Mahler’s Ninth Symphony & The Longing To Live
The Classical Music Minute - Podcast tekijän mukaan Steven Hobé, Composer & Host - Maanantaisin
DescriptionGustav Mahler’s Ninth Symphony is one where the composer began to contemplate his own mortality. Take a minute to get the scoop!Fun FactBruno Walter, who conducted the work’s posthumous premiere on June 26, 1912, with the Vienna Philharmonic, had never seen the score of the Ninth during Mahler’s lifetime; he only received it when Mahler’s widow Alma approached him about giving the premiere. He went on to become one of the work’s most eloquent exponents. ____________________________...
