ARCHITECTURE

Listen - We track the 16-year rise and fall and rise again of Frank Gehry's architectural vision for Walt Disney Concert Hall. The story of the building's evolution is told through interviews with most of the major players in the creation of the hall, from the original commission in 1987 to the fruition of the building this year.
Producer: Frances Anderton
CONSTRUCTION

Listen - A look at the ground-breaking engineering and construction techniques of Walt Disney Concert Hall; from the complicated logistics that created the world class acoustics of the concert hall, to the innovative techniques behind the steel panels on the building's striking exterior.

Producer: Bob Carlson
THE ORCHESTRA

Listen - As the curtain rises on a new era for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, music is finally performed in Walt Disney Concert Hall. In two programs, join Esa-Pekka Salonen, members of the orchestra, and visiting artists as they anticipate the effect of this new home on their music making.

Producers: Nicola Lubitsch & Ray Guarna
THE ORGAN NEW

Listen - KCRW's award-winning Production Director Bob Carlson takes us on a tour of the newest jewel in Walt Disney Concert Hall's crown: the organ. Carlson takes us inside the hall to hear the majestic organ, and talks to the organ's creator and others about its role in the musical life of the city.

Producer: Bob Carlson
[not available on CD]

WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL
The Architecture, the Construction, the Orchestra.

A double CD sound portrait celebrating Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Executive Producer: Ruth Seymour

Photography: Gil Garcetti

©2003 from his book, Frozen Music
Published by Balcony Press, Glendale, CA

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