It's an all Mahler program from the LAPO, Wed 12/31 @ 8pm

Classical 91.5 WXXO-FM

Published December 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM EST

Des Knaben Wunderhorn which translates to "The Boy's Magic Horn" is the title of a 19th-century anthology of German folk poems and songs. We'll hear Ekaterina Gubanova and Simon Keenlyside perform.

12/3 Brahms: Violin Concerto, Symphony No. 2 (Leonidas Kavakos, v; Zubin Mehta, cond)

12/10 J. S. Bach: Air from Orchestral Suite No.3 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Pathétique (Yefim Bronfman, p; Philippe Jordan, cond)

12/17 Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 Muhly: Concerto Grosso Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Alexandre Kantorow, p; Denis Bouriakov, f; David Rejano Cantero, tn; Matthew Howard, per; Robert deMaine, c; Eun Sun Kim, cond)

12/24 Schubert: Symphony No. 8, Unfinished Saariaho: HUSH R. Strauss: Death and Transfiguration (Verneri Pohjola, tr; Susanna Mälkki, cond)

12/31 Mahler: Blumine, Symphony No. 10: Adagio, Selections from Lieder und Gesänge and Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Ekaterina Gubanova, ms; Simon Keenlyside, bar; Gustavo Dudamel, cond)