{"id":428520,"date":"2026-08-10T03:12:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T03:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/428520\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T03:12:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T03:12:17","slug":"la-phil-and-dudamel-to-perform-beethovens-ninth-at-hollywood-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/428520\/","title":{"rendered":"LA Phil and Dudamel to Perform Beethoven\u2019s Ninth at Hollywood Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"661\" height=\"487\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/LA-Philharmonic.-Hollywood-Bowl-to-Host-Beethovens-Ninth.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>LA Philharmonic. Hollywood Bowl to Host Beethoven\u2019s Ninth<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The performance, titled \u201cCelebrating Gustavo at the Bowl: Beethoven 9,\u201d marks Dudamel\u2019s 17 years as the orchestra\u2019s music director.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Carlos Reyes<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gustavo Dudamel will conduct the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Beethoven\u2019s Symphony No. 9 and a new work featuring lyrics by poet Amanda Gorman on Thursday, Aug. 20, at the Hollywood Bowl.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 8 p.m. performance, titled \u201cCelebrating Gustavo at the Bowl: Beethoven 9,\u201d marks Dudamel\u2019s 17 years as the orchestra\u2019s music and artistic director. Gates open at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The program opens with the world premiere of Michael Giacchino\u2019s \u201cHymns of the Heart,\u201d an LA Phil commission with lyrics by Gorman, the youngest presidential inaugural poet in U.S. history. The piece incorporates students from under-resourced schools performing on instruments such as xylophones and glockenspiels, along with a children\u2019s choir. Arrangements are by Jeff Kryka and Ljova.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After intermission, Dudamel will lead Beethoven\u2019s Ninth Symphony, known for its \u201cOde to Joy\u201d finale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LA Philharmonic. Hollywood Bowl to Host Beethoven\u2019s Ninth The performance, titled \u201cCelebrating Gustavo at the Bowl: Beethoven 9,\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-428520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}