I’m proud to announce this summer’s roster of radio broadcasts of the LA Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl. Concerts will air in their entirety, Saturday afternoons at 2:00, beginning August 11th on Classical KUSC. Yours truly hosts. Some of the series highlights for me:

-every classical concert conducted by Gustavo Dudamel
-Edgar Meyer’s new Double Concerto for Violin and Bass with Joshua Bell
-performances by Placido Domingo, Yo-Yo Ma, Yefim Bronfman, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Gil Shaham, Sarah Chang, Yuja Wang, and more
-for the first time ever, John Williams’ annual Maestro of the Movies concert is part of our broadcast series

RECORD DATES: Tuesday/Thursday July 17/19, 2012, 8:00pm
AIR DATE: AUGUST 11
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
Edgar Meyer, double bass
WEBER: Der Freischütz Overture
MEYER: Double Concerto (west coast premiere)
WEBER: Oberon Overture
MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in e minor

RECORD DATE: Thursday, July 26, 2012, 8:00pm
AIR DATE: AUGUST 18
Stéphane Denève, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaduet, piano
BERNSTEIN: Candide Overture
BERNSTEIN: 3 dances from On the Town
RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G major
GERSHWIN: An American in Paris
RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloe, Suite No. 2

RECORD DATE: Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 8:00pm 
AIR DATE: AUGUST 25
Lionel Bringuier, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano
BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2
ELGAR: Enigma Variations

RECORD DATES: Tuesday/Thursday, August 7/9, 2012, 8:00pm
AIR DATE: SEPTEMBER 1
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Yuja Wang, piano
SCHUMANN: Cello concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4

RECORD DATE: Sunday, August 12, 2012, 7:30pm
AIR DATE: SEPTEMBER 8
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
VERDI: Rigoletto

RECORD DATE: Thursday, August 16, 2012, 8:00pm
AIR DATE: SEPTEMBER 15
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Sergio Tiempo, piano
ESTEVEZ: Medio dia en el llano
GINASTERA: Piano Concerto No. 1
COPLAND: Symphony No. 3

RECORD DATE: Sunday, August 19, 2012, 7:30pm
AIR DATE: SEPTEMBER 22
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Placido Domingo, tenor
SOROZÁBAL: No Puedo Ser from La Tabernera del Puerto (w/Domingo)
GIMENÉZ: Intermezzo from La Boda de Luis Alonso
more repertoire TBD

RECORD DATE: Tuesday/Thursday, August 28/30, 2012, 8:00pm
AIR DATE: SEPTEMBER 29
Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor
Laura Claycomb, soprano
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Hugh Russell, baritone
Los Angeles Master Chorale; Los Angeles Children’s Chorus
MENDELSSOHN: Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
ORFF: Carmina Burana

RECORD DATE: Friday/Saturday, August 31/September 1
AIR DATE: OCTOBER 6
John Williams, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
program TBD

RECORD DATE:  Tuesday, September 13
AIR DATE: OCTOBER 13
Bramwell Tovey, conductor
Sarah Chang, violin
Zev Yaroslavsky, speaker
GERSHWIN:  Cuban Overture
BERNSTEIN: (arr. Newman) West Side Story Suite
COPLAND: A Lincoln Portrait
COPLAND: Billy the Kid Suite