Esa-Pekka Salonen's last concerts Los Angeles Philharmonic: Symphony of a Thousand, Esa-Pekka Salonen's final season as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic is fast approaching, and the number of concerts in which he'll appear in is, well, limited. It would seem that now is the time to get your tickets. Salonen already gave his last concert in O.C. as the L.A. Phil's music director in May. Coming up on September 9 and 11 he'll do his swan song at the Hollywood Bowl, conducting Mahler's Symphony No. 8?Symphony of a Thousand? and who knows if he'll ever be back.

Classical Music: taking it to the Parks Today I saw something quite unique: a free classical music concert on Staten Island. Any classical music on Staten Island is a rarity, especially if it's the New York Philharmonic. Part of the Concerts in the Parks series, the orchestra played Mozart's Divertimento for Strings in D, K. 136/125a, Bach's Double Violin concerto in D minor, and Elgar's Enigma Variations, led by Xian Zhang. I was more amazed by the turnout at the concert than by the music itself. Not to bash on the players. concert.

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You can't win them all live, Salonen, Griffey, Paasikivi and the LA Philharmonic Photo : mine 2008 Or at least not this weekend at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. What started out as a great program stumbled along the way to a not necessarily superb finish when Esa-Pekka Salonen led the L.A. Philhamonic in a 20th century program including Hindemith's Mathis der Maler symphony paired with Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde. Certainly a program with very little fluff and the kind of show that Salonen and our excellent hometown crew.

Hollywood Bowl 2008 season Los Angeles Philharmonic: Symphony of a Thousand concert tickets, AP Photo/ho The Los Angeles Philharmonic will officially unveil the 2008 Hollywood Bowl schedule at a press conference Monday on the stage of the historic venue. I don't wish to be a spoiler, but the Phil has already put it online. The orchestra will also announce two new principal guest conductors for the Bowl (for the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra) and though that information is not on the Web site, it is easy to guess who the first one is. A quick perusal revea.

Volcanicast for the week ending 2008/02/22 music, On this week's Volcanicast, Wesley and Sam discuss Knight Rider 2k8; How to hit on a chick in Latin; Giant spiders in the sea and behind your wall clock; How best to hide a planet; How the government could possibly screw up Google; and sleep. OR DEATH! Just to name a few. SHOW NOTES Feb 17, 2008 (SUN) (9 4 5) 13.gustavo dudamel (WES) - AKA Gustavo the Great - 27 year old classical conductor - Currently conducts Sweden's Gothenburg Symphony. - In 2009, he'll take over the Los Angeles.