Description:

Maestro Eschenbach's multi-season traversal of the Mahler symphonies comes to a close with the nocturnal Seventh, an elusive, freewheeling masterpiece too infrequently heard. Composed in 1904-05, it flanks a ghostly central scherzo with two ethereal slow movements called Nachtmusik (Night Music). Scored for a sizeable orchestra that includes mandolin and guitar, this harrowing symphonic journey contains some of the most scintillating instrumental effects of Mahler's output, and it sports a boisterous finale that Mahler scholar Henri-Louis de La Grange called "the most insane, most 'deviant' and most provocative of all his final movements."

Related Concerts:

• November 22, 2009
  Chamber Music Concert
• November 29, 2009
  Mozart and Bruckner
• December 04, 2009
  Nézet-Séguin Conducts
• December 11, 2009
  The Ring--Orchestral Adventure
• January 10, 2010
  Morales Plays Mozart
• January 17, 2010
  Chamber Music Concert

Audio Samples:

MAHLER - Symphony No. 7

Concert Enhancements:

Free Pre-Concert Conversation one hour prior to concert (About Pre-Concert Conversations)

Program Notes:

November 20, 2009 Download Adobe Acrobat to view Program Notes.

Series Information:

Part of the Matinee Collection, and package Friday Aft B 8

Part of the Odyssey Collection, and package Friday Aft B 8

Part of the Weekday Collection, and package Friday Aft B 8