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Mehta, Boulez Will Return to Philharmonic Podium : Music: Orchestra’s expanded 1991-92 season will include debuts by seven conductors.

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The return of both Pierre Boulez and Zubin Mehta to the Los Angeles Philharmonic podium, as well as residencies by guest conductors Yuri Temirkanov, David Zinman and Andre Previn, are features of the 1991-92 Philharmonic season.

In addition to these returns, and first appearances by two female conductors--Marin Alsop and Sian Edwards--the Philharmonic announced that debuts will take place for conductors John Adams, Sylvain Cambreling, Daniele Gatti, Valery Gergiev and Franz Welzer-Moest in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center during this winter season.

Boulez will conduct the orchestra for two weeks in May. Former music director Mehta, who led the orchestra from 1962-78, will be in residence for four weeks at mid-season. Esa-Pekka Salonen, the orchestra’s music director-designate, who assumes his post in October, 1992, will lead the Philharmonic in four weeks of programs.

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Among other conductors leading the orchestra in the winter season are Christof Perick--who opens the season, Oct. 10-13, with soprano Jessye Norman as soloist--Gerard Schwarz and David Alan Miller.

The Pavilion season, which includes a trio of visiting orchestras, has been expanded to 30 weeks--from 28 in 1990-91, and 26 in 1989-90--and will begin Oct. 10 and end May 24.

