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MF38 Preview from the Daily Camera

MF38 Preview from the Daily Camera

"Boulder’s MahlerFest 38 a rally cry of protest songs, defiance and Sixth Symphony at its core"

By Ella Cobb, May 9, 2025

Woods didn’t design this program to mirror current headlines, but it doesn’t exactly avoid them either. The lineup was chosen more than a year ago, yet it lands with unsettling relevance.
"I’ve been concerned about historical patterns emerging in America for a long time,” he said. “The programming wasn’t a direct response to recent events, but it absolutely comes from a deep concern about forgetting the lessons of the past.”

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Reimagining Mahler: A Festival of Immersion, Interpretation, and Impact

Reimagining Mahler: A Festival of Immersion, Interpretation, and Impact

Denver Arts & Culture interviews MahlerFest Executive Director Ethan Hecht about MahlerFest 38

"... perhaps what newcomers will enjoy most is the sense of community that forms around the festival. We host numerous social events to give audience members a chance to get to know each other, as well as connect with our artists and symposium speakers. Open dinners, receptions, and rehearsals all create opportunities for meaningful interaction."

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Colorado MahlerFest News & Reviews

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A review of our recording from May 2023 published at Arcana.fm

"[T]he Colorado MahlerFest Orchestra punches appreciably above its weight in music which should never fall prey to wanton virtuosity."

"There have been too many superfluous Mahler cycles, but this traversal is shaping up as one of the most worthwhile."

Review: MahlerFest 37 (2024) – Kelly Dean Hansen

"Woods directed his orchestra with precision and passion throughout. The climax of that third movement, an incredibly tricky moment featuring trumpets that emerge as if they were proclaiming the opening of heaven’s gate, was majestic and pristine. Guest concertmaster Alan Snow was visually and aurally arresting in the “demonic” violin solo of the second movement. And of course, Fredrick was sublime."

Why Colorado MahlerFest Matters

Blog by Joseph Horowitz

"Introducing the Meistersinger Overture at a pre-concert talk, Woods highlighted a salient feature of Wagner’s inexhaustible opera: its celebration of cultural community. And this, finally, is what the Colorado Mahlerfest is about. As with last year’s memorable reading of the Resurrection Symphony, the audience for Mahler’s Fourth was strikingly inter-generational, including local families for whom Mahlerfest is an annual ritual."

Review of the Recording from MF 35 (2022)

"Kenneth Woods and his orchestra bring off the darker, primeval episodes very convincingly."

"[I]n this performance we experience a colourful, exciting cavalcade... I felt drawn into this performance"

"The orchestra plays this demanding symphony very well indeed, rising to all the many challenges that Mahler throws their way."