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| Composer | Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Work type | Orchestral |
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GatesheadPhilharmonia Orchestra | Mahler’s Sixth Symphony
Bernstein, Mahler
Philharmonia Orchestra; Marin Alsop; Esther Yoo
AmsterdamTonhalle-Orchester Zürich and Paavo Järvi: Mahler's Symphony No. 6
Mahler: Symphony no. 6 in A minor "Tragic"
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich; Paavo Järvi
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Thunder deity at the Elbphilharmonie: NDR opens new Hamburg season
From a contemporary timpani concerto to Mahler’s brutal Sixth Symphony, Alan Gilbert and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester test the physical endurance limits of the audience with their season-opening concert.
Ambition meets the Philharmonie: Peltokoski and Kantorow in Paris
Two prodigies, with a surplus of imagination and more interest in the moment than in creating long arcs of music, join the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse in Paris.
An end-of-term Mahler 6 from the Hallé in Manchester
Kahchun Wong conducts The Hallé in Mahler's epic Sixth Symphony, although directorial idiosyncrasies sometimes get in the way of the music.
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LucerneClaudio Abbado conducts Mahler 6
Mahler: Symphony no. 6 in A minor "Tragic"
Lucerne Festival Orchestra; Claudio Abbado
StockholmFateful Hammer Blows
Mahler: Symphony no. 6 in A minor "Tragic"
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Franz Welser-Möst
HamburgNDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Stephan Cürlis / Alan Gilbert
Oliverio, Mahler
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester; Alan Gilbert; Stephan Cürlis
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