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Work: Symphony no. 6 in A minor "Tragic"

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ComposerMahler, Gustav (1860-1911)
PeriodRomantic
Work typeOrchestral
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LondonMahler’s ‘Tragic’ Sixth

BBC Proms
Kurtág, Mahler
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Sakari Oramo

EdinburghSeason Opener: Mahler Six

© Chris McDuffie
Rachmaninov, Mahler
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Thomas Søndergård; Alexander Malofeev

GlasgowSeason Opener: Mahler Six

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Rachmaninov, Mahler
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Thomas Søndergård; Alexander Malofeev
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Ambition meets the Philharmonie: Peltokoski and Kantorow in Paris

Tarmo Peltokoski conducts the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse © Romain Alcaraz
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. 
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An end-of-term Mahler 6 from the Hallé in Manchester

The Hallé horns © Alex Burns | The Hallé
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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Jaap van Zweden and the Seoul Philharmonic’s measured Mahler 6

The Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra © Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra
That last movement proves the evening’s true point of reckoning in the Seoul Philharmonic's performance of Mahler’s Sixth Symphony at Lotte Concert Hall. 
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LucerneClaudio Abbado conducts Mahler 6

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Mahler: Symphony no. 6 in A minor "Tragic"
Lucerne Festival Orchestra; Claudio Abbado

StockholmFateful Hammer Blows

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Mahler: Symphony no. 6 in A minor "Tragic"
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Franz Welser-Möst

VerbierGianandrea Noseda / Mikhail Pletnev

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Chopin, Mahler
Verbier Festival Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda; Mikhail Pletnev
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