There’s nothing like a Mahler symphony to probe and elevate the relationship between a conductor and an orchestra. In Music Director Jonathon Heyward’s maiden Mahler voyage with the BSO, they plumb the tragic depths of the Sixth Symphony, demanding 80 minutes of high-wire focus, right through those soul-piercing hammer strikes that seem to foreshadow the composer’s own heartbreaks to come. The act of making and witnessing such music in a shared space becomes a form of communion that borders on the spiritual.
Artists
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
Repertoire
MAHLER Symphony No. 6
Thursday, March 21, 2024 7:30PM Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Saturday, March 23, 2024 8:00PM Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Sunday, March 24, 2024 3:00PM Music Center at Strathmore