The Austin Symphony’s 2008–2009 season closes with Gustav Mahler’s massive Symphony No. 2, scored for mixed choir, two vocal soloists, organ, and an offstage ensemble of brass and percussion. In roughly 80 minutes of blood-and-guts, the symphony expresses universal longings and signals the bitter end (Judgment Day itself) and beyond (the afterlife), etched out in brazen fanfares.
If you haven’t yet attended a performance of the ASO, I urge you to get thee hence to buy tickets. Support local arts before they vanish!
- What: Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony
- When: May 15-16, 2009 8:00 PM
- Where: Michael & Susan Dell Hall directions
- Conductor: Peter Bay
- Featuring: Linda Mabbs, soprano • Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano • Conspirare Symphonic Choir