Upbeat Live

Educator Robert Fink discusses The Labèques, Muhly, and Dessner. This talk was given at a performance of The Labèques, Muhly, and Dessner at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Nico MUHLY   In Certain Circles , Concerto for Two Pianos Bryce DESSNER   Concerto for Two Pianos PROKOFIEV   Suite from Romeo and Juliet See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person f...

Composer Sarah Cahill discusses John Adams Conducts the LA Phil New Music Group with Zosha Di Castri, John Adams & Anthony Davis. This talk was given at a performance of John Adams Conducts the LA Phil New Music Group at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: VARIOUS  LA Phil Etudes: Book 1 Zosha DI CASTRI   Noctiluca Anthony DAVIS   You Have the Right to Remain Silent See this year’s Upb...

Educator Kristi Brown-Montesano discusses Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony with Jonathan Bailey Holland. This talk was given at a performance of Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Jonathan Bailey HOLLAND   Assemble RAVEL   Tzigane, Rapsodie de Concert RAVEL   Mother Goose Suite SAINT-SAËNS   Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 ("Organ") See this year’s Up...

Music Journalist Mark McNeill guides Philip Glass: The Complete Etudes, 1-20 with Laura Downes and Anton Batagov. This talk was given at a performance of Philip Glass: The Complete Etudes, 1-20 at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Philip GLASS   The Complete Etudes, 1-20 See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2023/24 season! Get tickets: laphi...

Educator Asadour Santourian discusses Elgar and Vaughan Williams. This talk was given at a performance of Elgar and Vaughan Williams at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Arvo PÄRT   Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten ELGAR   Cello Concerto VAUGHAN WILLIAMS   Symphony No. 8 in D Minor See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2023/24 season! Get...

Conductor Russell Steinberg discusses Michael Tilson Thomas Leads Tchaikovsky. This talk was given at a performance of Michael Tilson Thomas Leads Tchaikovsk y at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: STRAVINSKY   Petrushka TCHAIKOVSKY   Symphony No. 4 See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2023/24 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar .

Conductor Christopher Russell discusses John Adams’ City Noir. This talk was given at a performance of John Adams’ City Noir at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: COPLAND   Quiet City Timo ANDRES   Made of Tunes John ADAMS   City Noir See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2023/24 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar .

Scholar Marc Bolin leads a conversation on Bernstein and Wooten with Victor Wooten. This talk was given at a performance of Bernstein and Wooten at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: COLERIDGE-TAYLOR  Ballade in A minor, Op. 33 BERNSTEIN   Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Victor WOOTEN   La Lección Tres See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for o...

Music Engineer Mike Matessino discusses Superman in Concert. This talk was given at a performance of Superman in Concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall. See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2023/24 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar .

Composer Chris Castro explores Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff with Mao Fujita. This talk was given at a performance of Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Sofia GUBAIDULINA   Poema-Skazka ("Fairy-Tale Poem") RACHMANINOFF   Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 PROKOFIEV   Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 100 See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at:...

Educator Thomas Neenan explores Wayne Marshall with Wayne Marshall. This talk was given at a performance of Wayne Marshall at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Wayne MARSHALL Improvised Intrada JONGEN   Sonata Eroïca , Op. 94 FRANCK   Choral No. 1 in E major LAURIN  Étude Héroïque DUPRÉ  Evocation III. Allegro Deciso WIDOR  Symphony No. 5, Op. 42, No. 1 Wayne MARSHALL   Improvisation on...

KUSC’s Brian Lauritzen explains Mälkki Conducts Brahm. This talk was given at a performance of Mälkki Conducts Brahm at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: BRAHMS   Academic Festival Overture BRAHMS   Piano Concerto No. 2 See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2023/24 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar .

Conductor Christian Campos guides Schubert & Beethoven. This talk was given at a performance of Schubert & Beethoven at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: SCHUBERT   Symphony No. 6 in C major, D. 589 (“Little C-major”) BEETHOVEN   Symphony No. 7 See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2023/24 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar .

