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Dudamel, Dolly Parton, Quincy Jones top Hollywood Bowl 2011 season

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Gustavo Dudamel will conduct five programs at the Hollywood Bowl, up from three last year, and Dolly Parton will make her debut at the iconic venue during the 2011 Bowl season that will be announced Wednesday morning.

This summer’s lineup is the customary unclassifiable mix of classical and jazz, pop and global rhythms, old hands and debutantes, the reassuringly familiar and the unexpected.

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Season tickets go on sale Wednesday. While mostly complete, the schedule has a few ‘to be announced’ spots and names that will be filled in by May 7, when single tickets go on sale.

Click here to read more about the season and continue reading below for the list so far.

— Reed Johnson

June 2011 OPENING NIGHT AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL (Non-subscription)

8:30 p.m. Friday, June 17

HOLLYWOOD BOWL ORCHESTRA

THOMAS WILKINS, conductor

HARRY CONNICK JR., inductee

KCRW’S WORLD FESTIVAL

7 p.m. Sunday, June 19

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Artists to be announced

JAZZ AT THE BOWL

8 p.m. Wednesday, June 22

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA

with WYNTON MARSALIS

HUGH MASEKELA

GREASE SING-ALONG (Non-subscription)

7 p.m. (pre-show) and 8:30 p.m. (film) Friday, June 24

DIDI CONN (“Frenchy”), host

KCRW’S WORLD FESTIVAL: BIG IN JAPAN

7 p.m. Sunday, June 26

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YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA

CIBO MATTO

JULY 4th FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR (Non-subscription)

7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 2

7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 3

7:30 p.m. Monday, July 4

DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES

HOLLYWOOD BOWL ORCHESTRA

THOMAS WILKINS, conductor

TUESDAY CLASSICS

8 p.m. July 12

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC

GUSTAVO DUDAMEL, conductor

LANG LANG, piano

PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3

MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL Pictures at an Exhibition

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JAZZ AT THE BOWL

8 p.m. Wednesday, July 13

CHRIS BOTTI

BOBBY McFERRIN with YELLOWJACKETS

THURSDAY CLASSICS

8 p.m. July 14

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC

GUSTAVO DUDAMEL, conductor

LANG LANG, piano

PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3

MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL Pictures at an Exhibition

WEEKEND SPECTACULAR

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8:30 p.m. Friday, July 15

8:30 p.m. Saturday, July 16

SARAH McLACHLAN

with the HOLLYWOOD BOWL ORCHESTRA

THOMAS WILKINS, conductor

SUNDAY SUNSET CONCERTS

7:30 p.m. July 17

Puccini’s TURANDOT

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC

GUSTAVO DUDAMEL, conductor

CHRISTINE BREWER, Turandot

TUESDAY CLASSICS

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8 p.m. July 19

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC

GUSTAVO DUDAMEL, conductor

GIL SHAHAM, violin

MOZART Overture to The Abduction From the Seraglio

MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5

MOZART Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”

THURSDAY CLASSICS

8 p.m. July 21

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC

GUSTAVO DUDAMEL, conductor

PINCHAS ZUKERMAN, violin

STRAUSS Overture to Die Fledermaus

BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1

STRAUSS Pizzicato Polka; Czárdás from Ritter Pázmán; On the Beautiful Blue Danube

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8:30 p.m. Friday, July 22

8:30 p.m. Saturday, July 23

DOLLY PARTON

KCRW’S WORLD FESTIVAL

7 p.m. Sunday, July 24

RICKEY MINOR’s GLOBAL SOUL REVUE

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CECI BASTIDA, ROCKY DAWUNI and STEVIE WONDER, special guests

RICKEY MINOR, musical director

TUESDAY CLASSICS

8 p.m. July 26

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC

VASILY PETRENKO, conductor

ALEXANDER GAVRYLYUK, piano

DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture

TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1

SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2

JAZZ AT THE BOWL

8 p.m. Wednesday, July 27

GLADYS KNIGHT

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THURSDAY CLASSICS

8 p.m. July 28

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC

VASILY PETRENKO, conductor

MARTIN CHALIFOUR, violin

GLINKA Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla

SIBELIUS Violin Concerto

DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, “New World”

