Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducts Stravinsky: The Final Concerts

In Stravinsky’s “Oedipus Rex,” mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter portrays Jocasta to tenor Rodrick Dixon’s Oedipus.  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

The male members of the Los Angeles Master Chorale in “Oedipus Rex.”  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts his final program as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

Members of the Los Angeles Master Chorale are placed in the Disney Hall audience during Stravinsky’s “Symphony of Psalms.”  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Master Chorale in “Oedipus Rex.” He first conducted the work with the orchestra in 1989.  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

Director Peter Sellars, center, takes a bow at the conclusion of the Stravinsky program at Disney Hall with singer Rodrick Dixon, left, and lighting designer James F. Ingalls.  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

Esa-Pekka Salonen shares a bow with Anne Sofie von Otter, left, and Sonja Kostich.  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

Esa-Pekka Salonen prepares to conduct Stravinsky’s “Symphony of Psalms, “ the final work on his final program as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)