Upbeat Live

Chair of Music History at the Colburn Conservatory of Music, Kristi Brown-Montesano discusses Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio.

This talk was given at the performance of Beethoven’s Fidelio with Dudamel and Deaf West Theatre at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Piece discussed:

BEETHOVEN Fidelio

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Associate Professor and Chair of the Music Performance department at Azusa Pacific University, Christopher Russell explores the last pieces of music by Bruckner and Berg.

This talk was given at the first performance of Mehta Conducts Bruckner and Berg at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

BERG Violin Concerto

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Conductor Christian Campos discusses Mozart’s stirring unfinished masterpiece, Great Mass in C minor.

This talk was given at the performance of Mozart’s Great Mass with Mehta at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Piece discussed:

Great Mass in C minor

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Composer and conductor of the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra Russell Steinberg delves into Mahler’s Symphony No. 7 in E minor.

This talk was given at the performance of Mahler’s Seventh at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

MAHLER Symphony No. 7 in E minor

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Composer and conductor of the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra Russell Steinberg explores music by Barber, Pärt and Dvořák.

This talk was given at the performance of Hilary Hahn Plays Barber at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Arvo PÄRT Silhouette

BARBER Violin Concerto, Op. 14

DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7

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Educator Rachel Iba and organist Monica Czausz Berney delve into music by Kapustin, Mendelssohn, Bach, Demessieux, Tchaikovsky and Naji Hakim.

This talk was given at the first performance of Monica Czausz Berney at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

KAPUSTIN (arr. Czausz Berney) Sinfonietta, Op. 49: Rondo

MENDELSSOHN Allegro, Chorale and Fugue

BACH Toccata and Fugue in D minor, “Dorian,” BWV 538

DEMESSIEUX Te Deum, Op. 11

Naji HAKIM Arabesques

TCHAIKOVSKY (trans. Guillou/Czausz Berney) Scherzo from Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique”

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Composer and USC educator Veronika Krausas discusses Shostakovich, Prokofiev and contemporary composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir.

This talk was given at the first performance of Shostakovich and Prokofiev with Ludovic Morlot at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Anna THORVALDSDÓTTIR Metacosmos

PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 1, in D-flat major, Op. 10

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10

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KUSC’s Brian Lauritzen is joined by composer inti figgis-vizueta and musician Jay Campbell for a conversation about contemporary music.

This talk was given at the first performance of Jay Campbell + inti figgis-vizueta at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

William KRAFT Encounters I: Soliloquy

Liza LIM An ocean beyond earth for solo cello

Thomas MEADOWCROFT Walkman Antiquarian

Wadada Leo SMITH Gondwana: Earth, a Blue Sanctuary, Oceans, Seas, Lakes, Rivers, Springs and Lagoons; Paradise Gardens and Skies (world premiere, LA Phil commission)

inti FIGGIS-VIZUETA Talamh (Land) (world premiere of string orchestra version)

inti FIGGIS-VIZUETA amaru (world premiere, LA Phil commission)

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Composer and USC educator Veronika Krausas delves into the life and music of composers Elgar and Tchaikovsky.

This talk was given at the first performance of Elgar and Tchaikovsky at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Miguel FARÍAS Estallido (world premiere)

ELGAR Cello Concerto

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, "Pathétique"

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Composer and conductor of the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra Russell Steinberg discusses music by Bartók, Bjarnason, and Sibelius.

This talk was given at the performance of Salonen Leads Bartok, Bjarnason, and Sibelius at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

BARTÓK Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta

Daníel BJARNASON FEAST (world premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from the Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg Fund)

SIBELIUS Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105

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