The programs: Oct. 10, 11, 13: Christof Perick, conductor; Jessye Norman, soprano. Beethoven: Symphony No. 1; Scene and Aria, “Ah, Perfido!”; Wagner: excerpts from “Gotterdammerung”: Dawn; Rhine Journey; Siegfried’s Funeral Music; Immolation Scene Oct. 17, 18, 19, 20: Kurt Sanderling, conductor; Kyung-Wha Chung, violin. Weber: Overture, “Preciosa”; Brahms: Violin Concerto; Schumann: Symphony No. 1. Oct. 23: Sanderling, conductor. Schumann: Symphony No. 1; R. Strauss: “Ein Heldenleben.” Oct. 24, 26, 27: Sanderling, conductor; Mitsuko Uchida, piano Mozart: Overture, “Don Giovanni”; Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3; R. Strauss: “Ein Heldenleben.” Nov. 1, 2. 3: Sanderling, conductor; Richard Goode, piano. Beethoven: Overture, “Leonore,” No. 3; Piano Concerto No. 4; Symphony No. 2. Nov. 7, 8: Daniele Gatti, conductor; Shlomo Mintz,cq violin. Puccini: “Capriccio Sinfonico”; Sibelius: Violin Conerto; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6. Nov. 11: Oslo Philharmonic, Mariss Jansons, conductor; Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7. Nov. 14, 15, 16, 17: Marin Alsop, conductor; Dmitri Sitkovetsky, violin Tchaikovsky: “Romeo and Juliet”; Bernstein: Serenade; Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra. Nov. 21, 22, 23, 24: Franz Welzer-Moest, conductor; Jeffrey Kahane, piano. Mozart: Overture, “La Clemenza di Tito”; Rondo in D, K.382; Dohnanyi: Variations on a Nursery Tune; Mahler: Symphony No. 1. Nov. 29, 30, Dec. 1: Sian Edwards, conductor; Peter Serkin, piano. Ravel: “Rapsodie Espagnole”; Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6. Dec. 7, 8: Gerard Schwarz, conductor; Richard Stoltzman, clarinet. Diamond: Symphony No. 4; Foss: Clarinet Concerto; Webern: “Langsamer Satz”; Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4. Dec. 12, 13, 15: Zubin Mehta, conductor; Midori, violin. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Bruckner: Symphony No. 8. Jan. 3, 4, 5: Mehta, conductor; Pinchas Zukerman, violin Beethoven: Symphony No. 8; Violin Concerto; Bartok: Suite, “Miraculous Mandarin.” January 9, 10, 12: Andre Previn, conductor; Elizabeth Baker, violin; John Hayhurst, viola; Barry Gold, cello. Berlioz: Overture, “Beatrice and Benedict”; Tippett: Triple Concerto; Brahms: Symphony No. 4 Jan. 16, 17, 18, 19: Previn, conductor; Radu Lupu, piano. Stravinsky: Divertimento, “Le Baiser de la Feecq”; Mozart: Piano Concerto in C, K.467; Tchaikovsky: Act II, “The Nutcracker.” Jan. 23, 24, 26: David Zinman, conductor; Dawn Upshaw, soprano Mozart: Symphony No. 29; concert arias; Barber: Symphony No. 1; “Knoxville: Summer of 1915.” Jan. 30, 31: Zinman, conductor; Lynn Harrell, cello; Dale Silverman, viola Wagner: Prelude, Act III, “Lohengrin”; Rouse: Symphony No. 1; R. Strauss: “Don Quixote.” Feb. 6, 8, 9: Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Barbara Hendricks, soprano Purcell: Music for Queen Mary; Britten: “Les Illuminations”; Mahler: Symphony No. 4. Feb. 14, 16, 17: Salonen, conductor; Mariane Rorholm, mezzo-sprano; Jorma Hynninen, baritone; Helsinki University Men’s Chorus. Sibelius: Songs for Male Chorus; “Kullervo” Symphony. Feb. 21, 22, 23: Salonen, conductor; Cho-Llang Lin, violin. Haydn: Symphony No. 80; Stravinsky: Violin Concerto; Brahms: Symphony No. 2. Feb. 28, 29, March 1: Yuri Temirkanov, conductor; Sidney Weiss, violin. Rimsky-Korsakov: Suite, “Tsar Saltan”; Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2; Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10. March 5, 6, 7: Temirkanov, conductor; Elizo Virzaladze, piano. Weber: Overture, “Der Freischutz”; Schumann: Piano Concerto; Tchaikovsky: “Manfred” Symphony. March 9: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Frans Brueggen, conductor. Program to include: Haydn: Symphony No. 104; Beethoven: Symphony No. 5. March 12, 13, 14, 15: Sylvain Cambreling, conductor; Andrew Haefiger, piano. Janacek: Sinfonietta. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2. Mozart: Symphony No. 40. March 18, 19, 20: Valery Gergiev, conductor; Ronald Leonard, cello. Liadov: “The Enchanted Lake”; “Baba Yaga”; Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante; Mussorgsky/Ravel: “Pictures at an Exhibition.” April 2, 4, 5: Mehta, conductor; Antonella Banaudi, Florence Quivar, Vincenzo La Scola, Roberto Scandiuzzi, singers. Verdi: Requiem. April 9, 10, 11, 12: John Adams, conductor; Sanford Sylvan, baritone. Britten: “Sinfonia da Requiem”; Adams: “The Wound Dresser”; “El Dorado”; Liszt/Adams: “La Lugubre Gondola.” April 22: City of Birmingham Symphony, Simon Rattle, conductor. Debussy: “Jeux”; Elgar: “Falstaff”; Stravinsky: “Le Sacre du Printemps.” April 24, 16: Mehta, conductor; Thomas Hampson, baritone. Schubert (arr. Mahler): “Death and the Maiden”; Mahler (arr. Berlo): Early Songs; Schubert: “Unfinished” Symphony. May 1, 3: Salonen, conductor; Yefim Bronfman, piano. Debussy: “Jeux”; Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 1; Stravinsky: “Firebird” (complete). May 8, 9, 10: Pierre Boulez, conductor. Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta; Mahler: Symphony No. 5 May 14, 15, 16: Boulez, conductor: Ravel: Suite, “Ma Mere l’Oye”; Varese: “Arcana”; Stravinsky: Four Etudes; “Petrushka.” May 21, 22, 24: Boulez, conductor; singer TBA. Debussy: “Images”; Berg: Seven Early Songs; Varese: “Ameriques.”

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