Upbeat Live

Kristi Brown-Montesano delves into Beethoven and Ortiz with Dudamel with Gabriela Ortiz.

This talk was given at a performance of Beethoven and Ortiz with Dudamel at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

BEETHOVEN  Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

Gabriela ORTIZ  Revolución diamantina

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Russell Steinberg delves into Gustavo Conducts Beethoven: Missa Solemnis.

This talk was given at a performance of Gustavo Conducts Beethoven: Missa Solemnis at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

BEETHOVEN  Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123

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Christian Campos reflects on Dudamel Conducts Beethoven and Lorenz with Ricardo Lorenz.

This talk was given at a performance of Dudamel Conducts Beethoven and Lorenz at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Ricardo LORENZ Humboldt’s Nature

SCHUMANN  Piano Concerto

BEETHOVEN  Egmont (complete incidental music)

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Zach Neufeld guides Thomas Ospital with Thomas Ospital.

This talk was given at a performance of Thomas Ospital at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

VIERNE Organ Symphony No. 3, Op. 28

SAINT-SAËNS  Danse macabre, Op. 40

RAVEL  Le tombeau de Couperin (orchestral suite)

Thomas OSPITAL  Improvisation

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Geoffrey Pope explores Thomas Adès and Yuja Wang featuring Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky with William Marsey.

This talk was given at a performance of Thomas Adès and Yuja Wang featuring Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

William MARSEY Man with Limp Wrist

PROKOFIEV  Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16

TCHAIKOVSKY  Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32

Thomas ADÈS  Aquifer

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Thomas Kotcheff discusses Adams, Cheung & Lanao with Anthony Cheung, Samuel Adams, & Silvia Lanao.

This talk was given at a performance of Adams, Cheung & Lanao at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Samuel ADAMS  Heartwood

Francisco COLL  Partita I

Sílvia LANAO Desert Bloom

Nico MUHLY  Unison Spans

Anthony CHEUNG  Respire: Piano Concerto No. 2

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Celina Kintscher leads a conversation on Mahler, Bartók & Ravel.

This talk was given at a performance of Mahler, Bartók & Ravel at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

RAVEL  Le tombeau de Couperin

BARTÓK  Dance Suite

MAHLER  Symphony No. 4 in G major

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Alan Chapman delves into Adams, Ólafsson & Copland.

This talk was given at a performance of Adams, Ólafsson & Copland at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

IVES  The Unanswered Question

John ADAMS  After the Fall

HARRIS  Symphony No. 3, in One Movement

COPLAND  Appalachian Spring Suite for Orchestra

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Lindsey Macchiarella reflects on Prometheus with Esa-Pekka Salonen with Grimanesa Amorós, Gabriella Smith & James Palmer.

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

Pieces discussed:

SIBELIUS  The Oceanides

Gabriella SMITH  Rewilding

DEBUSSY  La damoiselle élue

SCRIABIN  Prometheus, Poem of Fire, Op. 60

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Marc Gaspard Bolin guides Ellington’s Nutcracker & Tchaikovsky’s “Winter Daydreams”.

This talk was given at a performance of Ellington’s Nutcracker & Tchaikovsky’s “Winter Daydreams” at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Carlos SIMON  Four Black American Dances

ELLINGTON  The Nutcracker Suite

TCHAIKOVSKY  Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13, “Winter Daydreams”

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