Full Season Schedule

2008

Day/Date	Time/Venue	Event/Series	Artists/Program
JUNE, 2008
Saturday, June 14	2:30 PM Hollywood Bowl	Playboy Jazz Festival Lease Events	Al Jarreau Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band with special guest Eddie Floyd The James Moody Quartet Dr. John Tower of Power R n R featuring Rick Braun and Richard Elliot Hiromi's Sonicbloom Cos of Good Music featuring Ambrose Akinmusire, Dwayne Burno, Ndugu Chancler, Benny Green, Billy Harper, Jerry Peters, David T. Walker Robert Glasper Hamilton Academy of Music Jazz Ensemble "A" under the direction of Dan Taguch Bill Cosby, master of ceremonies
Sunday, June 15	2:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Playboy Jazz Festival Lease Events	Herbie Hancock with Dave Holand, Vinnie Colaiuta, Chris Potter and Lionel Loueke Keb' Mo' Roy Hargrove Big Band Guitars & Saxes featuring Gerald Albright, Jeff Golub, Jeff Lorber and Peter White Dee Dee Bridgewater Red Earth: A Malian Journey Ivan Lins with special guest Oscar Castro-Neves The Monk Legacy Septet featuring Ben Riley Plena Libre Ryan Shaw View Park Prep Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Fernando Pullum Bill Cosby, master of ceremonies
Friday, June 20	8:30 PM Hollywood Bowl	Opening Night at the Bowl Opening Night Gala	Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Thomas Wilkins, conductor Sir James Galway Liza Minnelli B.B. King Duane Eddy, special guest
Saturday, June 21	6:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	19th Annual Mariachi USA Festival Lease Events
Sunday, June 22	7:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Thievery Corporation KCRW's World Festival	Thievery Corporation Seu Jorge, special guest Bebel Gilberto Los Amigos Invisibles Federico Aubele
Tuesday, June 24	7:30 PM Hollywood Bowl	Stone Temple Pilots Lease Events
Wednesday, June 25	7:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Lease Events
Saturday, June 28	8:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Sgt. Pepper's...Revisited Special Performances	Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Edwin Outwater, conductor Cheap Trick Ian Ball, special guest Simone, special guest Rob Laufer, special guest Billy Corgan, special guest
Sunday, June 29	7:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Gilberto Gil • Devendra Banhart KCRW's World Festival	Gilberto Gil Devendra Banhart The Album Leaf featuring Mike Heron from The Incredible String Band
JULY, 2008
Wednesday, July 2	7:30 PM Hollywood Bowl	July 4th Fireworks Spectacular: A Ball at the Bowl with the LA Dodgers July 4th at the Bowl	Los Angeles Philharmonic Rob Fisher, conductor Randy Newman, special guest Tommy Lasorda, special guest Vin Scully, special guest Dodger Greats, special guests Nancy Bea Hefley, organist Brian Childers, vocalist
Thursday, July 3	7:30 PM Hollywood Bowl	July 4th Fireworks Spectacular: A Ball at the Bowl with the LA Dodgers July 4th at the Bowl	Same as above
Friday, July 4	7:30 PM Hollywood Bowl	July 4th Fireworks Spectacular: A Ball at the Bowl with the LA Dodgers July 4th at the Bowl	Same as above
Saturday, July 5	8:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Warner Bros. Presents Bugs Bunny on Broadway Special Performances	Los Angeles Philharmonic George Daugherty, conductor
Monday, July 7	8:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Stevie Wonder Lease Events
Tuesday, July 8	8:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Carmina Burana Tuesday Classics	Los Angeles Philharmonic Bramwell Tovey, conductor Cyndia Sieden, soprano Benjamin Butterfield, tenor Eugene Chan, baritone Pacific Chorale Los Angeles Children's Chorus Tovey: Urban Runway Strauss: Don Juan Orff: Carmina Burana
Wednesday, July 9	8:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Jazz at the Bowl	Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Wynton Marsalis Willie Nelson, special guest Eldar, piano
Thursday, July 10	8:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Symphonie fantastique Thursday Classics	Los Angeles Philharmonic Bramwell Tovey, conductor Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, "Organ" Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Friday, July 11	8:30 PM Hollywood Bowl	Some Enchanted Evening: A Night of Romance with Special Guest Chris Isaak Weekends	Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Chris Isaak, special guest Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Saturday, July 12	8:30 PM Hollywood Bowl	Some Enchanted Evening: A Night of Romance with Special Guest Chris Isaak Weekends	Same as above
