Gustavo Dudamel Performs Bruckner, Tchaikovsky, Mozart & Beethoven

Recently back in the U.S. after his first European tour as Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall in March for programs of Bruckner, Tchaikovsky, Mozart and Beethoven, as well as the second LA Phil LIVE with Gustavo Dudamel from Walt Disney Concert Hall theater broadcast.

In the beginning of March, Dudamel leads the Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall in a program that includes Webern's Five Pieces for Orchestra; Takemitsu's Requiem for Strings; and Bruckner's Symphony No. 7. The music on this program could hardly be more disparate. Webern's work is astonishingly short and quiet, filled with sevenths, ninths and rests; the melodies are angular, foreshadowing 12-tone music. His Austrian predecessor, on the other hand, produced massive torrents of sound contained in gargantuan receptacles of form (Bruckner's Symphony is roughly 10 times the length - and emits who-knows-how-many-more decibels - than Webern's miniatures.)
(March 3, 4 & 6, 2011)

The following week, Dudamel and the LA Phil embark upon an all-Tchaikovsky program of Hamlet, The Tempest and Romeo and Juliet. Tchaikovsky held Shakespeare in high esteem. He even tried learning English so he could read the Bard in the original. Although no operas resulted, Tchaikovsky did leave three single-movement orchestral fantasies or overtures inspired by Shakespeare plays. At these performances, actors will place the music in context of the playwright's immortal words. (March 10 - 13, 2011)

The Sunday, March 13 performance of the Tchaikovsky program marks the second LA Phil LIVE with Gustavo Dudamel from Walt Disney Concert Hall event - a live symphony performance series transmitted to over 450 movie theaters across the U.S. and Canada. LA Phil LIVE with Gustavo Dudamel from Walt Disney Concert Hall features up-close and dramatic views of Dudamel and the orchestra in action, captured with multiple high definition cameras and in breathtaking 5.1 digital surround sound. Each event transports audiences behind the music for an insider's look at the LA Phil via the "backstage pass" feature, which includes live behind-the-scenes interviews, rehearsal footage and a post-concert Q&A. The remaining concerts in this series include an all-Brahms program. (June 5, 2011)

Gustavo Dudamel concludes his March 2011 LA Phil performances with renowned pianist Martha Argerich, who joins the orchestra for a performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1. To experience Martha Argerich with her "uncanny clarity, rhythmic vigor, wondrous colorings and engaging spontaneity" is to acknowledge her as "indisputably one of the most formidable and exciting pianists of the last 50 years..." - The New York Times. This program opens with Mozart's Masonic Funeral Music, and closes with Mozart's Symphony No. 35, "Haffner." (March 17 - 20, 2011)

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