The Adagio from the 5th was probably the closest he ... The "hammer-blows of fate" from the 6th Symphony seemed to be meant for Mahler himself when, in the summer of 1907, his much-loved daughter ...
and Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection,” featuring ... Her song segues into the cacophonous opening of the fifth movement, when the dead awaken and march to judgment.
From a vast and mysterious opera rehearsal stage (Gustav Mahler's "home away from home" for much of his life), San Francisco Symphony Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas (MTT) introduces us to ...
Elsewhere, Michael Tilson Thomas bid an emotional farewell with Mahler’s Fifth, and the San Francisco Opera celebrated Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in a bold crossover event. Here are the most ...