Gust­avo Du­damel leads the Los Angeles Phil­har­mon­ic and the Simón Bolivar Sym­phony Or­ches­tra of Venezuela, com­bined with mul­tiple choirs and so­loists in Mahler’s Sym­phony No. 8, “Sym­phony of a Thou­sand”, the apo­theosis of the Ro­mantic sym­phony.

This live per­form­ance put about 1,300 mu­si­cians on the stage in Ca­ra­cas, Venezuela, giv­ing North Amer­ic­an audi­ences a chance to wit­ness Du­damel mak­ing mu­sic on his home turf.

LA Phil LIVE with Gust­avo Du­damel from Ca­ra­cas, Venezuela is an im­mers­ive sight and sound ex­per­i­ence, fea­tur­ing a full con­cert per­form­ance with the LA Phil and Du­damel, hos­ted by award-win­ning act­or John Lithgow, broad­cast live from Ca­ra­cas, Venezuela. The con­cert is seen in more than 450 theat­ers across the U.S. and 26 theatres in Canada, and the broad­cast also in­cludes be­hind-the-scenes in­ter­views with Du­damel, the LA Phil mu­si­cians, re­hears­al foot­age and a live post-con­cert Q&A; with Du­damel.

So­loists:
Manuela Uhl, sop­rano 1
Ju­li­anna Di Gi­ac­omo, sop­rano 2
Kiera Duffy, sop­rano 3
Anna Larsson, alto 1
Char­lotte Hellekant, alto 2
Burkhard Fritz, ten­or
Bri­an Mul­ligan, bari­tone
Al­ex­an­der Vino­gradov, bass
and the Na­tion­al Youth Or­ches­tra of Venezuela.

LA PHIL LIVE:
SAT­URDAY, FEB­RU­ARY 18, 2012, AT 2 PM PA­CIFIC/5 PM EAST­ERN

Los Angeles Phil­har­mon­ic
Simón Bolívar Sym­phony Or­ches­tra of Venezuela
Gust­avo Du­damel, con­duct­or