The Los Angeles Philharmonic presents two Colburn Celebrity Recitals during the Festival: one featuring cellist Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Kathryn Stott, and the other featuring chamber music and a large cello ensemble.
COLBURN CELEBRITY RECITAL: YO-YO MA AND KATHRYN STOTT
Sunday, May 15 – 7:30 PM 
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and his longtime musical partner, pianist Kathryn Stott, perform in an intimate recital at the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
PROGRAM:
- Bach (Arr: Gounod): Ave Maria
- Sibelius: Was it a dream?, Op. 37. No. 4
- Gade: Tango Jalousie
- Debussy: Beau Soir
- Schubert: Ave Maria, D. 839
- Shostakovich: Sonata in D minor, Op. 40
- Sollima: Il bell’Antonio
- Franck: Sonata in A major for Violin and Piano
Tickets to events at Walt Disney Concert Hall are sold through the WDCH Box Office.
COLBURN CELEBRITY RECITAL: CELLOFEST WITH RALPH KIRSHBAUM
Tuesday, May 17 – 8:00 PM
The distinguished Emerson Quartet, joined by cellist and festival director Ralph Kirshbaum, perform Schubert’s Quintet in C major, D956. In the second half of the program, cello quintet SAKURA and their special guests perform Dean’s highly evocative Twelve Angry Men. Finally, a massive ensemble of virtuosic cellists will take the stage to premiere Anna Clyne’s Threads and Traces, as well as movements from Villa-Lobos’s beloved Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1, W246.
Tickets to events at Walt Disney Concert Hall are sold through the WDCH Box Office.
