Mahler Mania, Rebooted

[Mandryka]

Mahler created the Eighth in an impressively short period during the early Summer of 1906 ( it's premiere didn't occur until 1910, and was Mahler's final triumph in Europe ). Remarkably, Mahler seems to have left the work virtually untouched once it was completed. Reger's work wasn't composed until 1908, so Mahler could not have been aware of it while he was working on the Eighth.

I should have checked, sorry. I'd assumed for some reason that the Reger was earlier. If anyone's got a good Mahler biography I'd be keen to know if it says anything about his view of Reger (I think he hated Reger's op 144b Requiem -- I'm not sure where I've picked that up from.)

[LKB]

I should have checked, sorry. I'd assumed for some reason that the Reger was earlier. If anyone's got a good Mahler biography I'd be keen to know if it says anything about his view of Reger (I think he hated Reger's op 144b Requiem -- I'm not sure where I've picked that up from.)

No worries, just the other day I mistook Alan Civil for Barry Tuckwell... 

[LKB]

I've decided to jump back into performing, one last time, as a chorister in Mahler's Symphony no. 2. While this won't be my " Swan song " ( I've agreed to continue in the chorus for Faure's Requiem in the Spring ) as a singer, it'll be my final shot at the Resurrection.

I'm excited! 

[relm1]

I've decided to jump back into performing, one last time, as a chorister in Mahler's Symphony no. 2. While this won't be my " Swan song " ( I've agreed to continue in the chorus for Faure's Requiem in the Spring ) as a singer, it'll be my final shot at the Resurrection.

I'm excited! 

How nice!  What orchestra?

[LKB]

How nice!  What orchestra?

A local community orchestra ( actually, the very ensemble a certain rather notorious critic has played with ). I've been to one concert they gave a few years back and was fairly impressed. They've been through all of the Mahler symphonies twice, and I'm optimistic.