Wednesday, Sep. 08, 2010

Mahler's Symphony #6, The Tragic (New York Philharmonic)

Let the hammer fall! Alan Gilbert conducts the moody Mahler 6th symphony — which features three, chilling thuds of a giant hammer as the knock of fate in its final movement — in another confirmation of his firm hand on the podium when it comes to standard repertoire. 9/29-10/1