Los Angeles Master Chorale: Lagrime

By Jane Shuttleworth, 26 May 2019

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“Sellars enables the musicians to find a heightened emotional connection with the music”

Reviewed at The Glasshouse International Centre for Music: Sage One, Gateshead on 25 May 2019

de Lassus, Lagrime di San Pietro

Grant Gershon, Conductor

Los Angeles Master Chorale

Peter Sellars, Director

Salonen and the LA Philharmonic take on the forces of nature

Néstor Castiglione, 9th January

Reflections of nature and humanity's place within it in Salonen's 2026 return

****1

Dudamel turns inward with Mahler’s Resurrection in Los Angeles

Laurence Vittes, 12th October

Gustavo Dudamel continues his farewell season with a taut, searching Mahler Resurrection at Disney Hall, a performance of clarity and humility that seeks communion with the composer’s restless soul.

***11

Dudamel and LA Phil launch their final season together

Matthew Richard Martinez, 25th September

The world premiere of Ellen Reid's Earth Between Oceans creates a compelling partnership with Strauss' Alpensinfonie.

*****

Earl Lee’s “Resurrection” steals the show at LA Phil’s Mahlerthon

Néstor Castiglione, 2nd March

A monster Mahler concert at Disney Hall, with guest conductor Earl Lee stealing the show in the Resurrection Symphony.

*****

Zubin Mehta finds fountain of youth in LA Phil’s Gurre-Lieder

Néstor Castiglione, 13th December

A memorable, impassioned performance of Arnold Schoenberg’s Gurre-Lieder in Disney Hall.

*****

Dudamel leads LA Phil in exuberant celebration of Día de los Muertos

Sam Jacobson, 1st November

Gustavo Dudamel selects a trio of works by Latin American composers for a colorful and extravagant evening at the LA Phil.

****1

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Jane Shuttleworth

Jane Shuttleworth is a choral singer and recorder player, and specialises in Renaissance, baroque and modern music. She lives in Durham and runs a local music listings, news and reviews site Music in Durham