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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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TaipeiJun Märkl, Ingrid Fliter & NSO

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Schumann, Mahler
Taiwan Philharmonic; Jun Märkl; Ingrid Fliter

LondonMahler’s ‘Tragic’ Sixth

BBC Proms
Kurtág, Mahler
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Sakari Oramo

EdinburghSeason 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

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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

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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

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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
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