Christopher Russell provides historical and musical context for the concert's program, which takes us through a journey that chronicles a tumultuous time in Germany from 1874-1934. About this Performance: Mehta leads an adventurous look at German Romanticism as it develops into the birth of 20th-century music, from the lushness of the full orchestra in Wagner’s final Ring opera to the concentrated brevity of Webern’s nine-instrument concerto.

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