Program
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- Michael GIACCHINO ,
- Amanda GORMAN ,
- arr. Jeff KRYKA, LJOVA
- Hymns of the Heart
- world premiere
- LA Phil commission
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- Intermission
Artists
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
- Amanda Gorman, narrator
- Abraham Laboriel, Sr., electric bass
- Alex Acuña, percussion
- Hera Park, soprano
- Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano
- David Portillo, tenor
- Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone
- Members of YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles)
- Los Angeles Master Chorale
- Grant Gershon, Artistic Director
- Jenny Wong, Associate Artistic Director
- Los Angeles Children's Chorus
- Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, Artistic Director
- Education Through Music-Los Angeles
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About this Performance
Join us in celebrating Gustavo Dudamel’s legacy as LA Phil Music & Artistic Director at the Hollywood Bowl! After 17 years of pushing the boundaries of classical music and exploring genres of all kinds, Dudamel leads a program that represents his belief in the life-changing power of music.
A devoted Beethoven champion, Dudamel invites us into the realm of uplift and inspiration that is his Ninth Symphony. The famed work features “Ode to Joy,” the composer’s testament to freedom, peace, and unity. “We have to believe in the text,” Dudamel says. “‘Freude, Freude!’ (Joy, joy!)...We have to end by embracing each other!”
The evening begins with a world premiere from the composer behind Disney’s The Incredibles, Coco, Up, and Ratatouille. Michael Giacchino’s new orchestral piece features students from under-resourced schools on instruments such as xylophones and glockenspiels in addition to a children’s choir singing lyrics by Amanda Gorman—the first poet to perform at the Super Bowl and the youngest presidential inaugural poet in US history.
Celebrating Gustavo at the Bowl: Beethoven 9 is generously supported by Maria Seferian.
This performance is dedicated in loving memory of Alyce de Roulet Williamson.
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