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This talk was given at a performance of Halloween Organ, Film & Music: The Phantom of the Opera at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

The Phantom of The Opera

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This talk was given at a performance of An Alpine Symphony with Salonen at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Esa-Pekka SALONEN  Tiu

Nico MUHLY  Shrink

STRAUSS  An Alpine Symphony

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This talk was given at a performance of Sibelius & Swan Lake at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Saad HADDAD  Aysheen

SIBELIUS  Violin Concerto

TCHAIKOVSKY  Selections from Swan Lake

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This talk was given at a performance of Gershwin & Rachmaninoff at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

GERSHWIN  Concerto in F

RACHMANINOFF  Symphonic Dances

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This talk was given at a performance of Stravinsky and Shostakovich with Dudamel at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

SHOSTAKOVICH  Cello Concerto No. 1

VILLA-LOBOS  Uirapuru

STRAVINSKY  The Firebird Suite (1919 version)

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Conductor Christian Campos discusses the story behind Mozart’s final piano concerto and final symphony.

This talk was given at the performance of Dudamel conducts Mozart at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Piece discussed:

MOZART   Overture to The Magic Flute

MOZART   Piano Concerto No. 27, K. 595

MOZART   Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter"

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KUSC’s Brian Lauritzen is joined by composer Gabriella Smith to discuss her latest concerto.

This talk was given at a performance of Dudamel Leads Beethoven and Smith at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Ellen REID   West Coast Sky Eternal

Gabriella SMITH   Lost Coast: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra

BEETHOVEN   Symphony No. 7

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Professor of music at Caltech Thomas Neenan is joined by guest artist Esa-Pekka Salonen to discuss the process behind his new concerto.

This talk was given at the first performance of Salonen, Stravinsky, and Bartók at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

STRAVINSKY   Petrushka (1947 version)

Esa-Pekka SALONEN   Sinfonia concertante for organ and orchestra 

BARTÓK   The Miraculous Mandarin Suite

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Composer Paul Gibson explores the music of Beethoven, Thorvaldsdóttir, and Strauss.

This talk was given at a performance of Beethoven and Strauss at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

BEETHOVEN   Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58

Anna THORVALDSDÓTTIR ARCHORA   (U.S. premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting)

STRAUSS   Der Rosenkavalier Suite

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This talk was given at a performance of Dvořák and Bruckner at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

DVOŘÁK   Violin Concerto

BRUCKNER   Symphony No. 7

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This talk was given at a performance of Tchaikovsky and Adès at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Thomas ADÈS   Violin Concerto, “Concentric Paths”

TCHAIKOVSKY   Symphony No. 5

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Educator Asadour Santourian explores Robert Schumann’s brilliant Piano Concerto and the thrilling tall tales of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade.

This talk was given at a performance of Schumann and Scheherazade at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Anna CLYNE   This Midnight Hour

SCHUMANN   Piano Concerto

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV   Scheherazade

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Professor of music at Caltech Thomas Neenan guides you through a collection of Bach’s organ sonatas.

This talk was given at a performance of Paul Jacobs at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

BACH   Trio Sonata in E-flat major, BWV 525

BACH   Trio Sonata in C minor, BWV 526

BACH   Trio Sonata in D minor, BWV 527

BACH   Trio Sonata in E minor, BWV 528

BACH   Trio Sonata in C major, BWV 529

BACH   Trio Sonata in G major, BWV 530

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This talk was given at a performance of Payare Conducts Brahms at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

STILL   Darker America

WAGNER   Wesendonck Lieder

BRAHMS   Symphony No. 1

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Composer Paul Gibson is joined by soloist Inon Barnatan and composer Donghoon Shin to explore the music of Brahms and Sibelius.

This talk was given at a performance of Sibelius and Brahms at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

BRAHMS   Piano Concerto No. 1

Donghoon SHIN   Upon His Ghostly Solitude (world premiere, LA Phil commission)

SIBELIUS   Symphony No. 3

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This talk was given at a performance of Tchaikovsky and Sibelius at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Andrea TARRODI    Liguria

TCHAIKOVSKY    Violin Concerto

SIBELIUS    Symphony No. 2

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This talk was given at a performance of Mälkki Leads Dvořák at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

DVOŘÁK   Slavonic Dances, Op. 46

Felipe LARA   Double Concerto (U.S. premiere, LA Phil commission)

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Musician and conductor Rachel Iba explores music by Esa-Pekka Salonen, Anthony Cheung, Katherine Young, and John Adams.

