The Philadelphia Orchestra
This symphony deserves to stand by itself on a concert program. The music takes the listener on a tumultuous journey, from a dark, mysterious opening—said to have been inspired by an oarsman’s rhythmic rowing on the lake at Mahler’s summer home—to a sunlit finale punctuated by thrilling brass fanfares and explosive timpani.
The Philadelphia Orchestra Christoph Eschenbach, Conductor
MAHLER
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Symphony No. 7
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Program is approximately 1 hour, 25 minutes, and will be performed without intermission
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Excerpt from Mahler Symphony No. 7 in E minor [V. Rondo-Finale: Tempo I (Allegro Ordinario)]
New York Philharmonic / Leonard Bernstein
Deutsche Grammophon
Mahler: The Symphonies in Sequence
Gustav Mahler once famously declared, “the symphony must be like the world, it must embrace everything.” In this introduction to Mahler’s symphonies, trace his lifelong creative path from the exuberant Romanticism of his First Symphony to the haunted music of his last.
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Listen In!
Christoph Eschenbach sheds some light on a more humorous side of the notorious Cleveland Orchestra Music Director George Szell as a mentor—a relationship which in turn inspired him to shepherd up-and-coming artists.
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