It was a very different crowd from the usual Los Angeles Philharmonic concerts. I spotted Nicholas Slonimsky escorted by his beautiful red-haired great-granddaughter.
Boulez' recordings of Mahler are brisk and to the point.
He’s as good a conductor of 20th century music as there is. And for 19th century he’s simply only conducts what he likes. He told the NY Philharmonic that he hates Mendelsohn, Verdi, Tchaikovsky and Dvorak and will not conduct them.