Gustav Mahler's 7th Symphony, first performed in 1908 under the baton of the composer in Prague, is felt by many to be a colorful vision of a night-time journey. The symphony (or at least the first ...

Simon Rattle and the BRSO’s account of Mahler’s tricky seventh symphony is direct and vivid. Though it was launched without a great deal of fanfare, five years before he took over as the Bavarian ...

FORT WORTH - The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra left no doubt of its excellence Sunday afternoon in a performance of Gustav Mahler's Seventh Symphony. Led by principal guest conductor Kevin John Edusei ...

Even if that line made famous by Rita’s flatmate Trish in the film version of Educating Rita is meant to satirise the pretentiousness of the intellectual class, the life-affirming nature of Gustav ...

Symphony No. 7 Gustav Mahler, Composer Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Zdenek Macal, Conductor Audiophiles unfamiliar with the luminous sound Exton has been achieving in Prague’s Rudolfinum should ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Mahler lovers know the feeling: When a performance of one of his symphonies takes flight, there is the sense of touring exotic realms. You think you’ve heard and seen everything in one ...

Rafael Payare conducts the San Diego Symphony Orchestra. (File photo by Todd Rosenberg/San Diego Symphony) One thing is true about Gustav Mahler’s Seventh Symphony, given an appropriately dizzying ...

Stephen Johnson for Building a Library surveys available recordings of Mahler's Symphony No. 7 and makes a recommendation. For much of the last century, Mahler's Seventh Symphony was considered a dud, ...

Forget Lollapalooza and all the rest. The hottest festival ticket happens just once a generation, if not once a lifetime. That would be the Mahler Festival, a musical G20 summit of sorts celebrating ...

Regretfully this latest take on Mahler’s most challenging symphony really doesn’t add up for me. The opening bars alone are a clear indication of how and why it will fall short. The sound, the ...