Gustavo Dudamel

Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday performances feature Ellen Reid's world premiere

Grant Gershon (Los Angeles Master Chorale Artistic Director on Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday performances)

Jenny Wong (Los Angeles Master Chorale Associate Artistic Director on Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday performances)

Los Angeles Master Chorale (Featured on Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday performances)

Friday's concert includes an after-party with members of the orchestra and complimentary beer tastings.

Dudamel Leads An Alpine Symphony

And an Ellen Reid World Premiere

Thu / Sept 25, 2025 - 8:00PM

Explore the wonders and perils of nature with Strauss’ mountainous tone poem and an Ellen Reid world premiere.

Program

- Ellen REID
- new work
- world premiere
- LA Phil commission
- Intermission
- STRAUSS
- An Alpine Symphony

Artists

About this Performance

Gustavo Dudamel kicks off his final season as the LA Phil’s Music & Artistic Director with a beloved orchestral piece that exemplifies his adventurous and exciting 17-year tenure. Follow Dudamel from dusk ‘til dawn, through deep forests, icy fields, and a tumultuous storm, as he leads the LA Phil in Richard Strauss’ exhilarating hike. The composer called his orchestral expedition An Alpine Symphony, “since it represents: moral purification through one’s own strength, liberation through work, and worship of eternal, magnificent nature.”

Dudamel presents a world premiere for orchestra and choir by Pulitzer Prize-winner Ellen Reid—known for her interactive soundscapes and innovative fusions of art, nature, and technology—that draws inspiration from the five elements as experienced in Los Angeles versus New York.

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