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We\u2019re very excited to announce that A View from the Podium is going to be the official blog of The Bridgewater Hall\u2019s<\/a> \u201cMahler in Manchester\u201d<\/a> festival. You can visit our welcome page<\/a> here.<\/p>\n Mahler content is nothing new at Vftp, and you can continue to access all of it by visiting the \u201cMahler\u201d category. The focus of the new series for The Bridgewater is \u201cA Performer\u2019s Perspective,\u201d and we\u2019ll have a new, narrower category for that series here.<\/a><\/p>\n I think this is going to be an exciting project. I\u2019m hoping to lure some friends and colleagues into contributing. The festival begins on January 16<\/a>th<\/a><\/sup> with a BBC Philharmonic performance of Mahler 1 conducted by Gianandrea Noseda.<\/a> Weather permitting, I\u2019ll interviewing Gianandrea later this week, and that will be available as a podcast here.<\/p>\n The basic goal of the series is to focus on one unique challenge, question or problem at a time that is somehow unique to the piece at hand.<\/p>\n The BBC Phil are pairing Mahler 1 with the premiere of Nachtmusiken by Kurt Schwertsik- every symphony in this year\u2019s cycle is being partnered with a new work commissioned by the resident orchestras. What could be a more appropriate celebration of a composer whose music remains forever modern and forever fresh?<\/p>\n