Opera Scotland

Symphony no2 'Resurrection' Auferstehungs-Sinfonie

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Music

Gustav Mahler (born Kalište, 7 July 1860; died Vienna, 18 May 1911)

Text

Poems Urlicht from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Anon) and Die Auferstehung (Klopstock rev Mahler

Premieres

First Performance: Berlin, 13 December 1895.

First Performance in UK: tbc.

First Performance in Scotland: tbc.

Background

Mahler's C minor Symphony enjoyed an immediate success at its premiere. Always popular it makes it difficult to bring off in performance.