Mozart Mass in C Minor
April 2022

Zubin Mehta, conductor

With the voices of the LA Master Chorale and an international cast of soloists, Zubin Mehta leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Mozart’s stirring unfinished masterpiece. Though we don't know why Mozart stopped composing it, the "Great" C-minor Mass is considered one of the finest and most ambitious examples of his sacred music.

Beethoven Symphony No. 9 at the Hollywood Bowl
September 2022

Eva Ollikainen, conductor

Beethoven’s towering Ninth—the composer’s revolutionary exaltation of equality and humanity—rings through the Hollywood hills, led by the Chief Conductor of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra with marvelous vocal soloists and the Los Angeles Master Chorale.

Ives 4 and Dvorak 9
February 2020

Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

The culmination of Dudamel’s unique look at Ives and Dvořák shows the individualistic American expanding his harmonic and rhythmic language even further in the stunningly complex Fourth Symphony. Dvořák’s final symphony was composed from Native-American and African-American source materials, from which he drew unforgettable melodies and dramatic harmonies that gelled into his most popular creation.

The Weimar Republic: Germany 1918-1933 The Seven Deadly Sins
February 2020

Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

Widely acclaimed English actor/writer/director Simon McBurney and his equally accomplished brother, composer/writer/scholar Gerard McBurney, collaborate with Salonen to present darkly satirical musical-theater works from the heyday of German Expressionism. The music is inflected with 1920s jazz and popular song, along with an edge of cynicism.

Tan Dun Buddha Passion
(US Premiere)
February 2019

Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

Following on the stunning success of his Water Passion after St. Matthew, Tan Dun (composer for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) has created another evening-length oratorio, this time based on stories inspired by the Dunhuang Cave paintings, with video installation.

Mahler Symphony No.2,
‘The Resurrection’ at the
Hollywood Bowl
July 2019

Beginning with an intense scene of a hero’s funeral, Mahler’s huge Second Symphony transports us on a remarkable journey, delving deep into life and death from every possible perspective, from terrifying to transcendent. As Beethoven did in his Ninth, Mahler adds voices near the end, barely audible at first, but then ringing out along with massive orchestral forces in a towering climax, as the soul is raised into immortality.

Bernstein Mass
February 2018

Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

Dudamel marshals a huge cast of singers, choirs, dancers, rock band, marching band and orchestra for Bernstein’s unabashedly eclectic and highly dramatic theater piece. For this sweeping summation of life and music, Bernstein himself wrote most of the lyrics, which lay bare the crisis of faith experienced by a priest celebrating mass.

Mendelssohn's
Midsummer Nights Dream
November 2017

Susanna Mälkki, conductor

Our new Principal Guest Conductor Susanna Mälkki presides over the irresistible combination of Mendelssohn and Shakespeare at their faerie magic best.