Upbeat Live

Educator Christoph Bull discusses James McVinnie with James McVinnie. This talk was given at a performance by James McVinnie at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Gabriella SMIT Imaginary Pancake Meredith MONK Ellis Island Nico MUHLY Patterns ⁠Nico MUHLY⁠ II. Palindromes ⁠Nico MUHLY⁠ IV. Very Fast Music inti FIGGIS-VIZUETA build-it-yourself BACH Duetto 1, BWV 802 BACH Prelude and Fugue in...

Composer Chris Castro explores Dudamel and the LA Phil featuring Silvana Estrada with Roberto Sierra, Tania León, Arturo Márquez & Gabriela Ortiz. This talk was given at a performance of Dudamel and the LA Phil featuring Silvana Estrada at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Roberto SIERRA Alegría Tania LEÓN Stride Arturo MÁRQUEZ Danzón No. 2 Gabriela ORTIZ Seis piezas a Violeta See th...

Composer Veronika Krausas discusses Dudamel Leads Khachaturian. This talk was given at a performance of Dudamel Leads Khachaturian at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: KHACHATURIAN Spartacus  Suite No. 2: I. Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia ⁠KHACHATURIAN⁠ Piano Concerto Thomas ADÈS Tower  for Frank Gehry (U.S. premiere) JANÁČEK Sinfonietta See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.c...

Scholar Marc Bolin leads a conversation on E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial in Concert. This talk was given at a performance of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial in Concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: E.T the Extra-Terrestrial in Concert 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 .

KUSC’s Alan Champan delves into Halloween Organ, Film & Music: The Phantom of the Opera with Clark Wilson. This talk was given at a performance of  Halloween Organ, Film & Music: The Phantom of the Opera  at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: The Phantom of The Opera See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at:  laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2023/24 season! Get tickets: ...

Composer Veronika Krausas guides An Alpine Symphony with Salonen with Nico Muhly. This talk was given at a performance of  An Alpine Symphony with Salonen  at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Esa-Pekka SALONEN    Tiu Nico MUHLY    Shrink STRAUSS    An Alpine Symphony See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at:  laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2023/2024 season! Get tickets: ...

Conductor Rachel Iba explains Sibelius & Swan Lake with Saad Haddad. This talk was given at a performance of  Sibelius & Swan Lake  at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Saad HADDAD    Aysheen SIBELIUS    Violin Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY    Selections from Swan Lake See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at:  laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2023/2024 season! Get tickets: ...

KUSC’s Brian Lauritzen explores Gershwin & Rachmaninoff at Walt Disney Concert Hall. This talk was given at a performance of  Gershwin & Rachmaninoff  at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: GERSHWIN    Concerto in F RACHMANINOFF    Symphonic Dances See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at:  laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2023/2024 season! Get tickets:  laphil.com/cal...

KUSC’s Alan Champan discusses Stravinsky and Shostakovich. This talk was given at a performance of  Stravinsky and Shostakovich with Dudamel  at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: SHOSTAKOVICH    Cello Concerto No. 1 VILLA-LOBOS    Uirapuru STRAVINSKY    The Firebird Suite (1919 version) See this year's Upbeat Live schedule at:  laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2023/2024 sea...

KUSC’s Brian Lauritzen is joined by composer Gabriella Smith to discuss her latest concerto. This talk was given at a performance of Dudamel Leads Beethoven and Smith at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Ellen REID   West Coast Sky Eternal Gabriella SMITH   Lost Coast: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra BEETHOVEN   Symphony No. 7 See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Jo...

Professor of music at Caltech Thomas Neenan is joined by guest artist Esa-Pekka Salonen to discuss the process behind his new concerto. This talk was given at the first performance of Salonen, Stravinsky, and Bartók at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: STRAVINSKY   Petrushka (1947 version) Esa-Pekka SALONEN   Sinfonia concertante for organ and orchestra   BARTÓK   The Miraculous Mandarin...

Composer and conductor of the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra Russell Steinberg explains the great Dvořák concerto and Bruckner’s epic 7th Symphony. This talk was given at a performance of Dvořák and Bruckner at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: DVOŘÁK   Violin Concerto BRUCKNER   Symphony No. 7 See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2022/23 seaso...

