Comments on: Performer’s Perspective- Mahler 1, a challenge http://kennethwoods.net/blog1/2010/01/13/performers-perspective-mahler-1-a-challenge/ Music, opinion, life as a performing musician Thu, 24 May 2012 07:43:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: jay bright http://kennethwoods.net/blog1/2010/01/13/performers-perspective-mahler-1-a-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-123524 jay bright Fri, 13 May 2011 10:46:27 +0000 http://kennethwoods.net/blog1/?p=1275#comment-123524 I enjoyed Wm Boughton's M 2nd with the New Haven Symphony last night and was pleased to find your discussion from the conductors' & players' perspectives! I enjoyed Wm Boughton’s M 2nd with the New Haven Symphony last night and was pleased to find your discussion from the conductors’ & players’ perspectives!

]]> By: Steve Hicken http://kennethwoods.net/blog1/2010/01/13/performers-perspective-mahler-1-a-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-84586 Steve Hicken Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:13:09 +0000 http://kennethwoods.net/blog1/?p=1275#comment-84586 Thanks for this, Ken. Your explanation of what you have to do to make the opening section sound is very vivid. However, what really struck me about this post is your description of Mahler's place in orchestral culture now as opposed to 30-40 years ago. Back then, it was necessary to place Mahler in the context of the compositional world of his time as well as in (the then) current repertoire. Now, Mahler IS the context. Thanks for this, Ken. Your explanation of what you have to do to make the opening section sound is very vivid.

However, what really struck me about this post is your description of Mahler’s place in orchestral culture now as opposed to 30-40 years ago. Back then, it was necessary to place Mahler in the context of the compositional world of his time as well as in (the then) current repertoire. Now, Mahler IS the context.

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