Name: Handel's Messiah
Start: 2025-12-21T19:00:00
Location: Walt Disney Concert Hall

The Los Angeles Master Chorale and Philharmonic are set to enchant audiences with a series of captivating events filled with harmony, innovation, and cultural exploration. From timeless classical compositions to inclusive sing-alongs, the 2025-2026 season promises a rich tapestry of musical experiences. Highlights include the illustrious 'New Renaissance' season finale, Gustavo Dudamel's invigorating interpretations, and beloved holiday traditions. Each event captures the spirit of artistic excellence that both honors tradition and embraces modern creativity, inviting music lovers on a journey through sound and emotion.

Celebrating Harmony: A Season of Musical Wonders in Los Angeles

The Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles is set to host a spectacular series of events that promise to enchant music lovers. From Dudamel's final season with the LA Philharmonic, featuring Strauss's 'An Alpine Symphony' and Mahler's 'Resurrection', to the Los Angeles Master Chorale's powerful renditions of Beethoven and Verdi, this season offers a rich tapestry of orchestral and choral music. Add to that holiday favorites like 'Festival of Carols' and 'Handel's Messiah', and this promises to be an unforgettable musical journey.

A Season of Musical Mastery in Los Angeles: Dudamel, Beethoven, and More

Grant Gershon

Los Angeles Master Chorale

The Master Chorale most recently performed a movement from Mozart's Requiem live during the 97th OSCARS® 2025 In Memoriam segment, showcasing the power and enduring relevance of one of the most iconic and emotionally charged choral works ever composed. Written in 1791, just months before Mozart’s death at the age of 35, Requiem remains one of the composer’s greatest masterpieces, both a profound reflection on mortality and a stunning display of his compositional genius.

Mozart’s Requiem

Walt Disney Concert Hall

Sound Waves: The Music of Esmail, Garrett, and Woo offers three powerful meditations on water including Malhaar: A Requiem for Water by Swan Family Artist-in-Residence Reena Esmail, alongside new works by composers Marques L. A. Garrett and Hyowon Woo. With Malhaar, Reena explores the universal theme of water through a cross-cultural lens, emphasizing that we are all citizens of the earth connected by a huge ecosystem in which water is a life force. Reena was inspired by William O’Daly’s book “Water Ways,” a poetic exploration of the disappearance of water. O'Daly is known for his English translations of the poetry of Pablo Neruda, and is also a Research Writer at the California Department of Water Resources and is the Lead Writer for the California Water Plan. Reena uses O’Daly’s text throughout the piece, intermingled with movements from the traditional requiem text. Overlaid on this texture are passages in Sanskrit and Hindi. The work moves through the various forms of Raag Malhaar (monsoon raags), to convey the importance and power of water, which holds a sacred place in Indian classical music. The work features Hindustani vocalist Saili Oak.

Sound Waves: The Music Of Esmail, Garrett, And Woo

Experience the Grammy Award-winning voices of the Master Chorale in the iconic holiday masterpiece— Handel’s Messiah.

Handel's Messiah

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