LA Philharmonic Performance to Get American Public Media Broadcast, 1/27

Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic's upcoming performance at London's Barbican on January 27, 2011 will be broadcast live on American Public Media as part of their Classical Live series.  The program will feature Adams' Slonimsky's Earbox, Bernstein's Symphony No. 1, "Jeremiah" (with mezzo-soprano Kelley O'Connor) and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7.
 
The London performances are part of the 2011 Los Angeles Philharmonic European tour (7-cities, 13-concerts) led by Gustavo Dudamel, his first international tour as Music Director of this orchestra. The 2011 European tour begins in Lisbon at Gulbenkian Hall on January 21 & 22 and also goes to Madrid at Auditorio Nacional on January 23, Cologne at the Philharmonie on January 25 & 26, London at the Barbican on January 27 & 28, Paris at Salle Pleyel on January 30 & 31, and Budapest at the Palace of the Arts on February 2 & 3.  The tour concludes in Vienna at the Musikverein with two performances on February 4 & 5, the orchestra's first return to the venue since 1980.  The 2011 tour also features the orchestra's debuts in Portugal's Gulbenkian Hall and Budapest's Palace of the Arts, and marks Dudamel's first appearance in Hungary.
 
Both of the LA Phil performances at the Barbican - the January 27, 2011 concert featuring Adams, Bernstein and Beethoven and the January 28, 2011 concert featuring Mahler's Symphony No. 9 - will be broadcast on February 16, 2011 and February 17, 2011, respectively, via Classic FM as part of their Full Works Concert programme (www.classicfm.co.uk). 
 
For more information, please visit:  http://www.laphil.com.