The San Francisco Symphony plays Mahler’s 7th Symphony on the “Evening Concert”
Tonight at 7:00 on the Evening Concert on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, Music Director. The featured work on the program is Mahler’s “7th Symphony”, a work that has gained a place in the concert repertoire despite a premiere that left both audiences and performers confused by the work. Also on the program, Schumann's 3rd Symphony.
Wednesday April 20: San Francisco Symphony (SFS 16-03) (new series)
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E minor
Schumann: Symphony No. 3
*(source of quote) Mitchell, Donald (1975). Gustav Mahler Volume II: The Wunderhorn Years: Chronicles and Commentaries. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-10674-9.