In the final weekend of the Mahler Grooves Festival, Gustavo Dudamel explores the tumultuous relationship of Gustav and Alma Mahler through their music. Their marriage was, at best, “complex,” marked by affairs, an age gap, diminishment, and the death of a child. Alma was a composer in her own right whose career took a back seat at Gustav’s request. At a particularly rocky moment in their relationship, Gustav finally encouraged her to publish Five Songs that are brought to life here by mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke. Next Dudamel leads Mahler’s Fifth Symphony, which progresses from mourning to triumph, inspired in no small part by Gustav meeting and becoming enchanted by Alma. Within the grand gesture is the Adagietto that was intended as a love letter.
Song of the Night (2/27/25-3/1/25)
To the Fullest: The Music of Julius Eastman and Arthur Russell (3/4/25-3/4/25)
Midori (3/13/25-3/13/25)
Tchaikovsky & Schubert (3/14/25-3/16/25)
Haïm Leads Handel & Bach (3/21/25-3/23/25)
Le Concert d’Astrée Ode for St. Cecilia's Day (3/25/25-3/25/25)
Le Concert d’AstréeOde for St. Cecilia's Day (3/25/25-3/25/25)
Le Concert d’Astrée The Triumph of Time and Disillusion (3/27/25-3/27/25)
Chamber Music & Wine: Shostakovich and Ravel (4/8/25-4/8/25)
Shostakovich and Ravel (4/8/25-4/8/25)
Rachel Mahon (4/13/25-4/13/25)
Carlos Simon’s Gospel Mass with Dudamel (4/17/25-4/17/25)
Chamber Music & Wine: From Armenia to Denmark (4/22/25-4/22/25)
Chamber Music & Wine: Mendelssohn's Octet (4/22/25-4/22/25)
Chamber Music from Armenia to Denmark (4/22/25-4/22/25)
Evgeny Kissin (4/24/25-4/24/25)
Mozart & Nielsen (4/25/25-4/27/25)
Vocal Dimensions (4/29/25-4/29/25)
Beethoven & Dessner with Esa-Pekka Salonen (5/2/25-5/4/25)
Patrice Rushen (5/2/25-5/2/25)
Esa-Pekka Salonen Leads Debussy & Boulez (5/8/25-5/11/25)
Chamber Music & Wine: All-Brass Chamber Music (5/13/25-5/13/25)
All-Brass Chamber Music (5/13/25-5/13/25)
Ravel & Adolphe (5/16/25-5/18/25)
Mozart, Shaw & Schumann (5/20/25-5/20/25)
Chamber Music & Wine: Mozart, Shaw & Schumann (5/20/25-5/20/25)
Gershwin & Strauss (5/23/25-5/25/25)
Tchaikovsky & Pereira (5/29/25-6/1/25)
New Voices from Korea (6/3/25-6/3/25)
Seoul Festival with the LA Phil: Night 1 (6/6/25-6/6/25)
Seoul Festival with the LA Phil: Night 2 (6/7/25-6/8/25)
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Hector Olivera (2/16/25-2/16/25)
Ravel & Brahms (2/13/25-2/16/25)
Seong-Jin Cho (2/11/25-2/11/25)
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KODO (2/4/25-2/4/25)
Celebrating MTT (2/1/25-2/1/25)
Schubert, Strauss & Saariaho (1/30/25-2/2/25)
LA Phil Etudes with John Adams (1/28/25-1/28/25)
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Porn Rock: The Obscenity Trial of Jello Biafra
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