WEEKEND SPECTACULAR

8:30 p.m. Friday, July 29

8:30 p.m. Saturday, July 30

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MICHAEL FEINSTEIN AND THE SINGING STARS OF TELEVISION

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC

JACK EVERLY, conductor

MICHAEL FEINSTEIN, host, vocals and piano

Appearances by Florence Henderson, Cheyenne Jackson, Dick Van Dyke, Vanessa Williams and others

KCRW’S WORLD FESTIVAL

7 p.m. Sunday, July 31

REGGAE NIGHT

TUFF GONG WORLDWIDE & ZIGGY MARLEY SALUTE

LEGENDS OF REGGAE

TOOTS HIBBERT, MIGHTY DIAMONDS, special guests

Additional guest artists to be announced

TUESDAY CLASSICS

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8 p.m. Aug. 2

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC

LIONEL BRINGUIER, conductor

YUJA WANG, piano

RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

THURSDAY CLASSICS

8 p.m. Aug. 4

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC

JOANA CARNEIRO, conductor

KARI KRIIKKU, clarinet

PAUL MEYER, clarinet

NIELSEN Maskarade Overture

LINDBERG Clarinet Concerto

COPLAND Clarinet Concerto

COPLAND Appalachian Spring Suite

WEEKEND SPECTACULAR

8:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5

8:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6

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7:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7

‘HAIRSPRAY’

Cast to be announced

TUESDAY CLASSICS

8 p.m. Aug. 9

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC

PERRY SO, conductor

JOSHUA BELL, violin and director

VIVALDI The Four Seasons

TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings, Op. 48

JAZZ AT THE BOWL

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8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10

BLUES NIGHT

ROBERT CRAY

KEB’ MO’

MAVIS STAPLES

THURSDAY CLASSICS

8 p.m. Aug. 11

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC

PERRY SO, conductor

JOSHUA BELL, violin and director

VIVALDI The Four Seasons

TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings, Op. 48

WEEKEND SPECTAULAR

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8:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12

8:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13

EN FUEGO: VOICES AND GUITARS

RODRIGO Y GABRIELA

MUJERES DE AGUA featuring JAVIER LIMÓN and BUIKA

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC

SMOOTH SUMMER JAZZ (Non-subscription)

6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 14

SMOOTH SUMMER JAZZ

DAVE KOZ & FRIENDS

SPYRO GYRA

TUESDAY CLASSICS

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8 p.m. Aug. 16

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC

RAFAEL FRÜHBECK DE BURGOS, conductor

FALLA El Amor Brujo (complete)

BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique

JAZZ AT THE BOWL

8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17

JONI’S JAZZ
Wayne Shorter, Cassandra Wilson and others to be announced. [Updated 2:26 p.m.: An earlier version of this post said that Joni Mitchell would be performing.]

THURSDAY CLASSICS

8 p.m. Aug. 18

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LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC

RAFAEL FRÜHBECK DE BURGOS, conductor

LEAH CROCETTO, soprano

JENNIFER JOHNSON, mezzo-soprano

GARRETT SORENSON, tenor

IAIN PATTERSON, bass-baritone

LOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE

GRANT GERSHON, music director

BEETHOVEN Choral Fantasy

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9

WEEKEND SPECTACULAR

8:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19

8:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20

7:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21

WALT DISNEY’S FANTASIA

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HOLLYWOOD BOWL ORCHESTRA

JOHN MAUCERI, conductor

TUESDAY CLASSICS

8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC

LEONARD SLATKIN, conductor

ANDRÉ WATTS, piano

LISZT Les Préludes

LISZT Piano Concerto No. 2

RAVEL Mother Goose Suite

RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2

JAZZ AT THE BOWL

8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24

ORQUESTA BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB

featuring OMARA PORTUONDO
NINETY MILES featuring

STEFON HARRIS, DAVID SANCHEZ, CHRISTIAN SCOTT

THURSDAY CLASSICS

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8 p.m. Aug. 25

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC

LEONARD SLATKIN, conductor

OLGA KERN, piano

CARTER Holiday Overture

RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

BRAHMS Symphony No. 4

WEEKEND SPECTACULAR

8:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26

8:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27

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JOHN WILLIAMS: MAESTRO OF THE MOVIES

