The San Diego Symphony concluded the 2024-2025 Jacob's Masterworks Series with three performances of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 3. I attended on Saturday, May 24. San Diego Symphony music director ...

Earlier this month in Glasgow, Scotland, I heard the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra performing Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony, whose initial falling motive in G minor, known the world over, is termed ...

The Mahler Third is the longest symphony, at least in the standard repertoire. But we should not make too much of length: it is one of the greatest works of music we have. Is it your favorite Mahler ...

Any performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 in D minor — his longest — is an Occasion with a capital “O.” Its six movements cover 100 minutes, culminating in a finale that spans nearly a half-hour of ...