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| Composer | Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Work type | Orchestral |
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TaipeiJun Märkl, Ingrid Fliter & NSO
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Schumann, Mahler
Taiwan Philharmonic; Jun Märkl; Ingrid Fliter
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.
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.
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

Mahler: Symphony no. 6 in A minor "Tragic"
Lucerne Festival Orchestra; Claudio Abbado
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Bachtrack top ten: Gustav Mahler
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His symphonies are now mainstays of orchestra seasons, but during his lifetime Gustav Mahler was more famous as a rigorous conductor, his music misunderstood and scorned.
Bachtrack top ten: Valentine's Day
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Mark and Elisabeth offer you hopeless romantics bouquets, chocolates and stars – many stars – in their Valentine’s Day playlist.
Guide to Mahler’s Sixth Symphony
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It was described as “the first nihilist work in the history of music” by the conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler. We look at the story behind Mahler’s Sixth Symphony.

