Tag: Orchestral music

  • Mahler’s Sixth Sense

    This year marks 120 years since the premiere of Gustav Mahler’s (1860-1911) Sixth Symphony (1904, rev.1906). Mahler now ranks amongst the most popular of classical composers. This is heartening to his memory, and a kick in the teeth for the Third Reich and those antisemitic Viennese who supported that regime. They airbrushed Mahler from history… — read more

  • Brahms and Tchaikovsky revisited in Harrogate

    A BBC Philharmonic concert in Harrogate featured a sturdy performance of Brahms’s First Symphony and, and an exquisite rendition of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, showcasing conductor Ben Glassberg and soloist Hana Chang. — read more