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Mahler's Unfinished

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Sun, Apr 6, 2025, 18:00
For many, thirteen is an unlucky number. But for composers, it is rather the number ten, because starting with Beethoven, many were able to complete a ninth symphony, but died before finishing their tenth or didn't dare to begin it at all. Like Mahler, who sketched his Tenth Symphony but had to leave it unfinished. However, even though he did not complete it, the sorrow, pain, and deeply felt anguish in this music remains one of the most moving pieces... Read full text

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Musicians

Vasily PetrenkoConductor
Dresdner Philharmonie

Program

Gustav MahlerAdagio from the unfinished Symphony No. 10
Dmitri ShostakovichSymphony No. 4 in C minor
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