Anniversaries to Highlight Philharmonic Season

The 200th anniversary of the death of Mozart, the centennial of Prokofiev and the 150th birthday of Tchaikovsky will be noted during the 1990-1991 Los Angeles Philharmonic season.

In its 27th subscription season in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center, the orchestra will also offer premiere performances of Kaija Saariaho’s “De Cristal”; the West Coast premieres of a new work by Steven Stucky, Philharmonic composer-in-residence, and of Lutoslawski’s Piano Concerto, and the Los Angeles premiere of Eduard Tubin’s “Music for Strings.”

The complete Music Center schedule: Oct. 11, 12, 14

Andre Previn conductor; Horacio Gutierrez , piano.

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3; R. Strauss: “An Alpine Symphony” Oct. 18, 19, 20

Previn, conductor; Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Juliana Gondek, soprano; Stephanie Vlahos, mezzo-soprano; Claire Bloom, narrator; Los Angeles Children’s Chorus

Berlioz: Overture, “Beatrice and Benedict”; Schumann: Cello Concerto; Mendelssohn: Overture and complete incidental music from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Oct. 24, 25, 26

Previn, conductor; Viktoria Mullova , violin.

Stucky: New Work; William Schuman: Symphony No. 3; Brahms: Violin Concerto Nov. 1, 2, 3, 4

Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor.

Ravel: Suite, “Ma Mere L’Oye”; Sibelius: “En Saga”; Saariaho: “De Cristal”; Debussy: “La Mer” Nov. 7

Leningrad Philharmonic, Yuri Temirkanov, conductor; Dmitri Alexeev, piano.

Prokofiev: Suite, “Lieutenant Kije”; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3; Tchaikovsky: “Manfred” Symphony Nov. 8

Leningrad Philharmonic, Mariss Jansons, conductor; Alexeev, piano.

Prokofiev: Suite, “Romeo and Juliet”; Piano Concerto No. 1; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 Nov. 9

Leningrad Philharmonic, Temirkanov, conductor; Victor Tretyakov, violin.

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Act II, “The Nutcracker” Nov. 10

Leningrad Philharmonic, Jansons, conductor; Tretyakov, violin.

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 (“Classical”); Violin Concerto No. 2; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 Nov. 15, 17, 18

Kurt Sanderling , conductor; Miriam Fried, violin

Mozart: Violin Concerto in A, K. 219; Bruckner, Symphony No. 4 Nov. 23, 24, 25

Kurt Sanderling, conductor; Murray Perahia, piano.

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2; Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 Nov. 29, 30, December 2

Sanderling, conductor.

Haydn: Symphony No. 39; Mahler: Symphony No. 9 Dec. 7, 8, 9

Yuri Temirkanov, conductor; Karine Georgian, cello.

Rimsky-Korsakov: Overture, “Russian Easter”; Schnittke: Cello Concerto; Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances Dec. 13, 14, 15

Temirkanov, conductor; Susan Patterson, soprano; Christine Cairns, mezzo-soprano; Los Angeles Master Chorale

Mahler: Symphony No. 2 Jan. 4, 5, 6

Christof Perick, conductor; Richard Goode, piano.

R. Strauss: Interlude, “Die Frau ohne Schatten”; Mozart: Piano Concerto in F, K. 459; Strauss: “Symphonia Domestica” Jan. 10, 12, 13

Witold Lutoslawski, conductor; Krystian Zimerman, piano.

Lutoslawski: “Musique funebre”; Piano Concerto; Symphony No. 3 Jan. 17, 19, 20

David Allan Miller, conductor; Alexander Toradze, piano.

Rands: “Body and Shadow”; Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3. Jan. 24, 25, 26, 27

Andrew Davis, conductor; Yuri Bashmet, viola.

Telemann: Viola Concerto in G; Stravinsky: Symphony in C; Elgar: Cello Concerto (arranged for viola); Stravinsky: Suite, “The Firebird” Jan. 31, Feb. 1, 3

Lawrence Foster, conductor; Yefim Bronfman, piano.

Martinu: Frescoes of Piero della Francesca; Mozart: Piano Concerto in C minor, K. 491; Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 Feb. 8, 10

Previn, conductor; Young-Uck Kim, violin; Helichiro Ohyama, viola.

Mozart: Divertimento in D, K. 251; Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364; Symphony No. 39 Feb. 15, 16, 17

Previn, conductor; Andrea Gruber, soprano; John Aler, tenor; Thomas Allen, baritone; Los Angeles Master Chorale; Los Angeles Boys Choir

Britten: War Requiem. Feb. 20, 22, 24

Previn, conductor; Maria Joao Pires, piano.

Mozart: Piano Concerto in B flat, K. 450; Elgar: Symphony No. 2 Feb. 28, March 1, 3

Sanderling, conductor; Elizo Virzaladze, piano.

Mozart: Piano Concerto in B flat, K. 450; Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 March 8, 9, 10

Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor; Lynn Harrell, cello.

Bach (arr. Walton): “The Wise Virgins”; Walton: Symphony No. 2; Dvorak: Cello Concerto March 13, 14, 16

Ashkenazy, conductor; Alexander Treger, violin.

Prokofiev: Suite, “War and Peace”; Violin Concerto No. 1; Symphony No. 5 March 21, 22, 23

Lawrence Foster, conductor; Sidney Weiss, violin.

Krenek: Symphonic Elegy; Korngold: Violin Concerto; Weill: Suite, “The Threepenny Opera”; Hindemith: Symphony, “Mathis der Maler” March 28, 31

Roger Norrington, conductor.

Beethoven: Symphony No. 2; Berlioz: “Symphonie Fantastique.” April 5, 6, 7

Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Juliana Markova, piano; Thomas Stevens, trumpet.

Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1; Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 April 11, 12, 14

Peter Schreier, conductor and Evangelist; Uirike Sonntag, soprano; Elizabeth von Magnus, contralto; Aldo Baldin, tenor; Olaf Baer, baritone; Udo Reinemann, bass; Los Angeles Master Chorale

Bach: “St. Matthew” Passion (in German) April 19, 21

Salonen, conductor; Heinz Holliger, oboe.

Haydn: Symphony No. 78; Carter: Oboe Concerto; Sibelius: “Four Legends From Kalevala” April 24

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Kurt Masur, conductor.

Program TBA April 24, 25, 26, 28

Salonen, conductor; Peter Donohoe, piano.

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1; Stravinsky: “Le Sacre du Printemps” May 2, 3, 5

Neeme Jarvi, conductor; Zoltan Kocsis, piano

Tubin: “Music for Strings”; Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 2; Dvorak: Symphony No. 6.