Dudamel to Perform All the Mahler Symphonies in 2012

[James Meckley]

It's just been announced that Gustavo Dudamel and his two orchestras—Los Angeles and Venezuela—will perform all of the completed Mahler symphonies in Disney Concert Hall during January and February of 2012. The LA Philharmonic will play 1, 4, 6, and 9; and the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela will play 2, 3, 5, and 7. The two orchestras will combine to perform 8. The cycle will also be performed in Venezuela.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-la-phil-season-20110207,0,2301871.story

Also on the 2011-12 schedule is the première of a major new work by John Adams, The Gospel According to the Other Mary.

Sir Simon Rattle will appear to conduct Mahler, Bruckner, Wagner and Ligeti.

James

[Fafner]

Guess DG will release them promoting the whole as "the Mahler of the new Millenium". And the hype-machine goes on and on...
(no offense to Duda-fans, but after several concerts with him at Lucerne I'm still struggling at getting wowed from him compared to, let's say, Jurowsky or Nelsons, who do their work without all this artificially created hype).

[waderice]

Guess DG will release them promoting the whole as "the Mahler of the new Millenium". And the hype-machine goes on and on...
(no offense to Duda-fans, but after several concerts with him at Lucerne I'm still struggling at getting wowed from him compared to, let's say, Jurowsky or Nelsons, who do their work without all this artificially created hype).

Probably the best way to get rid of the hype is to not identify the conductor beforehand.  Regardless of who is conducting, Mahler always draws a large audience.  Prior to the opening of the concert hall for the evening's concert, put the conductor in a large box slightly larger than a telephone booth where he would normally be situated with one side open to the orchestra and the other three closed to the audience.  The concert would then begin, and the audience would decide for themselves if the Mahler performance was good or bad.  Then at the end of the Mahler work performed, the conductor would step out of the box to acknowledge the applause or boos from the audience.  Make 'em think a little bit!

Wade

[barry guerrero]

hey, I'll definitely try to get down to Disney for a couple of those.