“A symphony must be like the world…it must contain everything!” -Gustav Mahler

Sat, Feb 17, 2018

One cannot provide a decent summary of the history of the symphony in two hours, nor can one arrive at a solid definition of what a symphony even is…but what I can do is play some fantastic examples from the 19th century Austrian/German tradition of symphonic writing. How does Mahler relate to Brahms and Beethoven? In between were Schumann and Bruckner. We shall hear them all on tonight’s episode.

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