MahlerFest Blog

As a name, “The Society for Private Musical Performances” may not roll off the tongue, but it is surely easier
The Second Symphony was to be the highlight of MahlerFest XXXIII. Our performance would have featured the Boulder Concert Chorale, and soloists April
Part of a vintage series marking the 100th Anniversary of the death of Gustav Mahler, 18 May, 1911. Join us
Kenneth Woods discusses how one chord in Mahler's epic Second Symphony resonates throughout the entire work in this post written
British composer Philip Sawyers is our visiting composer this season. There is an interview with him as part of our Virtual Symposium here.
Join us for a complete performance of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde on Thursday the 14th of May as part of Virtual MahlerFest. It
As part of our online Lieder Concert on Thursday the 14th of May, soprano April Fredrick and pianist Michael Karcher-Young
Join us for a complete performance of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde on Thursday the 14th of May as part of Virtual MahlerFest. https://youtu.be/izQ3KdU7o7M
Written for a 2010 Orchestra of the Swan performance of the Strauss Emperor Waltz and Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Here is a wonderful essay on Mahler's engagement with nature, originally written for the Mahler in Manchester Festival in 2010
The first concert in our 2020 Virtual MahlerFest will be a performance by Festival Artist, David Korevaar, of Franz Schubert's
MahlerFest's Artistic Director, Kenneth Woods, speaks with CPR Classical host David Ginder about Mahler's Second Symphony, why you shouldn't start
“Come! Raise yourself to the highest spheres” Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 in E-flat "Symphony of a Thousand" (1906-7) https://youtu.be/F5nZnc3k5lk  
Re-blogged from A view from the podium Join us for a world premiere webcast of Act One of Die Walküre
During the Mahler anniversaries of 2010-11, Norman Lebrecht published a book called Why Mahler? Now, as then, even the most