Upbeat Live

Brian Lauritzen guides Gracias Gustavo: Celebrating 17 Years . This talk was given at a performance of Gracias Gustavo: Celebrating 17 Years at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: John ADAMS   Harmonium Guillermo ARRIAGA   América ESTÉVEZ   Cantata Criolla See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: ⁠ laphil.com/ubl⁠ . Join us in person for our 2025/26 season! Get tickets: ⁠laphil.com/calenda...

Marc Bolin reflects on Gracias Gustavo: Celebrating the Musicians of the LA Phil . This talk was given at a performance of Gracias Gustavo: Celebrating the Musicians of the LA Phil at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: John WILLIAMS   Bravo Gustavo! ROSSINI   Rondo: Allegretto from Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra MARCELLO  Adagio from Oboe Concerto in C minor PAGANINI   La Campanella M...

Educator Kristi-Brown Montesano explains Dudamel Conducts Die Walküre Act III with Cori Ellison and Alberto Alvero. This talk was given at a performance of Dudamel Conducts Die Walküre Act III at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: WAGNER   Die Walküre Act III See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2025/26 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calenda...

Composer and conductor Geoffrey Pope discusses Dudamel Conducts Die Walküre Act II with Cori Ellison and Alberto Alvero. This talk was given at a performance of Dudamel Conducts Die Walküre Act II at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: WAGNER   Die Walküre Act II See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2025/26 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/cale...

Educator Mike Basak explores Dudamel Conducts Die Walküre Act I with Cori Ellison and Alberto Alvero. This talk was given at a performance of Dudamel Conducts Die Walküre Act I at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: WAGNER   Die Walküre Act I See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2025/26 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar .

Rachel Iba discusses Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony . This talk was given at a performance of Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: SZYMANOWSKI   Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 35 RACHMANINOFF   Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2025/26 season! Get ticke...

Tiffany Kuo leads a conversation on Smith, Cabezas & Childs with Billy Child, Molly Turner & Michael Gordon. This talk was given at a performance of Smith, Cabezas & Childs at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Michael GORDON   2bd, LA Phil Etudes Book 4, Part 1 Gabriel CABEZAS , Gabriella SMITH   Duos Esa-Pekka SALONEN   Vignette for Bassoon, LA Phil Etudes Book 4, Part 2 CAG...

Christoph Bull discusses Anna Lapwood with Anna Lapwood. This talk was given at a performance of Anna Lapwood at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Hans ZIMMER   Chevaliers de Sangreal from The Da Vinci Code Alan MENKEN   The Bells of Notre Dame from The Hunchback of Notre Dame Howard SHORE   The Lord of the Rings Organ Symphony John WILLIAMS   Duel of the Fates from Star Wars Episode I -...

Rachel Iba delves into Dvořák and Korngold with Andrés Orozco-Estrada. This talk was given at a performance of Dvořák and Korngold at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: TILSON THOMAS Agnegram KORNGOLD Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 35 DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70 See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: ⁠ laphil.com/ubl⁠ . Join us in person for our 2025/26 s...

Thomas Neenan leads a conversation on Brahms & Beethoven. This talk was given at a performance of Brahms & Beethoven at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: SCHUMANN   Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op. 52 BEETHOVEN   Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15 BRAHMS   Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2...

Zach Neufeld leads a conversation on John Adams & Conrad Tao . This talk was given at a performance of John Adams & Conrad Tao at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: PIAZZOLLA Selections from Three Tangos Oblivion Libertango John ADAMS Century Rolls STRAVINSKY Song of the Nightingale PROKOFIEV Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60 See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . J...

Geoffrey Pope guides Shostakovich & Sibelius with Ryan Bancroft. This talk was given at a performance of Shostakovich & Sibelius at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: SHOSTAKOVICH   Selections from Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1 SHOSTAKOVICH   Concerto No. 2 for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 126 SIBELIUS   Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22 See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.co...

Kristi Brown-Montesano explores Turangalîla with Cynthia Millar and Simone Young. This talk was given at a performance of Turangalîla at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: MESSIAEN   Turangalîla-symphonie See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2025/26 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar .

Veronika Krausas delves into Gerald Barry’s Salome with Gerald Barry. This talk was given at a performance of Gerald Barry’s Salome at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Gerald BARRY   Salome See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2025/26 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar .

Steven C. Smith leads a conversation on Vertigo in Concert. This talk was given at a performance of Vertigo in Concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Vertigo (1958) See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2025/26 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar .

Thomas Neenan discusses Alcée Chriss III with Alcée Chriss III. This talk was given at a performance of Alcée Chriss III at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: RACHMANINOFF Non allegro from Symphonic Dances , Op. 45 FRANCK   Allegretto from Symphony in D minor YOUMANS “Tea For Two” GUILLOU   Toccata, Op. 9 J.S. BACH   Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532 ARLEN “Over the Rainbow” TRADITION...

Brian Lauritzen explores John Williams & Rachmaninoff. This talk was given at a performance of John Williams & Rachmaninoff at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: John WILLIAMS Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra RACHMANINOFF   Symphonic Dances , Op. 45 See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2025/26 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calenda...

Josh Kun guides The Great Wall of Los Angeles with Juhi Bansal, Nina Shekhar, Estevan Olmos, Nicolás Kekk Benavides, Xavier Muzik and Viet Cuong. This talk was given at a performance of The Great Wall of Los Angeles at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Juhi BANSAL   A Lone Voice in the Darkness Nina SHEKHAR   Westbound Estevan OLMOS   Sin Tierra Sin Voz Nicolás Lell BENAVIDES   ¡AGUAS! X...

Zach Neufeld reflects on Dudamel, Dante , and Beethoven 6. This talk was given at a performance of Dudamel, Dante , and Beethoven 6 at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, “Pastoral” Thomas ADÈS Inferno – Part 1 of Dante See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2025/26 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/cal...

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 See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2025/26 season! Get ti...

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 See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2025/26 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar .

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) See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for o...

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 See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2025...

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   Aq...

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 See this year’s Upbeat Live s...