Event Information
Saturday, January 15, 2011
6:30pm - 11:00pm
This trip is for current USC students only. You must use the provided transportation to participate. Space is limited and advance registration is required. Due to limited space, tickets will be distributed on a lottery basis. To sign up for the lottery, click on the link above on Tuesday, December 7, between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. Check-in for the event will begin at 5:45 p.m. on campus. Buses will depart at 6:30 p.m. and return to campus at 11 p.m. Dinner will be provided at check-in.
Learn More!
Check out Grove Music Online's Romanticism section for more information about the Romantic period in music history, including an explaination of musical forms and important composers.
Listen to the opening night of Dudamel's second season with the L.A. Philharmonic here.
Dudamel Conducts Mahler's Ninth Symphony
From the L.A. Phil website:
Harboring the suspicion that there was a curse on composers who wrote a ninth symphony (Beethoven and Schubert were two that had died before their tenths were completed), Mahler attempted to sidestep the threat by not calling his ninth symphonic work a symphony at all. (This was his orchestral song cycle The Song of the Earth.) Only then did he feel safe to compose a ninth symphony, because it was “really” his tenth. Nonetheless, the curse struck again: Mahler died before he could finish No. 10.
Gustav Mahler Blog
This is the blog created by the publisher Universal Edition for the Mahler anniversary years 2010-2011. Visit the site to view videos of classical superstars like Gustavo Dudamel, Pierre Boulez, and Daniel Barenboim discuss their relationships with the composer. In addition, there is information about Mahler performances around the world, recordings of his music, and links to websites on all things Mahler. Check it out!
Maazel and Mahler
To celebrate Lorin Maazel’s seven-year tenure as Music Director of the New York Philharmonic, 2002–2009, the complete Mahler symphonies - recorded live with Maazel conducting - are now available for free download! This set is exclusively digital and will not be released on CD.
- The Complete Mahler Symphonies: LiveFollow along with the score! Mahler conducted his own first symphony in 1909, and the score he used has been digitized. This same score was used by Bruno Walter and Leonard Bernstein, and includes performance notes from both conductors.
