Ahn & Unsuk Chin.

This talk was given at a performance of Unsuk Chin & Brahms’ Double Concerto at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Whan RI-AHN  Spring Will Come Again

Unsuk CHIN  Clarinet Concerto

BRAHMS  Double Concerto

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Scholar Hojoon Kim reflects on Korean Premieres & Sunwook Kim with Sunghyun Lee, Kay Kyurim Rhie & Texu Kim.

This talk was given at a performance of Korean Premieres & Sunwook Kim at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Sunghyun LEE  Clockworks and Fireworks

Kay Kyurim RHIE  H’on

Texu KIM  Viola Concerto “Ko-Oh”

BRAHMS  Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15

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Educator Mike Basak discusses Tchaikovsky & Pereira with Joseph Pereira. 

This talk was given at a performance of Tchaikovsky & Pereira at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

HERRMANN  Suite from Vertigo

Joseph PEREIRA  Naru

TCHAIKOVSKY  Symphony No. 5

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KUSC’s Brian Lauritzen explores Gershwin & Strauss with Teddy Abrams. 

This talk was given at a performance of Gershwin & Strauss at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

GERSHWIN  Concerto in F

STRAUSS  Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30

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Composer Zach Neufeld guides Cameron Carpenter.

This talk was given at a performance of Cameron Carpenter at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

J.S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 544

FRANCK  Choral No. 2 in B minor

FRANCK  Choral No. 1 in E major

J.S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in E-flat, BWV 552

MUSSORGSKY  Pictures at an Exhibition

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Conductor Christopher Russell explains Ravel & Adolphe with Julia Adolphe.

This talk was given at a performance of Ravel & Adolphe at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

GRANADOS  Tres danzas españolas

Julia ADOLPHE  Chrysalis

RAVEL  Pavane for a Dead Princess

RAVEL  Rapsodie espagnole

RAVEL  Boléro

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Composer Zach Neufeld explores Esa-Pekka Salonen Leads Debussy & Boulez with Esa-Pekka Salonen.

This talk was given at a performance of Esa-Pekka Salonen Leads Debussy & Boulez at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

BOULEZ  Notations IV, for solo piano

BOULEZ  Notations IV, for orchestra

BOULEZ  Notations VII, for solo piano

BOULEZ  Notations VII, for orchestra

BARTÓK  Piano Concerto for Orchestra No. 3

DEBUSSY  La mer

BOULEZ  Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna

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Composer Celina Kintscher leads a conversation on Beethoven & Dessner with Esa-Pekka Salonen with Pekka Kuusisto.

This talk was given at a performance of Beethoven & Dessner with Esa-Pekka Salonen at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

DEBUSSY  Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

Bryce DESSNER  Violin Concerto

BEETHOVEN  Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”

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Scholar Marc Bolin discusses Vocal Dimensions with Kate Soper, Chaya Czernowin & Royce Vavrek.

This talk was given at a performance of Vocal Dimensions at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Kate SOPER  Only the Words Themselves Mean What They Say

Nico MUHLY  New-Made Tongue

JÓHANNSSON  Odi et Amo

Chaya CZERNOWIN  NO! A Lament for the Innocent

Daníel BJARNASON  Hands on Me, Songs

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Conductor Geoffrey Pope guides Carlos Simon’s Good News Mass with Dudamel with Courtney Ware and Carlos Simon.

This talk was given at a performance of Carlos Simon’s Good News Mass with Dudamel at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

BERNSTEIN  Divertimento

PRICE  Violin Concerto No. 2

Carlos SIMON  Good News Mass

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