Sunday, July 13	7:30 PM Hollywood Bowl	Bizet’s Carmen Sunday Sunset Concerts	Los Angeles Philharmonic Bramwell Tovey, conductor Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano Stuart Skelton, tenor Jessica Rivera, soprano Mariusz Kwiecien, baritone Ryan McKinny, bass-baritone Daniel Teadt, baritone Karen Vuong, soprano Fiona Murphy, mezzo-soprano Philippe Castagner, tenor Daniel Montenegro, tenor Pacific Chorale Los Angeles Children's Chorus
Tuesday, July 15	8:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Mendelssohn & Dvorák Tuesday Classics	Los Angeles Philharmonic Andris Nelsons, conductor Renaud Capuçon, violin Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Dvorák: Symphony No. 7
Wednesday, July 16	8:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Swing Night! Jazz at the Bowl	Big Bad Voodoo Daddy The Manhattan Transfer Sophie Milman Hollywood Hornets, dancers
Thursday, July 17	8:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Tchaikovsky, Lang Lang, and Fireworks Thursday Classics	Los Angeles Philharmonic Long Yu, conductor Lang Lang, piano Ben Hong, cello Yanjun: Moon Reflected on the “Erquan” Fountain Tan Dun: Selections from Crouching Tiger Concerto Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Friday, July 18	8:30 PM Hollywood Bowl	Julie Andrews — The Gift of Music Weekends	Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Ian Fraser, conductor Julie Andrews, host Stephen Buntrock, vocalist Christiane Noll, vocalist Kevin Odekirk, vocalist Anne Runolfsson, vocalist Jubilant Sykes, vocalist
Saturday, July 19	8:30 PM Hollywood Bowl	Julie Andrews — The Gift of Music Weekends	Same as above
Sunday, July 20	7:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Feist KCRW's World Festival	Feist Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings Pacifika
Tuesday, July 22	8:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Mozart Under the Stars Tuesday Classics	Los Angeles Philharmonic Sir Andrew Davis, conductor Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano Orion Weiss, piano Mozart: Overture to La clemenza di Tito Mozart: "Ch'io mi scordi di te" Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17, K. 453 Mozart: "Exsultate Jubilate" Mozart: Symphony No. 38, K. 504, "Prague"
Wednesday, July 23	8:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	An Evening with Chris Botti and Orchestra Jazz at the Bowl	Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Scott Dunn, conductor Chris Botti, trumpet Cassandra Wilson
Thursday, July 24	8:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Mozart Under the Stars Thursday Classics	Los Angeles Philharmonic Sir Andrew Davis, conductor Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano Orion Weiss, piano Mozart: Overture to La clemenza di Tito Mozart: "Ch'io mi scordi di te" Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17, K. 453 Mozart: "Exsultate Jubilate" Mozart: Symphony No. 38, K. 504, "Prague"
Friday, July 25	8:30 PM Hollywood Bowl	Diana Ross: Lady Supreme Weekends	Diana Ross Los Angeles Philharmonic Steven Reineke, conductor
Saturday, July 26	8:30 PM Hollywood Bowl	Diana Ross: Lady Supreme Weekends	Same as above
Sunday, July 27	7:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Gnarls Barkley KCRW's World Festival	Gnarls Barkley Fallou Dieng Deerhoof
Tuesday, July 29	8:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Tuesday Classics	Los Angeles Philharmonic Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor Daniel Müller-Schott, cello Ginastera: Four Dances from "Estancia" Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Wednesday, July 30	8:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Hank and Gerald: 90 + 90 Jazz at the Bowl	Gerald Wilson Orchestra Hank Jones Trio Ernie Andrews, special guest Kenny Burrell, special guest Jon Faddis, special guest Roberta Gambarini, special guest Bobby Hutcherson, special guest Joe Lovano, special guest Christian McBride, host and special guest
Thursday, July 31	8:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Beethoven's 7th Thursday Classics	Los Angeles Philharmonic Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor Peter Jablonski, piano Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 Grieg: Piano Concerto Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol
AUGUST, 2008
Friday, August 1	8:30 PM Hollywood Bowl	Not The Messiah (He’s a Very Naughty Boy) with Eric Idle Weekends	Los Angeles Philharmonic John Du Prez, conductor Eric Idle, baritone-ish Shannon Mercer, soprano Jean Stilwell, mezzo-soprano William Ferguson, tenor Theodore Baerg, baritone Pacific Chorale Los Angeles Scots Pipe Band
Saturday, August 2	8:30 PM Hollywood Bowl	Not The Messiah (He’s a Very Naughty Boy) with Eric Idle Weekends	Same as above
