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Post Subject: Many Parts vs. the WholePosted by Paul S on: 9/16/2015
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Well, the logistics of this symphony are mind boggling, beyond the issues presented by the score, and I have wondered which it is that tends to undermine the work, as I have heard it. It's not like M8 is "merely" a lot of musicians playing ensemble, like "100 Guitars". One gets the impression that few conudctors have ever gotten a full sense of what's going on, let alone gotten this across to the orchestra, chorus, and soloists. I have never heard this symphony performed live, and based on what I've heard of it to date, I think it might take willpower to sit through it. For me, listening to recordings, it never takes long before I get the sense that either Mahler or the orchestra/chorus/conductor has/have lost it. In a "practical" sense, this symphony just seems to "come apart" too often for me to "get" it, given there is "something" there to get. Perhaps one day I'll make a better effort to understand this sysmphony. OTOH, I'm old enough now that, perhaps not.
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