Mahler's Ninth

Sunday, May 17, 3:30 PM
Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant Street, Boulder

2:30 PM | Pre-concert talk on Bernstein and Mahler 9 with Kenneth Woods and Joseph Horowitz

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Mahler was unaware that he would not live past the age of 50 when he composed Symphony No. 9. Many have espoused that every bar is filled with a sense of foreboding and despair, but Mahler's dualism is ever-present. When he's happy, he's sad. When he's tragic, he's hopeful. We open the concert with Brinton Smith performing Elgar's Cello Concerto, the masterpiece which was Elgars new chapter after the end of World War I.

2:30 PM | Pre-concert talk on Bernstein and Mahler 9 with Kenneth Woods and Joseph Horowitz

ELGAR | Cello Concerto – Sponsored by Joan Cleland
MAHLER | Symphony No. 9 in D major

MahlerFest Orchestra
Kenneth Woods, Conductor
Brinton Smith, Cello