Mehta Conducts Wagner & More with Christopher Russell • FRI / JAN 10, LA Phil 2019/20

Christopher Russell provides historical and musical context for the concert's program, which takes us through a journey that chronicles a tumultuous time in Germany from 1874-1934.   About this Performance: Mehta leads an adventurous look at German Romanticism as it develops into the birth of 20th-century music, from the lushness of the full orchestra in Wagner’s final Ring opera to the concentrated brevity of Webern’s nine-instrument concerto.   Program: WAGNER Götterdämmerung: Rhine Journey WAGNER Götterdämmerung: Funeral Music WAGNER Götterdämmerung: Immolation Scene SCHOENBERG Chamber Symphony WEBERN Six Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6 WEBERN Concerto for Nine Instruments, Op. 24   Artists: Los Angeles Philharmonic Zubin Mehta, conductor Christine Goerke, soprano