Singer

Sleigh bells and sweet melodies tumble out from Mahler’s Fourth Symphony, painting a scene the composer compared to “a dewdrop on a flower that suddenly illuminated by the sun, bursts into a thousand lights and colors.” Former Dudamel Fellow Elim Chan leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic as they traverse a shifting atmosphere of mellow woodwinds, menacing trumpet calls, and eager timpani wallops, before approaching the gates of heaven.

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Mahler, Bartók & Ravel

Walt Disney Concert Hall

How do you celebrate New Year's Eve? Raclette, champagne, and fireworks? Looking back and looking ahead? Perhaps good conversations, with or without a party? For us, New Year's Eve is, above all, music, with which we bid farewell to the old year and toast the new one with you. We're already looking forward to seeing you again on New Year's Eve: The wonderful conductor Elim Chan has already fascinated and enchanted us in four concert programs.

New Year's Eve

Cologne Philharmonie

‘I am the new Bacchus, pressing out glorious wine for the human spirit’: Ludwig van Beethoven never pulled his punches, but until you’ve heard his Seventh Symphony in full flight, you’ve never known just how intoxicating music can be. That’s just the climax to a whole concert that takes aim straight at the emotions. At the end of a long life, Richard Strauss poured all the colours of the sunset into his heart-rending Four Last Songs – they’re a favourite on Desert Island Discs, and when they’re sung by the glorious voice of soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, you’ll understand why. Conductor Kevin John Edusei launches the evening with a vision of beauty from Canadian composer Samy Moussa, inspired by the magnificent landscape of the Caucasus Mountains.

Soprano

Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha

Events

Upcoming events

Feb 26, 2026

Strauss’ Four Last Songs · Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Past events

Jan 29 - Feb 1, 2026

Mahler, Bartók & Ravel · Los Angeles Philharmonic

Dec 31, 2025

New Year's Eve · Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne

Future and recently performed repertoire

Singer in Four Last Songs by Strauss

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Singer in Symphony No. 7 by Beethoven

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Singer in Adgilis Deda: Hymn for orchestra by Moussa

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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