Mahler: Symphony No. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand"
2022 Grammy Winner for Best Choral Performance
Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra secured their third GRAMMY® in succession on Sunday. Having won the Best Orchestral Performance awards in 2020 with Andrew Norman’s Sustain and 2021 with Charles Ives: Complete Symphonies, this time they secured the GRAMMY® for Best Choral Performance with their gripping interpretation of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, the “Symphony of a Thousand.”. The Los Angeles Philharmonic was joined by the Los Angeles Master Chorale, Pacific Chorale, Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, National Children’s Chorus (and their respective artistic directors: Grant Gershon, Robert Istad, Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, and Luke McEndarfer) and soloists Tamara Wilson, Leah Crocetto, Erin Morley, Mihoko Fujimura, Tamara Mumford, Simon O’Neill, Ryan McKinny, and Morris Robinson.