Review from Mahler “Resurrection” for LA Philharmonic’s Mahlerthon | Mahlerthon The Colburn Orchestra

Mahler “Resurrection” for LA Philharmonic’s Mahlerthon | Mahlerthon The Colburn Orchestra

“Anyone jaded by Mahler ought to have heard his heroic unto messianic reading of the Resurrection. He seized one’s attention immediately with the emphatic attack he drew from the Colburn Orchestra’s strings, which set the pace for a taut performance of the opening movement that was a true Allegro maestoso.

His sense of momentum was effortless, as if the score were simply playing itself.

It was an interpretation that brimmed with delight in the score’s interpretive details…This is virtuoso music that demands a virtuoso conductor. Lee met this challenge head-on. The force of his personality goaded the Colburn Orchestra into delivering one of its finest performances in recent memory, their musicians clearly hanging on to their conductor’s beat.

In a world where conductors worth hearing can be scarce, Lee stands out as somebody who demands to be far wider known.” Bachtrack, March 2025

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