How Leonard Bernstein Changed the Canon
In 1966, the conductor arrived in Vienna with a mission: to restore Gustav Mahler’s place in 20th-century music.
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Springfield Symphony to take on ‘one of the monuments in the canon of symphonic music’
Springfield Symphony Orchestra concerts devoted to one piece are rare. Conductor and music director Peter Stafford Wilson didn’t hesitate to schedule one this season with Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No.
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Things you (probably) didn’t know about Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein ... it was Bernstein who was asked to conduct at his funeral mass. When JFK himself was assassinated, Bernstein conducted Mahler’s Symphony No.2 (the Resurrection) in ...
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9 jaw-dropping moments in Mahler’s symphonies
Have a listen to the opening of the third movement of the First Symphony ... the first movement. Mahler knew he had a heart condition by this point and Leonard Bernstein (who was a great conductor ...