"Carlos Miguel Prieto conducts the Symphony Chorus of New Orleans in Brahms' Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny) and Mahler's Symphony No. 9 Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts (1419 Basin St.). The now-31-year-old chorus acts as the principal chorus of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra."

"Ma began his spring CSO residency a week ago.... On Saturday, he delivered a rapt and impassioned account of Dvorak's Cello Concerto in B minor in partnership with his frequent collaborator, Mexican conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto. ...Ma's unusually wide dynamic range - from ethereal pianissimi to rich fortes - found an equally sensitive ally in Prieto, whose balancing of the orchestra was always true to the cellist's needs."