Welcome back, Sir Simon: Rattle leads LAPO in their first concert together in twelve years

By Ted Ayala, 08 May 2012

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Reviewed at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles on 3 May 2012

Ligeti, Atmosphères

Wagner, Lohengrin: prelude to Act 1

Mahler, Rückert-Lieder

Bruckner, Symphony no. 9 in D minor, WAB 109

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor

Magdalena Kožená, Mezzo-soprano

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.

*****

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

Winter Daydreams and a Jazz Age Nutcracker at Disney Hall

Néstor Castiglione, 18th December

A feast of Tchaikovsky with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under guest conductor Thomas Wilkins.

****1

Ligeti shines at Disney Hall under Gimeno's baton

Laurence Vittes, 14th December

Renaud Capuçon adds a degree of theatricality to his Mozart with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

***11

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Ted Ayala

Ted Ayala is a writer and musicologist born and raised in Los Angeles. Aside from classical music he loves literature (especially from Latin America and Japan), learning languages, reading about history, video games from the 1980s-1990s, and cats. You can follow his blog here.