ORCHESTRA ANNOUNCES 69th SEASON

With music director Andre Previn scheduled to conduct during 14 of the 24 weeks of the concert year, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Assn. has announced its 1987-88 subscription season, the 69th season in the orchestra’s history.

Previn himself will open and close the season, on Oct. 22 with an orchestral program of Brahms’ Fourth and Shostakovich’s Tenth, Symphonies; on April 28, with a Beethoven-Harold Shapero program. In 1986-87, Previn led 11 of the 24 weeks of the subscription season, plus additional, non-subscription weeks and the three-week European tour.

Guest conductors during the season will include former music director Zubin Mehta, current principal guest conductor Simon Rattle, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Christopher Hogwood, composer Witold Lutoslawski, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Kurt Sanderling.

Among the soloists appearing with the Philharmonic will be pianists Vladimir Ashkenazy, Peter Donohoe, Leon Fleisher, Elizo Virzaladze and Jeanne Weiss; violinists Viktoria Mullova, Itzhak Perlman, Isaac Stern and Sidney Weiss; violist Pinchas Zukerman, and singers Roberta Alexander, David Gordon, Catherine Robbin and Elisabeth Soederstroem.

For the first time as part of its Music Center subscription series, the Philharmonic will play host to a visiting orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony, which will play a week of concerts under Simon Rattle, its music director, March 31-April 3, 1988.

Also announced at this time is a four-concert, non-subscription Tchaikovsky Festival at the Wiltern Theatre, March 25-April 1, to be conducted by the Russian conductor, Mariss Jansons, making his West Coast debut.

Complete programs, as announced Thursday:

Oct. 22-25: Andre Previn, conductor. Brahms: Symphony No. 4; Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10.

Oct. 29-Nov. 1: Previn, conductor; Leon Fleisher, piano. Janacek: Sinfonietta; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 4; R. Strauss: “Also sprach Zarathustra.”

Nov. 5-8: Previn, conductor; Viktoria Mullova, violin. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Walton: Symphony No. 1; TBA.

Nov. 11: Previn, conductor; Daniel Rothmuller, cello. Stephen Stucky: “Dream Waltzes”; Bloch: “Schelomo”; Brahms: Symphony No. 4.

Nov. 12, 13: same program as Nov. 11, except Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 instead of Brahms.

Nov. 19, 21, 22, 25, 27: Zubin Mehta, conductor. Programs TBA.

Dec. 8-11: Christopher Hogwood, conductor; Emma Kirkby, Catherine Robbin, David Gordon, David Thomas, vocal soloists; L.A. Master Chorale. Bach: Christmas Oratorio, Cantatas I, II and III.

Dec. 13-19: same participants as Dec. 8-11. Bach: Christmas Oratorio, Cantatas IV, V and VI.

Jan. 1-3: Simon Rattle, conductor; Peter Donohoe, piano. Beethoven: “Leonore” Overtures, Nos. 1, 2 and 3; Stravinsky: Concerto for Piano and Winds; Symphony in Three Movements.

Jan. 7-10: Rattle, conductor; Lou Anne Neill, harp; L.A. Master Chorale. Ravel: Introduction and Allegro; Mozart: Symphony No. 40; Adams: “Harmonium.”

Jan. 14-17: Previn, conductor; Pinchas Zukerman, viola.Rozsa: Viola Concerto; Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4; TBA.

Jan. 21-14: Previn, conductor; Emanuel Ax, piano. Tippett: Piano Concerto; Dvorak: Symphony No. 7; TBA.

Jan. 27: Previn, conductor. Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4; Dvorak: Symphony No. 7.

Jan. 28-30: Previn, conductor; Isaac Stern, violin. Brahms: “Tragic” Overture; Davies: Violin Concerto; Beethoven: Symphony No. 6.

Feb. 4-7: Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Peter Serkin, piano. Stravinsky: “Fireworks”; Mozart: Piano Concerto in D, K. 451; Stravinsky: “Capriccio”; Beethoven: Symphony No. 8.

Feb. 11-14: Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor. Program TBA.

Feb. 18-21: Previn, conductor; Elisabeth Soederstroem, soprano. Haydn: Symphony No. 104; “Scena di Berenice”; Britten: “Our Hunting Fathers”; Four Sea Interludes.

Feb. 25-28: Previn, conductor; Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano; women of the L.A. Master Chorale. R. Strauss: “Tod und Verklaerung”; Debussy: “Nocturnes”; Previn: Piano Concerto.

March 2: Previn, conductor; women of the L.A. Master Chorale. Haydn: Symphony No. 104; Debussy: “Nocturnes”; R. Strauss: “Tod und Verklaerung.”

March 3-6: Previn, conductor; Itzhak Perlman, violin. Harbison: “Diotima”; Goldmark: Violin Concerto; TBA.

March 10-12: Kurt Sanderling, conductor; Elizo Virzaladze, piano. Wagner: Prelude to Act I of “Lohengrin”; Mozart: piano concerto TBA; Brahms: Symphony No. 2.

March 17-20: Sanderling, conductor. Haydn: Symphony No. 82; Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15.

March 31-April 3: City of Birmingham Symphony, Simon Rattle, conductor. Holloway: “Seascape and Harvest”; Sibelius: Symphony No. 7; Stravinsky: “Petrushka.”

April 7-10: Previn, conductor; Roberta Alexander, soprano; L.A. Master Chorale. Berlioz: Overture, “Roman Carnival”; R. Strauss: “Four Last Songs”; Walton: “Belshazzar’s Feast.”

April 15-17: Previn and Witold Lutoslawski, conductors; Anne Diener Giles, flute. Lutoslawski: “Chain 3”; Concerto for Orchestra; Mozart: Flute Concerto, K. 314; Brahms: “Haydn” Variations.

April 22, 24: Previn, conductor; Sidney Weiss, violin; Jeanne Weiss, piano. Copland: “Statements”; Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin and Piano; Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra.

April 28-May 1: Previn, conductor; Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin. Beethoven: Violin Concerto; Shapero; Symphony for Classical Orchestra.