This talk was given at a performance of LA Phil New Music Group with John Adams at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Esa-Pekka SALONEN
   Objets Trouvés for solo viola


Anthony CHEUNG
   Parallel Play (world premiere, LA Phil commission)


Katherine YOUNG
   Spores (world premiere, LA Phil commission)


John ADAMS
   Hallelujah Junction

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KUSC’s Alan Chapman delves into one of George Crumb’s most important pieces and Berlioz’ timeless fantasy.

This talk was given at a performance of Symphonie fantastique with Mehta at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

CRUMB Ancient Voices of Children

BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique

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Pianist and writer, Sarah Cahill guides you through the organ works of Handel, Bach, Beethoven and more!

This talk was given at the performance of Stephen Tharp at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

HANDEL (trans. Stephen Tharp)Overture to Music for the Royal Fireworks

BACH"Allein Gott in der Höh’ sei Ehr’," BWV 662

BACH (adapted by Stephen Tharp)Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 903

BEETHOVEN (trans. Stephen Tharp)Scherzo from Symphony No. 3, Op. 55, “Eroica”

George BAKERVariations on the hymn tune “Rouen”

WAGNER (trans. Stephen Tharp)"Ride of the Valkyries" from Die Walküre

VIERNEAdagio from Organ Symphony No. 3, Op. 28

Stephen THARP Improvisation on a submitted theme

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Educator Asadour Santourian explores Mahler’s Symphony No. 3.

This talk was given at a performance of Mehta Conducts Mahler 3 at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

MAHLER Symphony No. 3

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Associate Professor and Chair of the Music Performance department at Azusa Pacific University Christopher Russell discusses the music of Grime, Grieg, and Brahms.

This talk was given at a performance of Lang Lang Plays Grieg at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Helen GRIME  Meditations on Joy (world premiere, LA Phil commission)

GRIEG  Piano Concerto

BRAHMS  Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90

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Chair of Music History at the Colburn Conservatory of Music Kristi Brown-Montesano explains Rachmaninoff’s virtuosic Third Concerto and haunting choral.symphony.

This talk was given at a performance of Yuja Wang & Dudamel: Rachmaninoff Concerto 3 at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, op. 30

RACHMANINOFF The Bells

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Caltech Professor of music  Thomas Neenan discusses the story behind the music of Rachmaninoff.

This talk was given at a performance of Yuja Wang & Dudamel: Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances

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Composer and educator Daniel Allas leads a conversation with all four composers featured in the program.

This talk was given at a performance of LA Phil New Music Group with Paolo Bortolameolli at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Carolina HEREDIA Ausencias/Ausências/Absences

Erika VEGA No oyes ladrar a los perros for sinfonietta and organ (world premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from the Deborah Borda Women in the Arts Initiative)

Katherine BALCH all around the sea blazed gold (world premiere, LA Phil commission)

Courtney BRYAN Piano Concerto, House of Pianos (world premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from the MaddocksBrown Fund for New Music)

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Associate Professor and Chair of the Music Performance department at Azusa Pacific University Christopher Russell delves into the works of Mendelssohn, and Brahms.

This talk was given at a performance of Ray Chen plays Mendelssohn at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto

BRAHMS (orch. Schoenberg) Piano Quartet No. 1

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Pianist and writer Sarah Cahill reflects on contemporary score for a 1924 silent film, Die Stadt ohne Jude.

This talk was given at a performance of Ensemble intercontemporain at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Olga NEUWIRTH Die Stadt ohne Juden (The City Without Jews)

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This talk was given at a performance of John Adams’ Girls of the Golden West at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

John ADAMS Girls of the Golden West

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Professor of music at Caltech Thomas Neenan discusses an organ program of Driffil, Vivaldi, Jongen, Franck, and Piazzolla.

