The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra's next MoxCar Marketing and Communications Masterworks series concert features Gustav Mahler's epic Symphony No.5. Performances will be given in the magnificent Tennessee Theatre in downtown Knoxville on Thursday and Friday, January 16th and 17th at 7:30pm.
In this interview, Maestro Aram Demirjian gives some tips on understanding the music of Mahler, particularly the fifth symphony. Demirjian says that Mahler wanted to encompass the entire world in his symphonies and that his symphonic output follows the trajectory of his own life. Four words are used to summarize Mahler's fifth symphony: messy, real, beautiful, and powerful.
Tickets and additional information at https://knoxvillesymphony.com/concert/mahler-symphony-no-5/