Mahler, Bernstein, Concertgebouworkest - Symphonie No.9

#OTD: Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 9 premiered on June 26, 1912! Written between 1908 and 1909, Mahler's Symphony No. 9 is his final completed symphony, though he did not live to witness its first performance. Of the concluding Adagio, Leonard Bernstein said, "it takes the form of a prayer, Mahler's last chorale, his closing hymn, so to speak; and it prays for the restoration of life, of tonality, of faith." We share with you this excerpt of the last minutes of the final movement of Mahler's Sym

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