This talk was given at a performance of Hector Olivera at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

DRIFFILL Toccata from Suite No. 1

VIVALDI (arr. H. OLIVERA) Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8 No. 1, La Primavera (“Spring”)

I Allegro - II Largo - III Allegro (pastorale)

VIVALDI (arr. H. OLIVERA) Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8 No. 2, L’Estate (“Summer”)

III Presto e forte

JONGEN Prière Op. 37, No. 3

FRANCK Pièce héroïque

PIAZZOLLA/H. OLIVERA Five Paraphrases on Piazzolla Tangos

Hector OLIVERA Improvisations on a submitted theme

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This talk was given at a performance of Ravel, Dawson, and Prokofiev at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

RAVEL Pavane for a Dead Princess

DAWSON Negro Folk Symphony

PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 19

RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2

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KUSC’s Brian Lauritzen delves into Mahler’s Symphony No. 9.

This talk was given at a performance of MTT Conducts Mahler 9 at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

MAHLERSymphony No. 9

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Professor of music at Caltech Thomas Neenan discusses the music of Debussy, Messiaen, and Villa-Lobos. He is joined by Los Angeles Master Chorale Artistic Director Grant Gershon and ondes martenot musician Cynthia Millar.

This talk was given at the first performance of Debussy and Messiaen with MTT  at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

MESSIAEN Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine

DEBUSSY Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra

VILLA-LOBOS Chôros No. 10, “Rasga o Coração”

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Composer and conductor of the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra Russell Steinberg explores the music of  the Tristan Project: Act III.

This talk was given at a performance of Dudamel Leads the Tristan Project: Act III at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

WAGNER Tristan und Isolde, Act III

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Composer and conductor of the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra Russell Steinberg explores the music of  the Tristan Project: Act II.

This talk was given at a performance of Dudamel Leads the Tristan Project: Act II at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

WAGNER Tristan und Isolde, Act II

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Composer and conductor of the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra Russell Steinberg explores the music of  the Tristan Project: Act I.

This talk was given at the first performance of Dudamel Leads the Tristan Project: Act I at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

WAGNER Tristan und Isolde, Act I

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KUSC’s Brian Lauritzen discusses The Nutcracker.

This talk was given at a performance of The Nutcracker with Dudamel: Tchaikovsky & Ellington at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act I.

TCHAIKOVSKY/ELLINGTON/STRAYHORN (arr. TYZIK) The Nutcracker Suite

TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II (selections) 

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This episode of Upbeat Live is brought to you by Kaiser Permanente – The Official Health & Harmony Partner of the LA Phil: Thrive to the music.

This talk was given at a performance of The Nutcracker with Dudamel: Tchaikovsky & Ellington at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act I

TCHAIKOVSKY/ELLINGTON/STRAYHORN (arr. TYZIK) The Nutcracker Suite

TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II (selections)

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Composer and USC educator Veronika Krausas is joined by pianist Javier Perianes to discuss the music of Shostakovich and Saint-Saëns.

This talk was given at the first performance of Shostakovich and Saint-Saëns at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5, “The Egyptian”

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47

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Associate Professor and Chair of the Music Performance department at Azusa Pacific University Christopher Russell delves into the program of Prokofiev and Smetana.

This talk was given at the first performance of Prokofiev and Smetana at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Qigang CHEN L’Éloignement

PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 2

SMETANA Selections from Má vlast

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Chief Content and Engagement Officer at Los Angeles Philharmonic Renae Williams Niles is joined by conductor Jeri Lynne Johnson and composer Courtney Bryan to explore the music of Bryan, Coleman & Price.

This talk was given at the performance of Bryan, Coleman & Price at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Valerie COLEMAN Opus Serena (world premiere)

Courtney BRYAN Sanctum

Music of Price and Ponder Selected Songs

PRICE Symphony No. 3 in C minor

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Pianist and writer, Sarah Cahill leads a conversation on the musical voices of Price and Bonds. Cahill is joined by conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya, composer and arranger Michael-Thomas Foumai, violinist and arranger Jannina Norpoth, and pianist Michelle Cann.

