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Live from Los Angeles, an eclectic mix of concerts from singer-songwriters, to classical, jazz and Broadway stars.
Schiff has been playing all 32 of Beethoven's piano sonatas in chronological order at Disney Hall over the course of a two-season span. Listen to the brilliant pianist finish off the cycle with a performance of Beethoven's final three sonatas.
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The singer-songwriter played from her most recent album, the personal and poetic Black Cadillac, in a multimedia performance of songs that radiate reflection and mourning. In the process, she tapped into the legendary oeuvre of her late father, Johnny Cash.
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The celebrated American composer says that some of his best ideas for pieces come out of dreams. His dreams come to life when he conducts some of his best-known works on his 60th birthday — sampled cow sounds, piano limousines and all.
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Charles Mingus' monumental masterpiece "Epitaph" never saw the light of day during his lifetime. But the tempestuous jazz legend left his ambitious score to be discovered by new generations. Hear the full piece, a 2 1/2-hour affair for 31 musicians.
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The commanding pianist has won enthusiastic audiences in venues around the world. He visits one of his favorite concert halls to perform one of his favorite pieces — Schubert's Piano Trio No. 1 — with members of the L.A. Philharmonic.
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He cut his teeth with the John Coltrane classic quartet of the '60s, and spent the following decades securing his own legend. The jazz piano giant, known for his muscular and percussive attack, performs solo and with his own quartet in Los Angeles.
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The legendary songwriter produced some of pop music's lushest and most iconic hits in the 1960s and '70s. With a crew of vocalists, he takes the piano bench to perform some of his most popular work, live at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
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For 35 years, the East Los Angeles band has been mining the intersection of folkloric Latin music and modern rock. Here, Los Lobos' members play original songs about the immigrant experience (and a host of dance jams) live from their hometown.
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Silver's soulful, Latin-tinged hard bop tunes implanted themselves into the heads of jazz fans everywhere. So bassist Christian McBride drew together many of Silver's former colleagues and a handful of all-star musicians to salute the great pianist.
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Under the baton of harpsichordist and Baroque scholar Andrea Marcon, the acclaimed period-instrument ensemble presents a striking program with a heavy emphasis on Vivaldi, featuring virtuoso violinist Giuliano Carmignola.
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As a singer for The New Pornographers, Case belts artful tunes with one of the most powerful and seductive voices in rock. Her solo work is steeped more in bittersweet country and gospel. Case brings the best of both in a full concert, webcast live on NPR.org from Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
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Four time Tony Award-winning performer Audra McDonald brings her luminous, lyrical soprano and impeccable acting skills to this concert, featuring works from her new CD Build a Bridge. The show includes songs written by Rufus Wainwright and John Mayer.
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Three continents find voice in this showcase of sounds from Disney Concert Hall. The diverse show includes a women's group of Bulgarian folk singers, a Balinese gamelan ensemble and, from Africa, Les Ballets Africains, a troupe of drummers, singers and dancers.
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The French pianist brings to the Disney Stage his nuanced and atmospheric interpretations of his countryman Maurice Ravel, one of the main figures in the musical impressionist movement. Thibaudet also puts his unique pianistic stamp on works by Robert Schumann.
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The propulsive, rhythmic music of pioneering minimalist composer Steve Reich is represented by two major works: his Three Movements for Orchestra, which showcases the LA Philharmonic's percussion section; and Tehillim, his classic setting of Hebrew psalms, sung by Synergy Vocals.
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Guy Clark, Joe Ely, John Hiatt, and Lyle Lovett are four singer-songwriters who straddle folk and country music. On this program, they share some of their favorite new songs and old standards, slipping in a few tributes to the city of Los Angeles, home to the Disney Concert Hall.
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The Los Angeles Philharmonic performs J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, music which is featured in a wide range of Hollywood film scores including A Bridge Too Far and Romy and Michele's High School Reunion.
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Born in Sao Paulo in 1971, Mônica Salmaso has surfaced as one of the best young voices in Brazil. At the Disney Concert Hall, she gives a dazzling performance of sensual, rhythmically-inflected Brazilian popular songs, including a Beatles favorite and an "Ave Maria" with a Brazilian twist.
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Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell gives an intimate and passionate recital of Romantic and Twentieth Century music with former NPR artist in residence, pianist Jeremy Denk. Highlights include the Beethoven Fifth Violin Sonata, Bartok's Rhapsody No. 1 for Violin and Piano and Prokofiev's Five Melodies.
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Composer, conductor and arranger John Williams gives a jazz twist to Lerner and Loewe's classic Broadway score for My Fair Lady. Featuring singers Dianne Reeves and Brian Stokes Mitchell, the Steve Houghton Quintet and a big band, songs like "The Rain in Spain" have never swung so much.
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