Beethoven's Eroica with Brian Lauritzen • FRI / DEC 6, LA Phil 2019/20

About this Performance: The late Oliver Knussen, acclaimed as composer and conductor, had a long connection with the LA Phil. His Violin Concerto is, by turns, intensely dramatic, lyrical, somber, skittish, and – as you would expect from a skilled conductor – it’s masterfully orchestrated. Thrilling to this day, Beethoven’s “Eroica” is one of the most revolutionary works in Western music, expanding the Classical symphony in almost every way imaginable.   Program: KNUSSEN Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”   Artists: Los Angeles Philharmonic Susanna Mälkki, conductor Leila Josefowicz, violin