Mahler’s 6th Symphony “Tragic“ (Audio + Score)

pf: Leonard Bernstein cond/ Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (recorded September 1988, Vienna, Musikverein, Große Saal ) The Symphony No. 6 in A minor by Gustav Mahler is a symphony in four movements, composed in 1903 and 1904 (revised 1906; scoring repeatedly revised). Mahler conducted the work’s first performance at the Saalbau (de) concert hall in Essen on May 27, 1906. It is sometimes referred to by the nickname Tragische (“Tragic“). Mahler composed the symphony at what was apparently an exceptionally hap