As the Los Angeles Philharmonic's The Mahler Project rounds third base, Los Angeles Magazine reports on Dudamel's five-week long initiative (scan above) that started on January 13.
The Mahler Project brings together two of Dudamel's pet orchestras -- the L.A. Phil and the Simón Bolívar -- for an all-Mahler program to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Austrian composer's death.
This past weekend's highlight was a monstrous performance of Mahler's Eight, the Symphony of a Thousand, with sixteen choirs (800 singers) and two orchestras (200 instrumentalists) that filled the Shrine Auditorium.
The project officially wraps on February 18.