Tag: Gustav Mahler

Embracing Everything: The Music of Gustav Mahler

The classical symphony—a piece for orchestra, generally in four contrasting sections or movements—was so perfected by Mozart and Joseph Haydn in the late 18th century, that Beethoven, when he came along, had to shake things up to make his mark. Beethoven’s symphonies broke the classical mold—or rather, extended it with sudden shifts of mood and…


PREMIERING NOW: Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 8—Riccardo Chailly, Lucerne Festival Orchestra

Gustav Mahler’s 8th Symphony breaks the boundaries of the symphonic form in a world-embracing gesture. Riccardo Chailly is one of the staunchest performers of this work, and therefore it seemed appropriate in many ways that he chose this work for his inaugural concert as Claudio Abbado’s successor and new music director of the Lucerne Festival…


Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 8—Riccardo Chailly, Lucerne Festival Orchestra

Gustav Mahler’s 8th Symphony breaks the boundaries of the symphonic form in a world-embracing gesture. Riccardo Chailly is one of the staunchest performers of this work, and therefore it seemed appropriate in many ways that he chose this work for his inaugural concert as Claudio Abbado’s successor and new music director of the Lucerne Festival…