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Zubin Mehta, now L.A. Phil conductor emeritus, lets the soul flow out of Brahms

LOS ANGELES - The ever-restless Los Angeles Philharmonic, possibly the most progressive and news-making arts institution anywhere, surprisingly began 2019 exactly as it ended 2018: suffused in tradition. Over the weekend, Zubin Mehta, long one of the world's most famous conductors, finished a cycle of Brahms' four symphonies and four concertos, which he had begun at Walt Disney Concert Hall at the end of December.

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