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC

JOHN WILLIAMS, conductor

KCRW’S WORLD FESTIVAL

7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28

SERGE GAINSBOURG TRIBUTE with JEAN CLAUDE VANNIER

HOLLYWOOD BOWL ORCHESTRA

BECK, CHINA FORBES, SEAN LENNON, CHARLOTTE KEMP MUHL (The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger) and more to be announced

TUESDAY CLASSICS

8 p.m. Aug. 30

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC

MICHAEL RIESMAN, conductor

PHILIP GLASS ENSEMBLE

LOS ANGELES CHILDREN’S CHORUS

ANNE TOMLINSON, artistic director

GLASS Powaqqatsi: Life in Transformation (with film)

JAZZ AT THE BOWL

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8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31

GEORGE BENSON

GEORGE DUKE/MARCUS MILLER/DAVID SANBORN

THURSDAY CLASSICS

8 p.m. Sept. 1

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC

JUANJO MENA, conductor

KATIA and MARIELLE LABÈQUE, pianos

FALLA Introduction and Dance from La vida breve

POULENC Concerto for Two Pianos

DEBUSSY Ibéria

FALLA The Three-Cornered Hat, Suite No. 2

THE BIG PICTURE: MOVIE NIGHT (Non-subscription)

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7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 4

THE BIG PICTURE

HOLLYWOOD BOWL ORCHESTRA

DAVID NEWMAN, conductor

TUESDAY CLASSICS

8 p.m. Sept. 6

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC

ITZHAK PERLMAN, conductor and violin

BEETHOVEN Romances No. 1 and No. 2

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

JAZZ AT THE BOWL

8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7

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THE QUINCY JONES BAND

Featuring THE GLOBAL GUMBO ALL-STARS and FRIENDS

THURSDAY CLASSICS

8 p.m. Sept. 8

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC

BRAMWELL TOVEY, conductor

JOYCE YANG, piano

BERLIOZ Roman Carnival Overture

SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 2

GOUNOD Faust Ballet Music

RESPIGHI Pines of Rome

WEEKEND SPECTACULAR

8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9

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8:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10

TCHAIKOVSKY SPECTACULAR WITH FIREWORKS

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC

BRAMWELL TOVEY, conductor

USC TROJAN MARCHING BAND

DR. ARTHUR BARTNER, director

ALL-TCHAIKOVSKY

Romeo and Juliet

Rococo Variations

Music from Act IV of Swan Lake

1812 Overture

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KCRW’S WORLD FESTIVAL

7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11

Artists to be announced

TUESDAY CLASSICS

8 p.m. Sept. 13

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC

BRAMWELL TOVEY, conductor

BERNSTEIN Chichester Psalms

MOZART Requiem

THURSDAY CLASSICS

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8 p.m. Sept. 15

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC

NICHOLAS McGEGAN, conductor

JENNIFER KOH, violin

CHRISTIAN POLTÉRA, cello

SERGIO TIEMPO, piano

ROSSINI Overture to La Cenerentola

BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto

HAYDN Symphony No. 94 in G (“Surprise”)

HANDEL Royal Fireworks Music (with fireworks)

WEEKEND SPECTACULAR

8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16

8:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17

FIREWORKS FINALE: A NIGHT AT THE MOULIN ROUGE

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HOLLYWOOD BOWL ORCHESTRA

THOMAS WILKINS, conductor

PARIS COMBO, special guests

DANCERS from the MOULIN ROUGE, special guests

SUNDAY SUNSET CONCERTS

7:30 p.m. Sept. 18

FIREWORKS FINALE: A NIGHT AT THE MOULIN ROUGE

HOLLYWOOD BOWL ORCHESTRA

THOMAS WILKINS, conductor

PARIS COMBO, special guests

DANCERS from the MOULIN ROUGE

SING-ALONG ‘SOUND OF MUSIC’ (Non-subscription)

6 p.m. (pre-show), 7:30 p.m. (film) Saturday, Sept. 24

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