Mahler: Symphony No. 6 (with Score)

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 6 Tragic (with Score) Composed: 19031904 Conductor: Michael Gielen Orchestra: SWR Symphonieorchester 00:00 1. Allegro energico, ma non troppo. Heftig, aber markig. (A minor) 24:59 2. Scherzo: Wuchtig (A minor) 39:32 3. Andante moderato (Eflat major) 54:15 4. Finale: Allegro moderato Allegro energico (A minor) The Symphony No. 6 in A minor by Gustav Mahler is a symphony in four movements, composed in 1903 and 1904, with revisions from 1906. It is sometimes nicknamed the Tragic ( Tragische ), though the origin of the name is unclear. Mahler conducted the work s first performance at the Saalbau concert hall in Essen on 27 May 1906. Mahler composed the symphony at an exceptionally happy time in his life, as he had married Alma Schindler in 1902, and during the course of the work s composition his second daughter was born. This contrasts with the tragic, even nihilistic, ending of No. 6. Both Alban Berg and Anto