Composer Veronika Krausas reflects on Ravel and Adès. This talk was given at a performance of Ravel and Adès at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Thomas ADÈS   Five Spells from The Tempest RAVEL   Piano Concerto for the Left Hand Thomas ADÈS   Concerto for Piano and Orchestra RAVEL   La valse , A Choreographic Poem See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in pers...

KUSC’s Brian Lauritzen delves into A Century of Film Music. This talk was given at a performance of A Century of Film Music at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Alfred NEWMAN   20th Century Fox Fanfare KORNGOLD   Main Title from Captain Blood Miklós RÓZSA   Prelude (Main Title) from Ben-Hur WAXMAN  Sunset Boulevard Suite HERRMANN   Scène d’Amour from Vertigo Alex NORTH   “Forest Meeting”...

Educator Asadour Santourian leads a conversation on Brahms & Bruckner with Dudamel. This talk was given at a performance of Brahms & Bruckner with Dudamel at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: BRAHMS   Double Concerto BRUCKNER   Symphony No. 1 in C Minor See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2023/24 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/cale...

Educator Kristi Brown-Montesano delves into Dudamel Leads Das Rheingold with Alberto Arvelo & Cori Ellison. This talk was given at a performance of  Dudamel Leads Das Rheingold at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: WAGNER    Das Rheingold See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2023/24 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar .

Composer Paul Gibson guides Mahler 6 with Dudamel. This talk was given at a performance of Mahler 6 with Dudamel  at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: MAHLER   Symphony No. 6, “Tragic” See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2023/24 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar .

Educator Christoph Bull explains Christian Schmitt with Christian Schmitt. This talk was given at a performance of  Christian Schmitt at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: MENDELSSOHN Organ Sonata No.4, MWV W 59 Maximilian SCHNAUS   Signals (from remote territories) BACH    Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 FRANCK   Choral No. 3 in A minor BRANDMÜLLER   Sieben Stücke zur Passionsz...

Composer Celina Kintscher explores Mozart’s “Prague” Symphony This talk was given at a performance of Mozart’s “Prague” Symphony at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: STRAVINSKY Danses concertantes COPLAND   Clarinet Concerto MOZART   Symphony No. 38, K. 504, "Prague" See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2023/24 season! Get tickets:...

Organist Zach Neufeld discusses Beethoven Symphony with Zubin Mehta. This talk was given at a performance of Beethoven Symphony with Zubin Mehta at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: ⁠BEETHOVEN   Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, “Pastoral” BEETHOVEN   Symphony No. 3, “Eroica” See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2023/24 season! Get tickets:...

KUSC’s Alan Chapman leads a conversation on Mehta, Mahler, and Seong-Jin Cho. This talk was given at a performance of Mehta, Mahler, and Seong-Jin Cho at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: SCHUMANN   Piano Concerto MAHLER Symphony No. 1 See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2023/24 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar .

Musician Sarah Cahill delves into Esa-Pekka Salonen and Ravel with Grant Gershon. This talk was given at a performance of Esa-Pekka Salonen and Ravel at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Esa-Pekka SALONEN Karawane RAVEL Daphnis and Chloé  (complete) See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2023/24 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar .

Scholar Marc Bolin reflects on Dudamel and the Music of Tango and Ballet with Gabriela Ortiz. This talk was given at a performance of Dudamel and the Music of Tango and Ballet at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: PIAZZOLLA Four Seasons of Buenos Aires Gabriela ORTIZ Revolución diamantina  (concert version) See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for ou...

Music Journalist Mark McNeill guides Chaparral & Interstates with Dylan Mattingly, Samuel Adams & M.A. Tiesenga. This talk was given at a performance of Chaparral & Interstates at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Dylan MATTINGLY Sunt Lacrimae Rerum (these are the tears of things) M.A. TIESENGA Sketches of Chaparral Reena ESMAIL Zeher Samuel ADAMS Eden Interstates See this ye...