Upbeat Live

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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Composer Veronika Krausas reflects on Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Mozart & Haydn with Nicholas McGegan.

This talk was given at a performance of Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Mozart & Haydn at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

VIVALDI  The Four Seasons

MOZART  Chaconne from Idomeneo

HAYDN  Symphony No. 94, "Surprise"

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Journalist Jon Burlingame delves into Yo-Yo Ma, Williams & Dudamel.

This talk was given at a performance of Yo-Yo Ma, Williams & Dudamel at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

John WILLIAMS  Sound the Bells!

John WILLIAMS  Concerto for Cello and Orchestra

John WILLIAMS  Olympic Fanfare and Theme

John WILLIAMS  Excerpts from Close Encounters of the Third Kind

John WILLIAMS  Three Selections from Indiana Jones: Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra, Marion’s Theme, Raiders March

John WILLIAMS  “Princess Leia’s Theme” from Star Wars: A New Hope

John WILLIAMS  “Adventures on Earth” from E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

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Conductor Christian Campos leads a conversation on Haïm Leads Handel & Bach.

This talk was given at a performance of Haïm Leads Handel & Bach at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

HANDEL  Dixit Dominus, HWV 232

J.S. BACH  Magnificat, BWV 243

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Conductor Rachel Iba guides Tchaikovsky & Schubert

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

Pieces discussed:

Marko NIKODIJEVIC  GHB/tanzaggregat

TCHAIKOVSKY  Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

SCHUBERT  Symphony No. 9, “The Great”

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Educator Thomas Neenan explains Mahler’s Fifth with Dudamel

This talk was given at a performance of Mahler’s Fifth with Dudamel at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

MAHLER  Five Songs

MAHLER  Symphony No. 5

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Composer Veronika Krausas explores To the Fullest: The Music of Julius Eastman and Arthur Russell

This talk was given at a performance of To the Fullest: The Music of Julius Eastman and Arthur Russell at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

EASTMAN  Evil N–

RUSSELL  The Arthur Russell Songbook

EASTMAN  Gay Guerrilla

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Educator Kristi Brown-Montesano explains Dudamel Conducts Mahler's Seventh. 

This talk was given at a performance of Dudamel Conducts Mahler's Seventh at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

MAHLER  Symphony No. 7 in E minor, “Song of the Night”

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Educator Asadour Santourian explores Gustavo Conducts Mahler's Journey.

This talk was given at a performance of Gustavo Conducts Mahler's Journey at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

MAHLER  Blumine

MAHLER  Adagio from Symphony No. 10

MAHLER  Selections from Lieder und Gesänge and Des Knaben Wunderhorn

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Educator Thomas Neenan discusses Hector Olivera with Hector Olivera.

This talk was given at a performance of Hector Olivera at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

MEYERBEER  Coronation March from “Le Prophete”

J.S. BACH  Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582

PIAZZOLLA  Oblivion

FRANCK  Choral No. 3 in A minor

BOSSI  Scherzo in G minor

MERCURY  Bohemian Rhapsody

BROOKER, Matthew FISHER  A Whiter Shade of Pale

Hector OLIVERA  Improvisations on submitted themes

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