A magnificent Mahler to open the 2019 Edinburgh Festival

Por David Smythe, 05 agosto 2019

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“Dudamel was like an artist with a new paint box, turning up the power all the way”

Crítica hecha desde Usher Hall, Edinburgh el 3 agosto 2019

Mahler, Sinfonía núm. 2 en do menor "Resurrección"

Miah Persson, Soprano

Anna Larsson, Contralto

Edinburgh Festival Chorus

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Gustavo Dudamel, Dirección

Las manos y los oídos de Beethoven: Dudamel dirige Fidelio en el Liceu

Maria Sánchez, 26th May

Conocimiento y sensibilidad en la propuesta liderada por Dudamel, posibilitando una interpretación para oyentes y sordos con la participación del Coro de Manos Blancas y la Deaf West Theatre.

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LA Phil celebrates the California spirit with Andrés Orozco-Estrada

Cameron Kelsall, 3rd May

The program features Maria Dueñas in Korngold's Violin Concerto and a moving tribute to LA native Michael Tilson Thomas

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A cerebral bacchanalia: Young's bold, brainy Messiaen at Disney Hall

Néstor Castiglione, 10th April

Simone Young's take on Messiaen's Turangalîla with the Los Angeles Philharmonic proves a night to remember.

*****

Dudamel and Catalan choirs dazzle in Beethoven’s Missa solemnis

Néstor Castiglione, 20th February

In Los Angeles, Gustavo Dudamel conducts Beethoven's Missa solemnis for the first time... and it proves worth the wait.

*****

Shock, spectacle and endurance: Yuja Wang and Thomas Adès at full tilt

Laurence Vittes, 8th February

If Prokofiev’s original intention in his Second Piano Concerto was shock and awe, Yuja Wang gives exactly the right performance with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

***11

John Adams leads Americana, past and present, with LA Phil

Néstor Castiglione, 23rd January

Compelling as a composer and conductor, Adams restored Roy Harris' Third Symphony to the Los Angeles repertoire, alongside one of his most recent works.

*****

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David Smythe

David the farmer was drawn into music through choirs, orchestras, taking part in and directing 'serious' opera as a student. Passionate about live classical music, particularly chamber opera, unusual pieces and events and giving the next generation the tools to engage with the classical world.

Dudamel and the LA Phil: a magnificent Mahler to open the 2019 Edinburgh Festival