Performer’s Perspective- Mahler 4, a contradiction
February 16th, 2010
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The Bridgewater Hall- Mahler in Manchester
The Hallé will be performing Mahler’s 4th Symphony with their principal guest conductor, Marcus Stenz, this Thursday, the 18th of February. Also on the programme is “Blumine,” originally part of the 1st Symphony of Mahler, and the premiere of Schubert’s Einsamkeit, as orchestrated byDetlev Glanert.
Gustav Mahler is the composer of contradictions and paradoxes. He is the composer of ambiguities, contrasts, complexities and cognitive dissonance.
Nothing could make this truth more evident than the move from the 3rd Symphony to the 4th. *
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