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Brian Lauritzen guides Gracias Gustavo: Celebrating 17 Years. This talk was given at a performance of Gracias Gustavo: Celebrating 17 Years at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: John ADAMS  Harmonium Guillermo ARRIAGA  América ESTÉVEZ  Cantata Criolla See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at:⁠ laphil.com/ubl⁠. Join us in person for our 2025/26 season! Get tickets: ⁠laphil.com/calendar⁠.

Marc Bolin reflects on Gracias Gustavo: Celebrating the Musicians of the LA Phil. This talk was given at a performance of Gracias Gustavo: Celebrating the Musicians of the LA Phil at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: John WILLIAMS  Bravo Gustavo! ROSSINI  Rondo: Allegretto from Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra MARCELLO  Adagio from Oboe Concerto in C minor PAGANINI  La Campanella MOZART  Romance: Andante cantabile from Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat major, K. 495 MENDELSSOHN  Adagio from Concerto for Violin, Piano, and String Orchestra TCHAIKOVSKY  Pezzo capriccioso GLIÈRE  Allegro giocoso from Concerto for Harp and Orchestra Philip GLASS  Movement III from Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra SHAW Concerto for Clarinet ROTA  Lento, ben rimato from Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra in C Andrés MARTÍN  Allegro Obsesivo from Concerto No. 1 for Contrabass and Orchestra Gabriela ORTIZ  Mujer Arena See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2025/26 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Educator Kristi-Brown Montesano explains Dudamel Conducts Die Walküre Act III with Cori Ellison and Alberto Alvero. This talk was given at a performance of Dudamel Conducts Die Walküre Act III at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: WAGNER  Die Walküre Act III See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2025/26 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Composer and conductor Geoffrey Pope discusses Dudamel Conducts Die Walküre Act II with Cori Ellison and Alberto Alvero. This talk was given at a performance of Dudamel Conducts Die Walküre Act II at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: WAGNER  Die Walküre Act II See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2025/26 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Educator Mike Basak explores Dudamel Conducts Die Walküre Act I with Cori Ellison and Alberto Alvero. This talk was given at a performance of Dudamel Conducts Die Walküre Act I at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: WAGNER  Die Walküre Act I See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2025/26 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Rachel Iba discusses Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony. This talk was given at a performance of Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: SZYMANOWSKI  Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 35 RACHMANINOFF  Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2025/26 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Tiffany Kuo leads a conversation on Smith, Cabezas & Childs with Billy Child, Molly Turner & Michael Gordon. This talk was given at a performance of Smith, Cabezas & Childs at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Michael GORDON  2bd, LA Phil Etudes Book 4, Part 1 Gabriel CABEZAS, Gabriella SMITH  Duos Esa-Pekka SALONEN  Vignette for Bassoon, LA Phil Etudes Book 4, Part 2 CAGE  Branches Billy CHILDS, Dan "Chimy" CHMIELINSKI, Christian EUMAN  Improvisation Billy CHILDS  My Roots Spread Far and Wide Gabriella SMITH  25 See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2025/26 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Rachel Iba delves into Dvořák and Korngold with Andrés Orozco-Estrada. This talk was given at a performance of Dvořák and Korngold at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: TILSON THOMAS Agnegram KORNGOLD Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 35 DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70 See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at:⁠ laphil.com/ubl⁠. Join us in person for our 2025/26 season! Get tickets: ⁠laphil.com/calendar⁠.

Thomas Neenan leads a conversation on Brahms & Beethoven. This talk was given at a performance of Brahms & Beethoven at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: SCHUMANN  Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op. 52 BEETHOVEN  Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15 BRAHMS  Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2025/26 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Zach Neufeld leads a conversation on John Adams & Conrad Tao. This talk was given at a performance of John Adams & Conrad Tao at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: PIAZZOLLA Selections from Three Tangos Oblivion Libertango John ADAMS Century Rolls STRAVINSKY Song of the Nightingale PROKOFIEV Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60 See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2025/26 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Geoffrey Pope guides Shostakovich & Sibelius with Ryan Bancroft. This talk was given at a performance of Shostakovich & Sibelius at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: SHOSTAKOVICH  Selections from Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1 SHOSTAKOVICH  Concerto No. 2 for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 126 SIBELIUS  Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22 See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2025/26 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Kristi Brown-Montesano explores Turangalîla with Cynthia Millar and Simone Young. This talk was given at a performance of Turangalîla at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: MESSIAEN  Turangalîla-symphonie See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2025/26 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Veronika Krausas delves into Gerald Barry’s Salome with Gerald Barry. This talk was given at a performance of Gerald Barry’s Salome at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Gerald BARRY  Salome See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2025/26 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Steven C. Smith leads a conversation on Vertigo in Concert. This talk was given at a performance of Vertigo in Concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: Vertigo (1958) See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2025/26 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.

Thomas Neenan discusses Alcée Chriss III with Alcée Chriss III. This talk was given at a performance of Alcée Chriss III at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Pieces discussed: RACHMANINOFF Non allegro from Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 FRANCK  Allegretto from Symphony in D minor YOUMANS “Tea For Two” GUILLOU  Toccata, Op. 9 J.S. BACH  Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532 ARLEN “Over the Rainbow” TRADITIONAL  Improvisation on “Amazing Grace” REGER  Fantasy and Fugue on B-A-C-H, Op. 46 See this year’s Upbeat Live schedule at: laphil.com/ubl. Join us in person for our 2025/26 season! Get tickets: laphil.com/calendar.