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Mahler’s 6th

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Tuesday, May 19 2026
7:00pm
Merrill Auditorium

Program

MAHLER Symphony No. 6 in A minor, “Tragic” 

This program will run approximately 2 hours.
Artists, programs, and dates are subject to change. 

Immense and intense, Mahler’s 6th symphony is full of dramatic peaks and valleys. This, the most personal of Mahler’s grand symphonies, predicts the tragedies to come in the composer’s life, culminating in the earth-shattering hammer-blows of fate that make this masterwork an unmissable experience.


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