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The UCLA Philharmonia heralds in the Fall quarter with a program of dance-inspired music from across the globe. Tonight’s program includes the Hungarian-inspired Galánta Dances by Zoltán Kodály, Halloween tone-poem Danse Macabre by Saint-Säens, the sensuous Danzón No. 4 by Mexican composer Arturo Marquez, Leonard Bernstein’s Three Dance Episodes from “On the Town,” The Bamboula: Rhapsodic Dance For Orchestra by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Richard Strauss’s “Dance of the Seven Veils” from “Salome,” and the famous “Bolero” by Maurice Ravel.

Renowned pianist Ilya Poletaev conducts a masterclass for UCLA student pianists and performs as part of The David L. Abell Piano Masters Series.

Movses Pogossian’s faculty recital celebrates the Naxos release of his “Hommage à Kurtág” CD. In addition to the recording of György Kurtág’s complete Signs, Games, and Messages for solo violin, the CD also includes companion pieces by Gabriela Lena Frank, Kay Rhie, Jungyoon Wie, and Aida Shirazi, inspired by the great Hungarian composer’s music. Generously commissioned by Justus and Helen Schlichting, they will receive world premieres at the concert, performed alongside several Kurtág miniatures. Also on the program: Zoltan Kodaly’s folk-inspired masterpiece, Duo for Violin and Cello (with distinguished Scottish cellist Niall Brown), and a selection of Béla Bartók’s Duos with UCLA Music Education violin students Kayla Phan, Yidan Sun, Yoosung Lee, Emily Taylor, Raina Markham, Kayla Lee, and alumnus Sam Lorenzini.

Professor Antonio Lysy, Cello Performance, and Strings Area Head performs the cycle of Bach Suites for solo cello within an informal performance in an openly accessible, revolving audience, walk-through setting, near the warmly resonant Richard Serra T.E.U.C.L.A. sculpture, adjacent to the Richard Meier Broad Arts Building.

The UCLA Brass area kicks off the new school year with an exceptional performance by the professional horn quartet, Quadre. Quadre will perform a recital of various works, including a horn quintet performance with UCLA Department of Music Lecturer for Horn Performance, Amy Sanchez. A newly formed UCLA Gluck Fellows Horn Quartet will perform as well, and students from the UCLA Brass area will join Quadre to perform the entire brass ensemble repertoire.