Sunday, August 3	7:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Reggae Night VII KCRW's World Festival	UB40 Beres Hammond Barrington Levy
Tuesday, August 5	8:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Nothing But Beethoven Tuesday Classics	Los Angeles Philharmonic Christian Zacharias, conductor and piano Beethoven: Coriolan Overture Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 ("Pastoral")
Thursday, August 7	8:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	French Masters Thursday Classics	Los Angeles Philharmonic Christian Zacharias, conductor Peter Stumpf, cello Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess Boccherini: Cello Concerto D major (G479) Bizet: Symphony in C
Friday, August 8	8:30 PM Hollywood Bowl	Les Misérables In Concert Weekends	Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Richard Jay-Alexander, director Kevin Stites, conductor Melora Hardin, Fantine Maddie Levy, Young Cosette Michele Maika, Cosette Michael McCormick, Thenardier J. Mark McVey, Jean Valjean Lea Michele, Eponine Tom Lowe, Enjoras Brian Stokes Mitchell, Javert Sage Ryan, Gavroche John Lloyd Young, Marius Ruth Williamson, Madame Thenardier
Saturday, August 9	8:30 PM Hollywood Bowl	Les Misérables In Concert Weekends	Same as above
Sunday, August 10	7:30 PM Hollywood Bowl	Les Misérables In Concert Sunday Sunset Concerts	Same as above
Tuesday, August 12	8:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Glass & Elgar Tuesday Classics	Los Angeles Philharmonic Leonard Slatkin, conductor Martin Chalifour, violin Glass: Two Interludes from the CIVIL warS Glass: Violin Concerto Elgar: Enigma Variations
Wednesday, August 13	8:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Etta James & The Roots Band Jazz at the Bowl	Etta James and The Roots Band Solomon Burke Paolo Nutini
Thursday, August 14	8:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Percussion, Planets, and Pictures Thursday Classics	Los Angeles Philharmonic Bramwell Tovey, conductor Colin Currie, percussion Pacific Chorale Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries from "Die Walküre" Rouse: Der Gerettete Alberich Holst: The Planets
Friday, August 15	8:30 PM Hollywood Bowl	A Night in Old Havana - Mambo Style! Weekends	Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Thomas Wilkins, conductor Cachao's Mambo All-Stars, special guests Paquito D'Rivera, special guest
Saturday, August 16	8:30 PM Hollywood Bowl	A Night in Old Havana - Mambo Style! Weekends	Same as above
Sunday, August 17	6:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	JVC Jazz Special Performances	James Ingram Boney James David Sanborn Ledisi Eric Darius
Tuesday, August 19	8:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Joshua Bell à la Française Tuesday Classics	Los Angeles Philharmonic Bramwell Tovey, conductor Joshua Bell, violin Berlioz: Hungarian March from "La Damnation de Faust" Chausson: Poème Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo capriccioso Stravinsky: Petrushka
Wednesday, August 20	8:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Jamie Cullum with The Count Basie Orchestra Jazz at the Bowl	Jamie Cullum The Count Basie Orchestra A Christian McBride Situation featuring: Patrice Rushen, DJ Logic, Jahi Sundance, Walter Smith III, and Maysa Elizabeth Shepherd
Thursday, August 21	8:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Thibaudet Plays Khachaturian Thursday Classics	Los Angeles Philharmonic Lionel Bringuier, conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture Khachaturian: Piano Concerto Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Kodály: Dances of Galánta
Friday, August 22	8:30 PM Hollywood Bowl	An Evening with Donna Summer Weekends	Donna Summer
Saturday, August 23	8:30 PM Hollywood Bowl	An Evening with Donna Summer Weekends	Same as above
Sunday, August 24	7:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Radiohead Lease Events
Monday, August 25	7:30 PM Hollywood Bowl	Radiohead Lease Events
Tuesday, August 26	8:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	German Romantics Tuesday Classics	Los Angeles Philharmonic Shi-Yeon Sung, conductor Sa Chen, piano Wagner: Meistersinger Prelude Schumann: Piano Concerto Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Wednesday, August 27	8:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	George Benson, Stanley Clarke/Marcus Miller/Victor Wooten Jazz at the Bowl	George Benson Stanley Clarke/Marcus Miller/Victor Wooten: The Thunder Tour Sharon Robinson
Thursday, August 28	8:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	The Russian Soul Thursday Classics	Los Angeles Philharmonic Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor Augustin Hadelich, violin Shostakovich: Festive Overture Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Friday, August 29	8:30 PM Hollywood Bowl	John Williams: A Hollywood Legend Weekends	Los Angeles Philharmonic John Williams, conductor Stanley Donen, special guest
