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Alsop smartly paired Mahler’s First (composed between 1887 and 1888) with a world premiere BSO co-commission from composer Huang Ruo. “Tipping Point” is a piece explicitly concerned with the ...
Mahler’s works were not widely known in the U.S. until the 1960s, when conductor Leonard Bernstein began regularly performing his symphonies. Since then, his works have become some of the most ...
In less than 24 hours, Mahler's Ninth Symphony was performed by the L.A. Phil under Michael Tilson Thomas and the Pacific Symphony led by Carl St.Clair — to great effect.
Mahler, who lived from 1860 to 1911, just missed the horrors of World War I. But, living in Vienna for most of his last 14 years, he hardly could have ignored increasing multi-cultural tensions ...
Ahead of the Mahler Festival in Amsterdam, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra will play Mahler’s Sixth and Seventh symphonies at Symphony Center.
On April 18, the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra presented their season finale concert of Gustav Mahler’s 2nd Symphony, “Resurrection.” The orchestra was led by Benjamin Zander featured ...
One of Mahler’s longest symphonies, the work calls for over one hundred players, including an extensive array of woodwinds, brass, and percussion, plus a full chorus and two vocal soloists.
Mahler’s Sixth had its U.S. premiere in 1947, in Carnegie Hall. Dimitri Mitropoulos led the New York Philharmonic. After the symphony, there was a concerto: Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F, in which ...
Review of Gustavo Dudamel’s performance of Mahler’s Ninth at the New York Philharmonic, his first time guest-conducting the orchestra since being named its music director, a term that will ...
In contrast to the languid, reflexive mood of Strauss, Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 brought a lighter, waltz-like, and more joyous tone to the program with the recurring cheerful sleigh bells.
Welser-Most, too, thrives in Mahler’s world, demonstrating firm grasps on long-form musical architecture and Mahler’s unique senses of drama and expression. All of that was in evidence Thursday.
Review: Osmo Vänskä leads Minnesota Orchestra in bright, bold and bracing Mahler's Third Symphony. This work will be the last that the conductor laureate records with the orchestra.