by Kenneth Woods | Jan 28, 2010 | Mahler, Mahler- Performer's Perspective
The Bridgewater Hall- Mahler in Manchester The Hallé perform Mahler’s 2nd Symhony,’Resurrection ,’ this Thursday, the 28th of January at 7:30 PM in the Bridgewater hall, under the direction of Marcus Stenz. As you are getting ready to hear this week’s...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 22, 2006 | Explore the Score, Mahler, Mahler 2 Notes
As the fourth movement resolves into a vision of heavenly rest one could easily believe that our journey is at its end, but of course this short movement (only four minutes) could hardly balance out and resolve all the issues and challenges the symphony had posed up...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 21, 2006 | Explore the Score, Mahler, Mahler 2 Notes
The great scene of the end of the world plays out as a march, mostly in F minor. Four flats in the key signature, far from the purity of the C major peroration that preceded it. The final scream Mahler describes is a masterstroke- we’ve been expecting him to...
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