Great Music, Dazzling Hall

Great music comes alive! Enliven your Sunday afternoons with Maestro Vener, the orchestra and some of the greatest music ever written. Like the silver panels of Walt Disney Concert Hall, your spirits will swoop, soar and sparkle as the music resounds around and within you.

Maestro Vener and Cal Phil reinvent the concert for today’s listener. With a critically-acclaimed combination of world-class performances and compelling dialogue from the Maestro, Cal Phil brings the music into contemporary context and illuminates the connections between diverse musical genres. These Sunday afternoon concerts, unrivalled in their appeal, allow you to beat summer’s heat in style.

Now these concerts are even more special! Join Maestro Vener and special guests for a lively pre-concert chat during our Talks with the Maestro sessions in BP Hall at 1:00 pm prior to each concert. It’s not a lecture, it’s a conversation where you have the opportunity to ask any question about music you wish to ask. Plus, you’ll learn something special about the music on the bill for that afternoon.. Don’t miss this fabulous opportunity to make your musical experience even more vibrant.

Feel the fire and passion of great performances and the chilling excitement that true artistry brings—all at the incomparable Walt Disney Concert Hall. You won’t just hear the music, you’ll live it in a way you never even imagined possible!

2010 Series On Sale Now

Summer memories start today—when you purchase your seats for the 2010 Cal Phil at Walt Disney Concert Hall summer season. Five concerts full of great music, phenomenal performances and the Maestro you love. For a 2010 order form, click here.
Click here to purchase individual concerts online.

AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL—June 27
A Powerful Patriotic Performance
Rhapsody In Blue • 1812 Overture • Lincoln Portrait
Sousa Marches • Appalachian Spring
with singer and actor Brian McKnight, pianist Bryan Pezzone

ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER GOES TO ITALY—July 11
Theatre’s Best—From London to Rome
Phantom of the Opera • Cats • Evita • Tosca • Aida
La Traviata • Jesus Christ Superstar • Nessun Dorma
with singers Angel Blue, Mathew Edwardsen, Ralph Cato and the Cal Phil Chorale

Masterpiece Dance Theatre, Academy and Company is pleased to provide the dance sequences for Phantom of the Opera, Masquerade. www.balletla.com

JOHN WILLIAMS & FRIENDS—July 25
From the Cinema to the Opera House
Star Wars • E.T. • Superman • Schindler’s List
Lord of the Rings • Wagner: The Ring • The Terminal
featuring clarinetist Michael Arnold, cellist Dennis Karmazyn and a laser show by Star Lasers (Arboretum concert only)

FRANK, TONY & THE MAESTRO —August 8
Cocktails to Classics
Hits made popular by Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett
Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade • Elgar: Enigma Variations
featuring Broadway sensation Kevin Earley and Las Vegas
entertainer Michael B. Levin, plus violinist Daniel Shindarov

BEETHOVEN & BROADWAY —August 22
The Ninth Meets Broadway Magic
Beauty And The Beast • The Lion King • Les Miserables
The Music Man • Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 - Ode To Joy
Beethoven: Leonore No. 3 • The Little Mermaid
featuring singers Catherine Ireland, Marya Basaraba, Steve Grabe, Roberto Perlas Gomez and the Cal Phil Chorale