RCO: Maazel Conducts Mahler Symphony No. 6
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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1h 37m
After the two famous Mahler festivals in 1920 and 1995, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam presented a special two season Mahler series in 2010, which includes ten large-scale symphonies, performed in chronological order by the world’s greatest orchestra under the direction of great conductors. Lorin Maazel leads Mahler's moody and dream-like Symphony No. 6 in A Minor, "Tragic" - one of the greatest symphonies ever written. Composed between 1903 and 1904 at the peak of his professional life as a conductor of the Vienna Court Opera, Mahler drew inspiration from the philosophical writings of Nietzsche and the symphony's title reflects Mahler's engagement with the tragic worldview prevalent in literature and drama at the time.
Composer: Gustav Mahler
Conductor: Lorin Maazel
Venue: Concertgebouw Amsterdam
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Program: Mahler - Symphony No. 6 in A minor
Genre: Concert
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