LA Phil/KUSC Hollywood Bowl Broadcasts

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