Author Topic: Pittsburgh Symphony cancelled February Mahler 8th concerts.  (Read 2316 times)

Offline John Kim

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I didn't know that Pittsburgh Symphony cancelled the Mahler Eighth concert that was slated to happen in February, 2021.
I bet Reference Recording was planning to record it live.

What a missed opportunity!

https://pittsburghsymphony.org/production/68073/cancelled-mahlers-symphony-of-a-thousand

Offline barryguerrero

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Re: Pittsburgh Symphony cancelled February Mahler 8th concerts.
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2021, 06:20:40 PM »
I don't see a listing of what the projected cast was supposed to be. In addition to just dealing with Covid, many vocalists find it very difficult to travel at this time.

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Re: Pittsburgh Symphony cancelled February Mahler 8th concerts.
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2021, 06:11:54 AM »
John, given that R.R. issued the live T. Fischer/Utah S.O. Mahler 8 about 16 months ago, my guess is that R.R. wouldn't have issued this Mahler 8 as well - especially since we know that Honeck's more expansive approach to late romantic rep. tends to be on the broad side, thus the necessity for issuing a double disc set.

 

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