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Week of June 29, 2009

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Christine Brewer, soprano

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Program:
Strauss: Four Last Songs
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6
Schubert: Des Madchens Klage
Dvorak: Symphony No. 7

Description:
Just before American soprano Christine Brewer's mother passed away, she claimed to hear birds singing -- an image Brewer holds to this day as she sings Strauss' luminous Four Last Songs, which ends with a pair of bird-like flutes winging toward the sunset.


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Brian Newhouse
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Brian Newhouse is the senior producer and host of SymphonyCast, a weekly program showcasing the world's great orchestras. He holds degrees in voice and English, and won a Peabody Award for the seven-part radio documentary The Mississippi: River of Song. Simon and Schuster published his memoir, A Crossing, in 1998. Learn more about this program

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Program Schedule
Apr 6
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic
Sir John Elliot Gardener, conductor
Apr 13
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Apr 20
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Apr 27
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
May 4
New York Philharmonic
Lorin Maazel, conductor
May 11
Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
May 18
Hallé Orchestra
Mark Elder, conductor
May 25
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor
Jun 1
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Jun 8
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
Jun 22
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Jun 29
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor