The ladies of the London Symphony Chorus have in the history of the Chorus given over 30 performances of Mahler’s Symphony No. 3, but few performances can have been so eagerly anticipated as the one with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under their celebrated conductor, Gustavo Dudamel. This will be the final concert in the orchestra’s 2016 residency at the Barbican and the first time Dudamel will have conducted this particular symphony in London. For him it is “like reading a book of life”, and this opportunity to hear him tell the story with one of the world’s great virtuoso orchestras will inevitably be one of the highlights of London’s musical year.