WIDE RANGE OF SUMMER EVENTS TO FILL HOLLYWOOD BOWL.Here is the schedule of the Hollywood Bowl season. For more information, call (323) 850-2000 or look up www.hollywoodbowl.com. June 30: Sing-Along ``Sound of Music'' with Kathy Najimy (``Sister Act'') and Charmian Carr (Liesl). July 1: ``Global divas'' Cesaria Evora and Bebel Gilberto perform Brazilian, Portuguese classics. July 2-4: Kristin Chenoweth and Jubilant Sykes sing American and Broadway standards, followed by Sousa marches, fireworks. July 6: Bugs Bunny on Broadway with cartoons and Los Angeles Philharmonic. July 7: Natalie Cole with Philharmonic. July 8: ``Aida,'' with Alessandra Marc, Catherine Keen, Gregg Baker, Richard Margison and John Mauceri's Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. July 10: Mezzo-soprano mezzo-soprano: see soprano. Denyce Graves makes her Bowl debut with Gershwin songs and Bizet's ``Carmen.'' July 11: Latin Jazz Legends night features Cachao, Eddie Palmieri, Dave Valentin. July 12: Pianist Sergio Tiempo and L.A. Phil perform Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3, Rimsky-Korsakov's ``Scheherazade.'' July 13-14: Movie Memories with John Williams leading L.A. Phil in his own film scores, including L.A. premiere of music from Steven Spielberg's short film ``The Unfinished Journey.'' July 15: A Night in Old Havana with Orquesta Ibrahim Ferrer, Ruben Gonzalez, Chucho Valdes. July 17: Violinist Kyoko Takezawa and L.A. Phil perform Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, Shostakovich's Symphony No. 10. July 18: Smooth Soul Grooves with Lou Rawls, singer-pianist Les McCann, jazz organist Joey DeFrancesco. July 19: Pianist Louis Lortie and L.A. Phil perform Berlioz, Rachmaninoff. July 20-21: Charlotte Church and Hollywood Bowl Orchestra celebrate music of British Isles. July 22: French Twists program has vocalist Youssou N'Dour and groups Rachid Taha and Les Yeux Noir mixing sounds of Senegal, Algeria and French gypsies. July 24: Beethoven's Ninth with L.A. Phil and soloists Kelley Nassief, Marietta Simpson, Gordon Gietz, Raymond Aceto. July 25: Jazz vocalist Diana Krall backed by Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra and Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra. July 26: Pianist Andreas Haefliger and L.A. Phil do Beethoven's Egmont Overture, Piano Concerto No. 3, Fifth Symphony. July 27-28: Beethoven Spectacular, with pianist Norman Krieger and Philharmonic performing Wellington's Victory, Choral Fantasy. July 29: Celtic Journeys II, featuring Celtic band Altan, fiddler Eileen Ivers and Claddagh Irish Dancers. July 31: Soprano Hei-Kyung, mezzo soprano Jennifer Larmore perform Italian opera arias and overtures with L.A. Phil. Aug. 1: Jazz vocalists Dianne Reeves, Shirley Horn with Henry Mancini Institute Chamber Orchestra. Aug. 2: Pianist Andre Watts and Philharmonic render Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition and works by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff. Aug. 3-4: Patti LuPone performs her Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda concert of Broadway roles she played - or wishes she had played. Aug. 5: Jerome Kern's ``Show Boat,'' performed by Susan Egan, Alice Ripley and Rodney Gilfry with Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. Aug. 7: The Four Seasons and other Vivaldi works performed by soprano Christine Brandes, violinist Leonidas Leonidas (lēŏn`ĭdəs), d. 480 B.C., king of Sparta. He succeeded (c.491 B.C.) his half brother, Cleomenes I. When the Persians invaded Greece under Xerxes (480 B.C.), Leonidas with 300 Spartans and 5,000 auxiliaries was given the pass at Thermopylae to hold. There was treachery. Kavakos, flutist Anne Diener Zentner and L.A. Phil. Aug. 9: All-Bach