Archival Program Information
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Symposium and Musical Interludes


Saturday, June 5, 2004
3:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
Walt Disney Concert Hall


Three scholars talk about an occasion in the past in which a piece of music was written for a specific building or a specific kind of space. Works to be discussed include: Stravinsky's Canticum Sacrum (San Marco, Venice), Feldman's Rothko Chapel (Houston), and Varèse's Poème électronique (Philips Pavilion, Brussels). Musicians from the Los Angeles Philharmonic perform the music under discussion between the talks.

Glenn Watkins, Stravinsky's Canticum Sacrum
Thomas Crow, Feldman's Rothko Chapel
Olivia Mattis, Varèse's Poème électronique





Panel Discussion


Site Specific Work: How Does Location Affect Creation?
Wednesday, June 2, 2004
8:00 p.m.
Walt Disney Concert Hall

A panel discussion with Frank Gehry, Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, and Esa-Pekka Salonen discussing the relationship between space and the art it is designed to contain. Introduction by Deborah Borda. Moderator: Thomas Crow



Concerts


Los Angeles Philharmonic Concert
Friday, May 21, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 22, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 23, 2004, 2:00 p.m.
Walt Disney Concert Hall

Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Gidon Kremer, violin
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5


Toyota Symphonies for Youth
Saturday, May 22, 2004
11:00 a.m.
Walt Disney Concert Hall

Los Angeles Philharmonic
Building Music: The Concert Hall


Los Angeles Philharmonic Concert
Friday, May 28, 2004 8:00, p.m.
Saturday, May 29, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 30, 2004, 2:00 p.m.
Walt Disney Concert Hall

Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
LIM Ecstatic Architecture (world premiere), Written for Walt Disney Concert Hall
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major, K. 459
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2


Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group
Tuesday, June 1, 2004
8:00 p.m.
Walt Disney Concert Hall

Green Umbrella Concert
Bradley Lubman, conductor
VARÈSE Poème électronique
BRANT Verticals Ascending
STRAVINSKY Canticum Sacrum
FELDMAN Rothko Chapel


Los Angeles Philharmonic Concert
Thursday, June 3, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
Friday, June 4, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, June 6, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
Walt Disney Concert Hall

Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Eric Cutler, tenor
Los Angeles Master Chorale
BERLIOZ Requiem, written for Les Invalides, Paris


Los Angeles Philharmonic Concert
Saturday, June 5, 2004
8:00 p.m.
Walt Disney Concert Hall

Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
SALONEN Wing On Wing (world premiere), written for Walt Disney Concert Hall
LIM Ecstatic Architecture
XENAKIS Metastaseis B, written for Philips Pavilion, World Fair of 1958


Boston Baroque Orchestra
Tuesday, June 8, 2004
8:00 p.m.
Walt Disney Concert Hall

Martin Perlman, director
MONTEVERDI Vespers, Written for Cathedral of San Marco, Venice


Los Angeles Philharmonic Concert
Friday, June 11, 2004, 11:00 a.m.
Saturday, June 12, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, June 13, 2004, 2:00 p.m.
Walt Disney Concert Hall

Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano
SALONEN Wing On Wing, written for Walt Disney Concert Hall
SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concerto No. 1
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring