Gustav Mahler's 7th Symphony, first performed in 1908 under the baton of the composer in Prague, is felt by many to be a colorful vision of a night-time journey. The symphony (or at least the first ...
Having begun his legendary career as a child prodigy on piano, enrolling at the illustrious Vienna Conservatory at age 15, Mahler rose to world-wide fame as the conductor of the prestigious Vienna ...
As many an orchestra splits up for the summer, conductor Osmo Vanska and the Minnesota Orchestra have one last task on their to-do list that they’ve made an annual tradition recently: Recording the ...
For a work that for many years was the least-often performed of Gustav Mahler’s nine completed symphonies, the Seventh Symphony has turned up with surprising regularity here, there and just about ...
There’s a lot to report on Saturday night’s Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra concert at Steinmetz Hall, the last of the season in its classics series. It featured a world premiere, an acclaimed guest ...
The CSO is the only American orchestra in an Amsterdam event that is like the Coachella of the classical world. What is the fuss all about? The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is one of the world’s great ...
"The Great Resignation" is a term that's made the rounds as Americans quit their jobs at record rates for myriad reasons. But the phrase could also apply to Gustav Mahler's Ninth Symphony. Few ...
For a perfectionist like Christian Gerhaher to tackle French repertoire such as Hector Berlioz’ gorgeous song cycle Les Nuits d'été, it must take a prodigious amount of time and effort until he is ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio — On Thursday evening at Severance Music Center, The Cleveland Orchestra launched a trio of performances of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 with Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkëla at the ...
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AMSTERDAM — When Klaus Mäkelä climbed the Concertgebouw podium and turned to the audience at the orchestra’s third Gustav Mahler Festival in 105 years, the conductor could see the writing on the wall.