LA Phil: Upbeat Live

Brian Lauritzen explores Elgar’s Enigma with Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Edmund Finnis. This talk was given at a performance of Elgar’s Enigma at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: KORNGOLD Theme and Variations, Op. 42 Edmund FINNIS Cello Concerto ELGAR Enigma Variations, Op. 36 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 Mozart, Ravel & Pintscher. This talk was given at a performance of Mozart, Ravel & Pintscher at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: RAVEL  Mother Goose Suite Matthias PINTSCHER  neharot MOZART  Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503 RAVEL  La valse 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.

Tiffany Kuo and Emmanuel “Babelito” Ortega lead a conversation on Recovecos: Angélica Negrón & Lido Pimienta with Darian Donovan Thomas, Lido Pimienta, and Angélica Negrón. This talk was given at a performance of Recovecos: Angélica Negrón & Lido Pimienta at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Christian QUIÑONES  Pasemisí, Pasemisá Nathalie JOACHIM  I'm Right Here Tania LEÓN  Toque Angélica NEGRÓN  Arquitecta Amanda HERNÁNDEZ  Recovecos Juan Andrés VERGARA  Fragmentos Darian DONOVAN THOMAS  Volver, Volver Lido PIMIENTA  Corazón 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.

Celina Kintscher delves into Mehta Leads Bruckner’s Eighth. This talk was given at a performance of Mehta Leads Bruckner’s Eighth at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: BRUCKNER Symphony No. 8 in C minor 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.

Alan Chapman reflects on Halloween Organ, Film & Music with Clark Wilson. This talk was given at a performance of Halloween Organ, Film & Music at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) 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.

Christopher Russell guides Dudamel Conducts Mahler’s “Resurrection”. This talk was given at a performance of Dudamel Conducts Mahler’s “Resurrection” at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: MAHLER  Symphony No. 2 in C minor, "Resurrection" 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.

Christopher Russell guides Dudamel Conducts Mahler’s “Resurrection”. This talk was given at a performance of Dudamel Conducts Mahler’s “Resurrection” at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: MAHLER  Symphony No. 2 in C minor, "Resurrection" 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.

Mike Basak explores The Rite of Spring with Dudamel with John Adams. This talk was given at a performance of The Rite of Spring with Dudamel at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: John ADAMS  Frenzy: a short symphony STRAVINSKY  The Firebird Suite (1919 version) STRAVINSKY  The Rite of Spring 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 discusses Dudamel Launches His Final Season with Ellen Reid. This talk was given at a performance of Dudamel Launches His Final Season at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Ellen REID Earth Between Oceans STRAUSS  Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), Op. 64 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 discusses Dudamel Launches His Final Season with Ellen Reid. This talk was given at a performance of Dudamel Launches His Final Season at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Ellen REID Earth Between Oceans STRAUSS  Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), Op. 64 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.

Scholar Hojoon Kim reflects on Unsuk Chin & Brahms’ Double Concerto with Whan Ri-Ahn & Unsuk Chin. This talk was given at a performance of Unsuk Chin & Brahms’ Double Concerto at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Whan RI-AHN  Spring Will Come Again Unsuk CHIN  Clarinet Concerto BRAHMS  Double Concerto See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2024/25 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Scholar Hojoon Kim reflects on Korean Premieres & Sunwook Kim with Sunghyun Lee, Kay Kyurim Rhie & Texu Kim. This talk was given at a performance of Korean Premieres & Sunwook Kim at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Sunghyun LEE  Clockworks and Fireworks Kay Kyurim RHIE  H’on Texu KIM  Viola Concerto “Ko-Oh” BRAHMS  Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15 See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2024/25 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Educator Mike Basak discusses Tchaikovsky & Pereira with Joseph Pereira.  This talk was given at a performance of Tchaikovsky & Pereira at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: HERRMANN  Suite from Vertigo Joseph PEREIRA  Naru TCHAIKOVSKY  Symphony No. 5 See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2024/25 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

KUSC’s Brian Lauritzen explores Gershwin & Strauss with Teddy Abrams.  This talk was given at a performance of Gershwin & Strauss at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: GERSHWIN  Concerto in F STRAUSS  Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2024/25 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Composer Zach Neufeld guides Cameron Carpenter. This talk was given at a performance of Cameron Carpenter at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: J.S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 544 FRANCK  Choral No. 2 in B minor FRANCK  Choral No. 1 in E major J.S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in E-flat, BWV 552 MUSSORGSKY  Pictures at an Exhibition See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2024/25 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Conductor Christopher Russell explains Ravel & Adolphe with Julia Adolphe. This talk was given at a performance of Ravel & Adolphe at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: GRANADOS  Tres danzas españolas Julia ADOLPHE  Chrysalis RAVEL  Pavane for a Dead Princess RAVEL  Rapsodie espagnole RAVEL  Boléro See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2024/25 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Composer Zach Neufeld explores Esa-Pekka Salonen Leads Debussy & Boulez with Esa-Pekka Salonen. This talk was given at a performance of Esa-Pekka Salonen Leads Debussy & Boulez at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: BOULEZ  Notations IV, for solo piano BOULEZ  Notations IV, for orchestra BOULEZ  Notations VII, for solo piano BOULEZ  Notations VII, for orchestra BARTÓK  Piano Concerto for Orchestra No. 3 DEBUSSY  La mer BOULEZ  Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2024/25 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Composer Celina Kintscher leads a conversation on Beethoven & Dessner with Esa-Pekka Salonen with Pekka Kuusisto. This talk was given at a performance of Beethoven & Dessner with Esa-Pekka Salonen at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: DEBUSSY  Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Bryce DESSNER  Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN  Symphony No. 3, “Eroica” See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2024/25 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Scholar Marc Bolin discusses Vocal Dimensions with Kate Soper, Chaya Czernowin & Royce Vavrek. This talk was given at a performance of Vocal Dimensions at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Kate SOPER  Only the Words Themselves Mean What They Say Nico MUHLY  New-Made Tongue JÓHANNSSON  Odi et Amo Chaya CZERNOWIN  NO! A Lament for the Innocent Daníel BJARNASON  Hands on Me, Songs See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2024/25 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Conductor Geoffrey Pope guides Carlos Simon’s Good News Mass with Dudamel with Courtney Ware and Carlos Simon. This talk was given at a performance of Carlos Simon’s Good News Mass with Dudamel at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: BERNSTEIN  Divertimento PRICE  Violin Concerto No. 2 Carlos SIMON  Good News Mass See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2024/25 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.