70th Season of L.A. Philharmonic Is Announced

Announcing the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s 70th season, the concert year of 1988-89, Andre Previn, music director of the orchestra, on Thursday also revealed that subscribers to the season will have the opportunity to hear four touring international orchestras: the Bavarian Symphony, led by Sir Colin Davis; the (East) Berlin Symphony, under Claus Peter Flor; the Israel Philharmonic, conducted by Zubin Mehta, and the Munich Philharmonic, led by Sergiu Celibidache.

The L.A. Philharmonic season, extending from Oct. 20 through May 7, 1989, will see Previn on the podium at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center in 12 of its 25 weeks.

The music director, in his fourth season at the helm of the orchestra, will open the concert year Oct. 20-23, conducting Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 and appearing as his own piano soloist in Mozart’s C-minor Concerto, K. 491. He closes the season May 4-7, 1989, when soprano Jessye Norman is soloist and the program lists Beethoven’s Eighth Symphony, the concert aria, “Ah, perfido!” and the closing scene from Richard Strauss’ “Salome.”

Other conductors leading the Philharmonic in this 25th Pavilion season: Simon Rattle, Edo de Waart, Christopher Hogwood, Oliver Knussen, Kurt Sanderling, Jeffrey Tate, David Zinman, David Alan Miller and Heiichiro Ohyama.

Complete programs and soloists for the season:

Oct. 20-23: Previn, conductor and piano. Berlioz: “Corsaire” Overture. Mozart: Piano Concerto in C minor, K. 491. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5.

Oct. 27-30: Previn, conductor. Yo-Yo Ma, cello. Dvorak: Scherzo Capriccioso; Rondo in G; Symphony No. 8. Haydn: Cello Concerto in C.

Nov. 2-6: (East) Berlin Symphony, Claus Peter Flor, conductor; soloist to be announced. Prokofiev: “Classical” Symphony. Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1. Other works to be announced.

Nov. 4-6: Simon Rattle, conductor; Peter Donohoe, piano. Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 2. Mahler: Symphony No. 7.

Nov. 11-13: Rattle, conductor; Gabriela Benackova, Marietta Simpson, John Mitchinson, Roger Roloff, singers; L.A. Master Chorale. Dvorak: Serenade for Winds. Szymanowski: Stabat Mater. Janacek: Glagolitic Mass.

Nov. 16-18: David Zinman, conductor; Sidney Weiss, violin. Harbison: “Returning Gatsby.” Glazunov: Violin Concerto. Schumann: Symphony No. 3.

Dec. 7-11: Christopher Hogwood, conductor; Sylvia McNair, Judith Nelson, Alice Baker, singers; Tamara Chernyak, violin; Donald Green, trumpet; L.A. Master Chorale. Music by Vivaldi, Corelli, Torelli.

Dec. 15-17: Rattle, conductor; Alexander Treger, violin; Lorin Levee, clarinet. Britten: “Frank Bridge” Variations. Sibelius: Violin Concerto. Stravinsky: “Ebony” Concerto. Bernstein: Prelude, Fugue and Riffs.

Jan. 5-8: Heiichiro Ohyama, conductor; Emanuel Ax, piano. Barber: Essay No. 1. Mozart: Piano Concerto in C, K. 467. Sibelius: Symphony No. 1.

Jan. 13-15: Previn, conductor; Midori, violin. Milhaud: “Creation du Monde.” Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto. Dutilleux: Symphony No. 2.

Jan. 19-21: Previn, conductor; Dawn Upshaw, Thomas Hampson, singers; L.A. Master Chorale. Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem. Brahms: “Ein Deutsches Requiem.”

Jan. 27-29: Jeffrey Tate, conductor; Richard Goode, piano. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5. Schubert: Symphony No. 9.

Feb. 2-5: Previn, conductor; Jean-Philippe Collard, piano. Erickson: “Corona” (world premiere). Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5.

Feb. 10-12: David Alan Miller, conductor. Mozart: Symphony No. 32. Mahler: Symphony No. 1.

Feb. 16-19: Edo de Waart, conductor; Silvia Marcovici, violin. Stokes: “Center Harbor Holiday.” Bartok: Violin Concerto No. 2. Beethoven: Symphony No. 2.

Feb. 23-26: Oliver Knussen, conductor; Natasha Gutman, cello. Knussen: new work. Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 2. Carter: “Remembrance”; “A Celebration of Some 100 x 150 Notes.” Stravinsky: Suite, “The Firebird.”

March 3-5: Previn, conductor; Kathleen Battle, soprano. Barber: Overture, “The School for Scandal”; “Knoxville, Summer of 1915.” Mahler: Symphony No. 4.

March 9-12: Kurt Sanderling, conductor; Jard van Nes, mezzo-soprano; Timothy Jenkins, tenor. Mozart: Symphony No. 25. Mahler: “Das Lied von der Erde.”

March 14: Bavarian Radio Symphony, Sir Colin Davis, conductor. Schubert: Symphony No. 3. Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Weber. Brahms: Symphony No. 2.

March 16-19: Kurt Sanderling, conductor. Schumann: Symphony No. 4. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4.

March 23-26: Previn, conductor; Alicia de Larrocha, piano. Beethoven: “Fidelio” Overture; Piano Concerto No. 2. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6.

March 30-April 1: Miller, conductor; Stephen Hough, piano. Primosch: “Dappled Things.” Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 3. Beethoven: Symphony No. 1.

April 6-9: Previn, conductor; Joshua Bell, violin. Mozart: Serenata Notturna. R. Strauss: “Metamorphosen.” Brahms: Violin Concerto.

April 8: Munich Philharmonic, Sergiu Celibidache, conductor. Mozart: Symphony No. 41. Bruckner: Symphony No. 4.

April 13-16: Previn, conductor; Horacio Gutierrez, piano. New work to be announced. Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2.

April 20-23: Previn, conductor; Heinrich Schiff, cello. Prokofiev: March and Scherzo from “The Love for Three Oranges”; Symphony No. 7; Sinfonia Concertante.

April 28-30: Previn, conductor; David Weiss, oboe; L.A. Master Chorale. Dukas: “L’Apprenti Sorcier.” Francaix: Oboe Concerto. Ravel: “Daphnis et Chloe,” complete ballet score.

May 4-7: Previn, conductor; Jessye Norman, soprano. Beethoven: Symphony No. 8; “Ah, perfido!” R. Strauss: Dance of the Seven Veils and Closing Scene from “Salome.”