Past/forward
Subtitle: the LA Phil at 100
By: written by Derek Traub ; music director interviews by Tim Page ; edited by Julia Ward, Robin Rauzi
Contributors: Page, Tim, 1954- interviewer; Ward, Julia (Director, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra), editor; Rauzi, Robin, editor; Varella, Kimberly, book designer; Fleischmann, Jessica, book designer; Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
Publisher: Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Los Angeles, Calif.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780971612419
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: History; Concerts; Conductors (Music); Interviews; Music; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles, Calif.); Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Description: "Past/forward: the LA Phil at 100 is a two-volume publication commemorating the Los Angeles Philharmonic on the occasion of its centennial, October 24, 2019"--Colophon.
Notes: Volume 2 text printed in florescent orange and black.

"Only 500 copies of Past / Forward: The LA Phil at 100 are available for sale ..."--Los Angeles Phi harmonic website (https://www.laphil.com/pastforward/).

Volume 1 is bound in silver- and blind-stamped navy blue silk with illustrated endpapers. Volume 2 is bound in silver- and blind-stamped gray silk with florescent orange illustrated endpapers and silver edges. Housed as issued in silver paper lined, blue silk slipcase with silver-stamped and iridescent-stamped lettering.

Includes bibliographical references (volume 1, pages 268-271).
Table of contents: title: Volume 1. 'A symphonic war is not an impossibility': the formation of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; title: Violinist, lawyer, magnate, philanthropist: William Andrews Clark, Jr.; title: 'Splendid foils': William Andrews Clark, Jr. and Walter Henry Rothwell; title: 'This is the report of a phenomenon': the first concert; title: The 'Very fetching' conductor: Walter Henry Rothwell, Music Director (1919-1927); title: 'The sound in the auditorium': the Philharmonic Auditorium; title: The Los Angeles Philharmonic express: the first tour; title: The sun rises on the Hollywood Bowl: the origin of the Philharmonic's summer home; title: Spreading 'The gospel of good music'" symphonies under the stars; title: 'I can't tell a fiddle from a flute'" L.E. Behymer and Caroline Estes Smith; title: 'An intensive concentration of purpose': volunteers; title: Airwaves and records: a history of radio and recording; title: 'Why, it's like a big bowl': the Hollywood Bowl shells; title: The death (and the ghost) of Walter Henry Rothwell: Walter Henry Rothwell's death; title: 'Schnéevoigt has conquered': George Schnéevoigt, Music Director (1927-1929); title: 'Tired of these prima donna conductors': Artur Rodzínski, Music Director (1929-1933); title: 'That tremendous hulk of a man': Otto Klemperer, Music Director (1933-1939); title: William Andrews Clark, Jr. bids farewell (twice): the end of the Clark era; title: Zubin Mehta, Music Director: a conversation with Tim Page; title: 'Many thousands of men and women': the birth of the Southern California Symphony Association; title: 'Against all odds': émigrés and exiles; title: 'Unquenchable enthusiasm and combustive optimism': Florence Atherton Irish; title: 'A cheeky fellow': George Gershwin Memorial Concert; title: 'The Valkyries rode through the sky': opera at the Hollywood Bowl; title: 'Klemperer gone: sought as insane': the end of Otto Klemperer's tenure; title: 'The future is uncertain': the guest conductor years; title: The wonder cellist: Alfred Wallenstein, Music Director (1943-1956); title: 'I'm just what I am by just what I've done': Dorothy Chandler; title: Twelve days in July: Dorothy Chandler saves the Bowl; title: 'In steel and stone': the campaign for the Music Center; title: 'Jazz finally found a proper place for itself': the origins of jazz at the Hollywood Bowl; title: 'A sense of unusual responsibility': 1956 tour of Asia; title: André Previn, Music Director: a conversation with Tim Page; title: 'Van Beinum won the heart of Los Angeles': Eduard van Beinum, Music Director (1956-1959); title: Music Director 6 1/2: George Solti; title: 'It was a hell of a good idea': Zubin Mehta, Music Director (1962-1978); title: 'The greatest fundraiser since Al Capone': the Dororthy Chandler school of fundraising; title: A contemporary expression of classic architecture: The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion; title: 'Young people were walking on top of cars': pop music at the Hollywood Bowl; title: The supermanager: Ernest Fleischmann; title: 'A Band-Aid on a cancer': access, inclusion, representation; title: Esa Pekka Salonen, Music Director: a conversation with Tim Page; title: 'Mature subject matter; we're not kidding': a decade of experimental programming; title: "I thought he was joking': the end of Zubin Mehta's tenure; title: 'The greatest conductor I played under': Carlo Maria Giulini, Music Director (1978-1984); title: 'Quite obviously, jazz is alive and well': Playboy Jazz Festival and jazz at the Hollywood Bowl; title: 'The tradition of the new': new music in Los Angeles; title: 'Their young, tousle-haired conductor': principal guest conductors; title: 'A constructive force in practical music education': Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute; title: Mr. Previn comes to town: André Previn, Music Director (1985-1989); title: Lot K: the origin of the Walt Disney Concert Hall; title: Gustavo Dudamel, Music and Artistic Director: a conversation with Time Page; title: The kid with the beer: Esa-Pekka Salonen, Music Director (1992-2009); title: One night, two communities: neighborhood concerts; title: A tale of two residences: Salzburg and Paris; title: 'It's a real opera': the fight for Walt Disney Concert Hall; title: 'A different future': Deborah Borda; title: Fourteen concerts: the opening of Walt Disney Concert Hall; title: 'Every surface is resonant': fulfilling the promise of Walt Disney Concert Hall; title: 'A secret pledge': the end of Esa-Pekka Salonen's tenure; title: 'Like the most natural thing in the world': El Sisterna, the system; title: 'Start small, think big': Youth Orchestra Los Angeles; title: 'No idea is too big': Gustavo Dudamel, Music and Artistic Director (2009- ); title: "You have a diamond there': Gustavo Dudamel's artistic explorations; title: Four words: a vision for the future.; title: Volume 2. Inside our circle / LA Phil CEO Simon Woods; title: Score for recognizing a new music / Lucky Dragons; title: The weird stuff / LA Phil musicians John Lofton, Christopher Still, and Akiko Tarumoto; title: Infinite chain reaction / Gustavo Dudamel and YOLO student Liliana Morales; title: The future according to YOLA / Musicians of YOLA; title: Growing up YOLA / Lilliana Morales; title: The future is plural / Peter Sellers and Yuval Sharon; title: The perfect wave / John Adams; title: Librettos: Manuel de Falla/Stokely Carmichael / Charles Gaines; title: One plus one equals three / Herbie Hancock and Kamasi Washington; title: Beyond eclecticism / Elkhanah Pulizer; title: Welcome to the sound gallery / Susanna Mälkki; title: Available spaces for composers / Christine Sun Kim; title: The communal relationship / Frank Gehry; title: Painting with a thinking brush / Refik Anadol; title: No answers, only questions / Andrew Norman; title: Way, way far ahead dream / Composer Fellow alumna Tamzin Elliott; title: Questions I ask myself / Elliot Cole; title: 100 years from now started 100 years ago / Josh Kun.