Thursdays at 9:00 pm
Hailed for outstanding artistry since 1919, the acclaim of the Los Angeles Philharmonic continues under the leadership of Venezuelan Gustavo Dudamel, one of the most exciting young conductors today. Dudamel’s infectious emotional energy wins over the most jaded souls. For his inaugural concert at the Hollywood Bowl, 18,000 people greeted him with a hollering, stamping, pop-star ovation.
Each year, the LA Phil presents these national broadcasts hosted by Brian Lauritzen, giving fresh perspective on orchestral performance today.
The Los Angeles Philharmonic program is part of the WFMT Orchestra Series.
There are no upcoming broadcasts at the moment.
Season Finale: Dudamel Conducts Mozart
September 28, 2023
Mitsuko Uchida, one of the world's great Mozart pianists, joins Dudamel for a sublime program.
Dudamel Leads Beethoven and Smith
September 21, 2023
Experience the exhilaration of Beethoven’s dance Symphony, his Seventh, and a new cello concerto by Gabriella Smith.
Beethoven & Strauss
September 14, 2023
Pierre-Laurent Aimard plays Beethoven’s Fourth Concerto, and Finnish conductor Eva Ollikainen concludes with the waltz-filled Der Rosenkavalier Suite.
Dvořák and Bruckner
September 7, 2023
LA Phil's Principal Concertmaster performs the great Dvořák concerto, and the Music Director of the Vienna State Opera leads Anton Bruckner’s epic 7th Symphony.
Elim Chan & Leila Josefowicz
August 31, 2023
Josefowicz takes on Thomas Adès’ “Concentric Paths” Violin Concerto. The high-powered Elim Chan leads music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Clarice Assad.
Tianyi Lu & Sunwook Kim
August 24, 2023
Sunwook Kim is the soloist in Robert Schumann’s Piano Concerto. Conductor Tianyi Lu rounds out the program with works by Anna Clyne and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
Payare & Röschmann
August 17, 2023
Guest conductor Rafael Payare leads music by William Grant Still and Johannes Brahms before welcoming German soprano Dorothea Röschmann to perform Richard Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder.
Dalia Stasevka & Randall Goosby
August 10, 2023
Two fast-rising stars, conductor Dalia Stasevska and violinist Randall Goosby, team up for a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. We also hear works by Jean Sibelius and contemporary Swedish composer Andrea Tarrodi.
Mehta Conducts Crumb & Berlioz
August 3, 2023
LA Phil conductor emeritus Zubin Mehta conducts the orchestra, soprano Sophia Burgos, and boy soprano Sebastian Dolinar in music by George Crumb and Hector Berlioz.
Lamsma Plays Bruch
July 27, 2023
Simone Lamsma joins the LA Phil and guest conductor Otto Tausk to play Bruch’s landmark first violin concerto. We also hear a world premiere LA Phil commission by Helen Grim and a Brahms staple.
Roderick Cox Conducts Ravel, Dawson, Prokofiev
July 20, 2023
Roderick Cox welcomes guest artist violinist Karen Gomyo to perform Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1.
Gimeno & Perianes
July 13, 2023
Gustavo Gimeno, the music director designate of Teatro Real leads the LA Phil and guest pianist Javier Perianes in music by Francisco Coll García, Camille Saint-Saëns, and Dmitri Shostakovich.
Dudamel Conducts Adams, Mozart, and Orbón
July 6, 2023
Season Premiere: Music director Gustavo Dudamel leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a program showcasing the orchestra’s principal flutist, Denis Bouriakov, and principal harpist Emmanuel Ceysson.
J’Nai Bridges
September 29, 2022
Season Finale: Gustavo Dudamel welcomes mezzo-soprano J'Nai Bridges to perform Peter Lieberson's Neruda Songs. Dudamel also conducts William Grant Still's Afro-American Symphony and the world premiere of Angélica Negrón's Moriviví.
Beethoven 9
September 22, 2022
Music director Gustavo Dudamel leads a performance of Ludwig van Beethoven‘s cherished Symphony No. 9 alongside world premieres of two LA Phil commissions by Gonzalo Garrido-Lecca and Francisco Cortés-Álvarez.
Paavo Järvi & Hilary Hahn
September 8, 2022
The CSO’s inaugural artist-in-residence Hilary Hahn takes center stage to perform Samuel Barber‘s Violin Concerto under the baton of Paavo Järvi, who also conducts works by Arvo Pärt and Antonín Dvořák.
Morlot & Tiempo
September 1, 2022
French conductor Ludovic Morlot leads the LA Phil in music by Anna Thorvaldsdottir and Dmitri Shostakovich and welcomes pianist Sergio Tiempo as the soloist in Prokofiev‘s First Piano Concerto.
Salonen & Ólafsson
August 25, 2022
SF Symphony music director Esa-Pekka Salonen heads to Southern California to lead the LA Phil in music by Béla Bartók, Daníel Bjarnason (a world premiere performance featuring pianist Víkingur Ólafsson), and Jean Sibelius.
Elim Chan & Igor Levit
August 18, 2022
Ascendant conductor Elim Chan leads the orchestra in music by Elizabeth Ogonek, Ludwig van Beethoven (featuring pianist Igor Levit), and Felix Mendelssohn.
