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LINEUP FOR HOLLYWOOD BOWL SEASON

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A soloist lineup of familiar musical names--including Kiri Te Kanawa, Itzhak Perlman, James Galway, Shirley Verrett and Grace Bumbry--and two debutant conductors--Claus Peter Flor and Michelangelo Veltri--will appear at Hollywood Bowl in the 10-week summer season, July 9-Sept. 14.

The schedule of outdoor concerts at the amphitheater, summer home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, offers subscription orchestral concerts on four nights of the week, plus special events.

The season opens July 9, when Leonard Slatkin, music director of the St. Louis Symphony, conducts the Philharmonic in Berlioz’s “Roman Carnival” Overture and Dvorak’s “New World” Symphony, and pianist Andre Watts appears in Saint-Saens’ Second Concerto. It ends Sept. 14, with a “Fireworks Pops Finale” to be conducted by Sir Charles Groves and featuring pianist Earl Wild, who will play Liszt’s E-flat Concerto.

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Among other promised highlights of the season are the first Philharmonic appearances by conductors Flor and Veltri, and the first Bowl appearance by the young Finnish conductor, Esa-Pekka Salonen.

Salonen will conduct during the preseason week celebrating the tercentenary year of Johann Sebastian Bach; also appearing that week will be conductor Helmuth Rilling and the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus and Orchestra.

In addition, soprano Te Kanawa will make her Bowl debut, July 12 and 13; sopranos Bumbry and Verrett will sing together Aug. 6; duo-pianists Katia and Marielle Labeque will appear on the Gershwin Gala Aug. 2 and 3, and Michael Tilson Thomas will conduct Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 (the “Symphony of a Thousand”) July 30.

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The complete lineup:

July 9: Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Andre Watts, piano (program as above).

July 11: Slatkin, conductor; Yefim Bronfman, piano. “Russlan and Ludmilla” Overture (Glinka); Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rachmaninoff); Symphony No. 5 (Prokofiev).

July 12 and 13: Slatkin, conductor; Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano. Viennese program.

July 16: Christopher Hogwood, conductor; Russell Sherman, piano. “Barbiere di Siviglia” Overture (Rossini); Piano Concerto (Grieg); “Aurora’s Wedding” (Tchaikovsky).

July 18: Hogwood, conductor; Los Angeles Master Chorale; Daisietta Kim, Claudine Carlson, Jerry Hadley, vocal soloists. Two Coronation Anthems; Concerto for four horns (Handel); Mass in C minor (Mozart).

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July 19 and 20: Henry Mancini, conductor; James Galway, flute.

July 23: Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Ronald Leonard, cello. Suite from “Mlada” (Rimsky-Korsakov); Cello Concerto No. 1 (Shostakovich); “Sacre du Printemps” (Stravinsky).

July 25: Tilson Thomas, conductor; Horacio Gutierrez, piano. “Tragic” Overture (Brahms); Piano Concerto No. 2 (Chopin); Concerto for Orchestra (Bartok).

July 26 and 27: Erich Kunzel, conductor; David Weiss, musical saw.

July 30: Tilson Thomas, conductor; L.A. Master Chorale; Marvis Martin, Roberta Alexander, Ruby Hinds, Dale Duesing, vocal soloists. Mahler: Symphony No. 8.

Aug. 1: Tilson Thomas, conductor; Alicia de Larrocha, piano. Symphony No. 34; Piano Concerto, K. 595 (Mozart); Pavane (Faure); “La Mer” (Debussy).

Aug. 2 and 3: Kunzel, conductor; Katia and Marielle Labeque, pianos.

Aug. 6: Michelangelo Veltri, conductor; Shirley Verrett and Grace Bumbry, sopranos. Arias and duets by Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi and others.

Aug. 8: Garcia Navarro, conductor; Salvatore Accardo, violin. “Der Fliegende Hollaender” Overture (Wagner); Violin Concerto (Beethoven); Symphony No. 4 (Mendelssohn).

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Aug. 9 and 10: Navarro, conductor; Brigitte Engerer, piano. Tchaikovsky spectacular.

Aug. 13: Lawrence Foster, conductor; Itzhak Perlman, violin. Overture on Hebrew Themes (Prokofiev); Violin Concerto (Tchaikovsky); “Pictures at an Exhibition” (Mussorgsky).

Aug. 15: Foster, conductor; Perlman, violin. “Wallenstein’s Camp” (Smetana); Violin Concerto (Bruch); “Carmen” Fantasy (Sarasate); Symphony No. 4 (Schumann).

Aug. 16 and 17: Kunzel, conductor; Charles Aznavour, vocalist.

Aug. 20: Claus Peter Flor, conductor; Emanuel Ax, piano. “Academic Festival” Overture; Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 (Brahms).

Aug. 22: Flor, conductor; Yo-Yo Ma, cello. “Bartered Bride” Overture (Smetana); Cello Concerto (Dvorak); Symphony No. 5 (Tchaikovsky).

Aug. 23 and 24: A 30th Anniversary Tribute to Disneyland.

Aug. 27: Flor, conductor; Misha Dichter, piano. “Fidelio” Overture; Piano Concerto No. 1; “Egmont” Overture; Piano Concerto No. 4 (Beethoven).

Aug. 29: Flor, conductor; Dichter, piano. “Prometheus” Overture; Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3 (Beethoven).

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Aug. 30 and 31: Flor, conductor; Dichter, piano. Beethoven spectacular: Symphony No. 7; “Battle” Symphony; “Emperor” Concerto.

Sept. 3: Sir Charles Groves, conductor; Richard Stoltzman, clarinet. “The Wasps” Overture (Vaughan Williams); Clarinet Concerto (Mozart); “The Planets” (Holst).

Sept. 5: Groves, conductor; Alexander Toradze, piano. Program to be announced.

Sept. 6 and 7: John Williams, composer/conductor. “A Salute to the Oscars with John Williams.”

Sept. 10: Groves, conductor; Silvia Marcovici, violin. Program to be announced.

Sept. 12: Groves, conductor; Leon Fleisher, piano. Program to be announced.

Sept. 13 and 14: Groves, conductor; Earl Wild, piano. “Fireworks Pops Finale.”

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