LA Philharmonic/Gustavo Dudamel – review

Barbican, LondonThe last of Mahler's completed symphonies, the Ninth was premiered 13 months after his death, and its references to Beethoven's Les Adieux sonata and Johann Strauss's waltz Enjoy Life have added to its reputation as one of music's great valedictions. In this second Barbican programme by Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, part of the challenge was for the 30-year-old conductor to bring interpretative maturity to a score associated with lifelong experience.There are...

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