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Mahler's Fifth Symphony 9/16 @ 8pm

Classical 91.5 WXXO-FM
Published March 20, 2024 at 10:44 AM EDT
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RPO Music Director Andreas Delfs

"There is no composer that gets more into your head as a conductor than Mahler. He's sitting on your shoulder, whispering in your ear." ~ Andreas Delfs

Andreas Delfs, conductor
Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano

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Music Director Andreas Delfs conducts Gustav Mahler’s Fifth Symphony, famed for its heart-wrenching Adagietto. Hear Michelle DeYoung perform Mahler’s folk-poetry influenced “Songs of a Wayfarer."

The summer villa Gustav Mahler built lakeside on the Worthersee in the Austrian village of Maiernigg in 1901. He wrote much of his Fifth Symphony here.
The Mahler Foundation
The summer villa Gustav Mahler built lakeside on the Worthersee in the Austrian village of Maiernigg in 1901. He wrote much of his Fifth Symphony here.

Broadcast of RPO Concerts on WXXI Classical is made possible by a grant from Dr. Ralph Jozefowicz in honor of WXXI Classical's 50th Anniversary.
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