Series: Discoveries At Walt Disney Concert Hall

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Caption: Disney Concert Hall., Credit: David McNew/Getty Images News
Image by: David McNew/Getty Images News 
Disney Concert Hall. 

An eclectic mix of concert specials recorded live at Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and hosted by Renee Montagne.

Discoveries at Disney Concert Hall is an eclectic mix of 10 concert specials recorded live at Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and hosted by Renee Montagne. From singer-songwriters to classical, world music and Broadway stars, it's a celebration of the diversity of our thriving musical culture.


26 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
Caption: Christian McBride, Credit: Courtesy of the artist
Jazz bassist Christian McBride pays tribute to the Civil Rights Movement a concert from the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Available for free to NPR mem...

Bought by KGOU and Interlochen Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 13, 2011
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: John Pizzarelli, Credit: Courtesy of the artist
Jazz guitarist and vocalist John Pizzarelli performs music from the Frank Sinatra songbook in a concert from the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Availabl...

Bought by KGOU and Interlochen Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 13, 2011
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Kronos Quartet., Credit: Michael Wilson
Kronos Quartet performs with an Inuit throat singer and more in a concert from the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Available for free to NPR member stati...

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  • Added: Jul 13, 2011
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Mariza, Credit: Isabel Pinto
Mariza performs traditional fado music in a concert from the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Available for free to NPR member stations. If you're not an ...

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  • Added: Jul 13, 2011
  • Length: 00:59:00
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Caption: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Credit: Courtesy of the artist
Jean-Yves Thibaudet performs with the LA Philharmonic in a concert from the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Available for free to NPR member stations. If...

Bought by KHNS


  • Added: Jul 13, 2011
  • Length: 00:59:00
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Caption: Barbara Cook, Credit: Darryl Bush
Barbara Cook performs the music of and inspired by Stephen Sondheim. Available for free to NPR member stations. If you're not an NPR member station...

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  • Added: Jul 13, 2011
  • Length: 00:59:00
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Caption: Asha Bohsle, Credit: Courtesy of the artist
Asha Bohsle performs some of her greatest Bollywood hits in a concert from the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Available for free to NPR member stations....

Bought by Interlochen Public Radio and KGOU


  • Added: Feb 02, 2011
  • Length: 00:58:56
  • Purchases: 2
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The singer-songwriter played from her most recent album, the personal and poetic Black Cadillac, in a multimedia performance of songs that radiate ...

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  • Added: Sep 03, 2008
  • Length: 00:58:56
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The celebrated American composer says that some of his best ideas for pieces come out of dreams. His dreams come to life when he conducts some of h...

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  • Added: Sep 03, 2008
  • Length: 00:58:56
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Caption: Disney Concert Hall., Credit: David McNew/Getty Images News
A full jazz orchestra performs the late Charles Mingus' personal and dynamic masterwork Epitaph, prophetically named because, as he said, he "wrote...

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  • Added: Jul 23, 2008
  • Length: 00:58:56
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Grammy Award-winning piano virtuoso Yefim Bronfman joins members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic to play Schubert and Haydn.

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  • Added: Jul 10, 2008
  • Length: 00:58:56
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A titan of the jazz piano, Grammy-winner McCoy Tyner heads a quartet of luminaries in this performance at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

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  • Added: Jul 10, 2008
  • Length: 00:58:56
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Legendary songwriter and pop icon Burt Bacharach takes the stage of Disney Concert Hall.

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  • Added: Jul 10, 2008
  • Length: 00:58:56
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From traditional Mexican and Spanish music, to rock, folk, jazz and even psychedelic sonic experimentation, Los Lobos has successfully redefined th...

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  • Added: Jul 10, 2008
  • Length: 00:58:56
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A legion of jazz all-stars pay tribute to the amazing musical legacy of a venerable jazz icon and hard bop pioneer: pianist Horace Silver.

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  • Added: Jul 10, 2008
  • Length: 00:58:56
  • Purchases: 6
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The Venice Baroque Orchestra is one of the world?s leading period instrument ensembles.

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  • Added: Jul 10, 2008
  • Length: 00:58:56
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As a singer for The New Pornographers, Case belts artful tunes with one of the most powerful and seductive voices in rock.

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  • Added: Jul 10, 2008
  • Length: 00:58:56
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Three continents find voice in this showcase of sounds from Disney Concert Hall.

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: 00:59:00
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Thibaudet delivers nuanced and atmospheric interpretations of his countryman Maurice Ravel.

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: 00:58:59
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Pioneering minimalist composer Steve Reich presents two major works.

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Purchases: 3