This talk was given at the performance of A Musical Portrait: Price and Bonds at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

PRICE Retrospection

PRICE Symphony No. 1 in E minor: 4. Finale. Presto

PRICE (arr. Michael-Thomas FOUMAI) Song to the Dark Virgin

PRICE (arr. Michael-Thomas FOUMAI) Night

PRICE The Oak

PRICE Selected Works for Solo Piano

PRICE (arr. Jannina NORPOTH) Four Encore Songs

PRICE I Am Bound for the Kingdom

PRICE (arr. Michael-Thomas FOUMAI) A Piece for Solo Piano and Orchestra, after Florence Price’s Fantasie nègre No. 1 (world premiere, LA Phil commission)

BONDS (arr. by Jannina NORPOTH) Selected Songs

BONDS "Who is That Man?" from Simon Bore the Cross

BONDS Selections from Montgomery Variations

PRICE Organ Suite No. 1 (Postlude)

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This talk was given at the first performance of Halloween Organ, Film & Music: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

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Composer and conductor of the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra Russell Steinberg explores the music of Gabriela Ortiz, Arturo Márquez and Aaron Copland.

This talk was given at the first performance of Dudamel Conducts Copland and Márquez at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Gabriela ORTIZ Kauyumari (LA Phil commission)

Arturo MÁRQUEZ Fandango

COPLAND Symphony No. 3

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Composer and USC educator Veronika Krausas is joined by composer Gabriela Ortiz for a conversation on her piece Altar de cuerda and the Pan American Music Initiative. Later on, Krausas delves into the background of Gustav Mahler and his Symphony No. 1 in D major.

This talk was given at the first performance of Dudamel Leads Ortiz and Mahler at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Gabriela ORTIZ Altar de cuerda (LA Phil commission with generous support from the Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg Fund) 

MAHLER Symphony No. 1 in D major

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Professor of music at Caltech Thomas Neenan discusses the story behind the music of Mozart, John Adams and Orbón. Neenan is joined by Principal Flute Denis Bouriakov, Principal Harp Emmanuel Ceysson, and composer John Adams.

This talk was given at the first performance of Mozart and Orbón with Dudamel at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

John ADAMS I Still Dance

MOZART Concerto for Flute and Harp

MOZART Serenade No. 6, “Serenata notturna”

ORBÓN Tres versiones sinfónicas

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Composer and conductor of the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra Russell Steinberg discusses Argentine music and Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring.

This talk was given at the first performance of Dudamel Conducts The Rite of Spring at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Alex NANTE El Rió de Luz (world premiere, LA Phil commission)

GINASTERA Estancia

STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring

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KUSC’s Brian Lauritzen discusses how the Divine Comedy inspired Adès’ Dante.

This talk was given at the first performance of Dudamel Leads Adès’ Dante at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Thomas ADÈS Dante (U.S. premiere; commissioned by the LA Phil and The Royal Ballet, with generous support from the Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg Fund)

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Composer and USC educator Veronika Krausas discusses the music and background of Generation X composers.

This talk was given at the first performance of Voices of a Generation at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Anna MEREDITH Nautilus (U.S. premiere)

Felipe LARA Brutal Mirrors

Veronika KRAUSAS Caryatids

Francisco COLL Four Iberian Miniatures

Thomas ADÈS Märchentänze (U.S. premiere)

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KUSC’s Brian Lauritzen is joined by composers Ellen Reid and Nico Muhly for a conversation on creating music.

This talk was given at the first performance of Pekka Kuusisto + Ellen Reid at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Pieces discussed:

Ellen REID Desiderium for solo violin (world premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting)

Ellen REID Fear l Release

Hannah KENDALL Verdala

Ellen REID/Roxie PERKINS Lumee’s Dream (world premiere arr., LA Phil commission)

KiMani BRIDGES The Flower

Missy MAZZOLI Vespers

William KRAFT Encounters I: Soliloquy (In Memoriam, performed by Joseph Pereira, percussion)

Meredith MONK (ARR. DAVID LANG) Double Fiesta

Nico MUHLY Shrink (West Coast premiere)

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Chair of Music History at the Colburn Conservatory of Music, Kristi Brown-Montesano discusses Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio.

This talk was given at the performance of Beethoven’s Fidelio with Dudamel and Deaf West Theatre at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Piece discussed:

BEETHOVEN Fidelio

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