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The Arts Intel Report

Dudamel Conducts Bruckner (Symphony No. 4, Romantic)

Nov 1–3, 2019
111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA

Anton Bruckner’s first mature symphony (though one with a twisty history of revisions), the Romantic really does mean to evoke medieval castles, knights on horseback, and forest idylls. This is quintessentially “Viennese” repertoire—a specialty of conductor Gustavo Dudamel. —L.J.