program, featuring Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, performed by Brandes and Philharmonic. Aug. 10-11: Heroes and Superheroes concert has Gilfry, Marin Mazzie and Philharmonic performing Bernstein's White House Cantata cantata (kəntä`tə) [Ital.,=sung], composite musical form similar to a short unacted opera or brief oratorio, developed in Italy in the baroque period. The term was first used in 1620 to refer to strophic variations in the voice part over a recurrent melody in the bass accompaniment., Copland's Lincoln Portrait, heroic movie themes and world premiere of Batman suite. Aug. 12: African Funk night with Baaba Maal, Angelique Kidjo and Ex-Centric Sound mixing indigenous music with contemporary pop. Aug. 14: Fiesta Espanol features works of Ravel, Lalo and Chabrier. Aug. 15: Etta James shares stage with Jazz-Blues All-Stars. Aug. 16: Pianist Vardan Mamikonian and Philharmonic play Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Bizet and Rimsky-Korsakov. Aug. 17-18: Latin Festival headlined by trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, vocalist Albita and Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Aug. 19: JVC Jazz night with Lee Ritenour, Will Dowling, Gerald Albright, Joe Sample, Randy Crawford, Ronnie Laws and Joyce Cooling. Aug. 21: Violinist Joshua Bell and Philharmonic perform Brahms' Symphony No. 2, selections from Bernstein's ``West Side Story'' and ``Candide.'' Aug. 22: The Oscar Peterson Quartet headlines jazz night with Clayton- Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Clark Terry, James Moody. Aug. 23: Pianist Jeffrey Kahane joins L.A. Phil for Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev. Aug. 24-25: Ray Charles, backed by L.A. Phil. Aug. 26: ``Don't Touch That Dial,'' salute to TV themes by Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, with clips and surprise performances. Aug. 28: Mozart night (Symphony No. 29, Prague Symphony and Piano Concerto No. 20) with pianist Helene Grimaud and Philharmonic. Aug. 30: More Mozart (``Marriage of Figaro'' overture, Violin Concerto No. 4 and Jupiter Symphony) with violinist Julia Fischer and Philharmonic. Aug. 31-Sept. 2: Tchaikovsky Spectacular with Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre in Act 2 of ``The Nutcracker'' and USC Trojan Marching Band helping out on 1812 Overture. Sept. 4: Pianist Garrick Ohlsson and L.A. Phil play Rossini, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. Sept. 5: Art of the Combo with George Shearing Quintet, John Pizzarelli Trio and Ray Brown Trio. Sept. 6: Violinist Martin Chalifour joins Philharmonic for Khachaturian's Violin Concerto, Mahler's Symphony No. 1. Sept. 7-8: Hot Nights in New Orleans with clarinetist Pete Fountain and his New Orleans Jazz Band and bluesman Dr. John. Sept. 9: Sergio Mendes & Brasil 2001 with Bahian musician Chico Cesar and vocalist Virginia Rodrigues. Sept. 11: Esa-Pekka Salonen leads L.A. Phil and cellist Andrew Shulman in Strauss' ``Don Quixote,'' Beethoven's Symphony No. 7. Sept. 12: Trumpeter Wallace Roney and Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra present ``Lights, Camera, Jazz'' with film clips. Sept. 13: Salonen conducts L.A. Phil and Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra in West Coast premiere of Wynton Marsalis' ``All Rise.'' Sept. 14-16: Fireworks Finale with country singer Billy Gilman, ``voice of Hollywood'' Marni Nixon and Tony winner Nell Carter joining Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. Sept. 21: ``The Big Picture - 2001 and Beyond'' takes Bowl's annual movie night into sci-fi realm. Sept. 22: John Philip Sousa program by American Winds, soprano Renee Sousa, tuba player Patrick Sheridan. |
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