Los Angeles Philharmonic Plays Ellington

By Walter Parker

Published July 28, 2022 at 3:25 PM EDT

Thomas Wilkins leads the L.A. Philharmonic in music of Duke Ellington.

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Los Angeles Philharmonic
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Gerald Clayton, piano

Ellington: Night Creature
Ellington: New World A-Comin'
Ellington: Black, Brown and Beige
Ellington: The River Suite
Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 Age of Anxiety (Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor)
George Walker: Lyric for Strings (Gustavo Dudamel, conductor)

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WFMT Orchestra Series

Walter Parker

After graduate studies in musicology at New York University, Walter began his radio career at WNCN in New York. He joined Vermont Public in 1984.

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