Performer and scholar Marc Bolin discusses one of Tchaikovsky’s most popular symphonies and Adès’ “Concentric Paths” Violin Concerto. This talk was given at a performance of Tchaikovsky and Adès at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Thomas ADÈS   Violin Concerto, “Concentric Paths” TCHAIKOVSKY   Symphony No. 5 See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for...

Educator Asadour Santourian explores Robert Schumann’s brilliant Piano Concerto and the thrilling tall tales of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade . This talk was given at a performance of Schumann and Scheherazade at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Anna CLYNE   This Midnight Hour SCHUMANN   Piano Concerto RIMSKY-KORSAKOV   Scheherazade See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/u...

Professor of music at Caltech Thomas Neenan guides you through a collection of Bach’s organ sonatas. This talk was given at a performance of Paul Jacobs at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: BACH   Trio Sonata in E-flat major, BWV 525 BACH   Trio Sonata in C minor, BWV 526 BACH   Trio Sonata in D minor, BWV 527 BACH   Trio Sonata in E minor, BWV 528 BACH   Trio Sonata in C major, BWV 529...

Composer and conductor of the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra Russell Steinberg delves into the music of Still, Wagner, and Brahms. This talk was given at a performance of Payare Conducts Brahms at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: STILL   Darker America WAGNER   Wesendonck Lieder BRAHMS   Symphony No. 1 See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2022...

Composer Paul Gibson is joined by soloist Inon Barnatan and composer Donghoon Shin to explore the music of Brahms and Sibelius. This talk was given at a performance of Sibelius and Brahms at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: BRAHMS   Piano Concerto No. 1 Donghoon SHIN   Upon His Ghostly Solitude (world premiere, LA Phil commission) SIBELIUS   Symphony No. 3 See this year’s Upbeat Live sc...

Henry Michaels discusses Tarrodi, Tchaikovsky, and Sibelius. This talk was given at a performance of Tchaikovsky and Sibelius at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Andrea TARRODI    Liguria TCHAIKOVSKY    Violin Concerto SIBELIUS    Symphony No. 2 See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2022/23 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar .

Saxophonist and educator at the USC Thornton School of Music Patrick Posey explains music by Dvořák and Lara. This talk was given at a performance of Mälkki Leads Dvořák at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: DVOŘÁK   Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 Felipe LARA   Double Concerto (U.S. premiere, LA Phil commission) See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our...

Musician and conductor Rachel Iba explores music by Esa-Pekka Salonen, Anthony Cheung, Katherine Young, and John Adams. This talk was given at a performance of LA Phil New Music Group with John Adams at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Esa-Pekka SALONEN
   Objets Trouvés for solo viola 
Anthony CHEUNG
   Parallel Play (world premiere, LA Phil commission)
 Katherine YOUNG
   Spores (worl...

KUSC’s Alan Chapman delves into one of George Crumb’s most important pieces and Berlioz’ timeless fantasy. This talk was given at a performance of Symphonie fantastique with Mehta at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: CRUMB Ancient Voices of Children BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2022/23 season! Get ticket...

Pianist and writer, Sarah Cahill guides you through the organ works of Handel, Bach, Beethoven and more! This talk was given at the performance of Stephen Tharp at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: HANDEL (trans. Stephen Tharp)Overture to Music for the Royal Fireworks BACH "Allein Gott in der Höh’ sei Ehr’," BWV 662 BACH (adapted by Stephen Tharp) Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue , BWV 903 BE...

Educator Asadour Santourian explores Mahler’s Symphony No. 3. This talk was given at a performance of Mehta Conducts Mahler 3 at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: MAHLER Symphony No. 3 See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl . Join us in person for our 2022/23 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar .

Associate Professor and Chair of the Music Performance department at Azusa Pacific University Christopher Russell discusses the music of Grime, Grieg, and Brahms. This talk was given at a performance of Lang Lang Plays Grieg at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Helen GRIME  Meditations on Joy (world premiere, LA Phil commission) GRIEG  Piano Concerto BRAHMS  Symphony No. 3...

Chair of Music History at the Colburn Conservatory of Music Kristi Brown-Montesano explains Rachmaninoff’s virtuosic Third Concerto and haunting choral.symphony. This talk was given at a performance of Yuja Wang & Dudamel: Rachmaninoff Concerto 3 at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, op. 30 RACHMANINOFF The Bells See this year’s Upbeat Liv...