Saturday, August 30	8:30 PM Hollywood Bowl	John Williams: A Hollywood Legend Weekends	Same as above
Sunday, August 31	7:30 PM Hollywood Bowl	The Big Picture: The Films of Warner Bros. Special Performances	David Newman, conductor Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
SEPTEMBER, 2008
Tuesday, September 2	8:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Sarah Chang Plays Sibelius Tuesday Classics	Los Angeles Philharmonic Bramwell Tovey, conductor Sarah Chang, violin Nielsen: Maskarade Overture Sibelius: Violin Concerto Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Sibelius: Finlandia
Wednesday, September 3	8:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Bossa Nova at 50 Jazz at the Bowl	Oscar Castro-Neves, musical director Eliane Elias, special guest Anna Maria Jopek, special guest Ivan Lins, special guest Marisol Montalvo, special guest Kenny Rankin, special guest Maria Rita, special guest Vince Mendoza, conductor
Thursday, September 4	8:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Prokofiev & Rachmaninoff Thursday Classics	Los Angeles Philharmonic Bramwell Tovey, conductor Lise de la Salle, piano Tchaikovsky: Festival Coronation March Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1 Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2
Friday, September 5	8:30 PM Hollywood Bowl	Tchaikovsky Spectacular with Fireworks Weekends	Los Angeles Philharmonic Hannu Lintu, conductor Eugene Ugorski, violin USC Trojan Marching Band Tchaikovsky: Polonaise from "Eugene Onegin" Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Op. 35 Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
Saturday, September 6	8:30 PM Hollywood Bowl	Tchaikovsky Spectacular with Fireworks Weekends	Same as above
Sunday, September 7	7:30 PM Hollywood Bowl	The Peking Acrobats Sunday Sunset Concerts	Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Thomas Wilkins, conductor Peking Acrobats
Tuesday, September 9	8:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	“Symphony of a Thousand” Tuesday Classics	Los Angeles Philharmonic Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor Christine Brewer, soprano Elza van den Heever, soprano Stacey Tappan, soprano Monica Groop, alto Elena Manistina, alto Brandon Jovanovich, tenor Alan Held, baritone John Relyea, bass Los Angeles Master Chorale, Grant Gershon, music director Los Angeles Children's Chorus, Anne Tomlinson, artistic director Mahler: Symphony No. 8
Thursday, September 11	8:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	“Symphony of a Thousand” Thursday Classics	Same as above
Friday, September 12	8:30 PM Hollywood Bowl	Fireworks Finale: Celebrating Summer with Brian Wilson Weekends	Los Angeles Philharmonic John Morris Russell, conductor Brian Wilson
Saturday, September 13	8:30 PM Hollywood Bowl	Fireworks Finale: Celebrating Summer with Brian Wilson Weekends	Same as above
Sunday, September 14	7:30 PM Hollywood Bowl	Fireworks Finale: Celebrating Summer with Brian Wilson Sunday Sunset Concerts	Same as above
Wednesday, September 17	7:30 PM Hollywood Bowl	Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Special Performances	Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Spiritualized Cat Power
Friday, September 19	6:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Sing-A-Long Sound of Music Special Performances	Melissa Peterman
Saturday, September 20	7:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Beck • Spoon • MGMT Special Performances	Beck Spoon MGMT
Sunday, September 21	7:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Ozomatli • Michael Franti & Spearhead KCRW's World Festival	Ozomatli Michael Franti & Spearhead Lila Downs Nortec Collective presents Bostich + Fussible
Saturday, September 27	7:30 PM Hollywood Bowl	A Celebration of Rumi: The Sights & Sounds of Mystic Persia Special Performances	The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma, special guests Kayhan Kalhor Ensemble with Hamid Reza Nourbakhsh The Whirling Dervishes of Damascus with Sheikh Hamza Chakour & Ensemble Al-Kindi The Qaderi Dervishes of Kurdistan Nour Mohammad Dorpour Ostad Kaboli, calligrapher Shohreh Aghdashloo, poetry reader Iraj Gorgin, poetry reader
Sunday, September 28	6:30 PM Hollywood Bowl	Kidzapalooza Special Performances
OCTOBER, 2008
Wednesday, October 1	8:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Neil Diamond Lease Events
Thursday, October 2	8:00 PM Hollywood Bowl	Neil Diamond Lease Events

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2008