🎻 Houston Symphony’s Mahler 6: A Journey Through Tragedy and Triumph

👨🏼‍🎨 Juraj Valčuha’s Vision: The Houston Symphony’s Mahler 6 under Valčuha’s baton—a refreshing take with the Adagietto-Scherzo order. 🎶🔄 Balance Over Blitz: Unlike Dudamel’s January rendition, Valčuha prioritizes sectional harmony. 🎻🎺 1st Movement Magic: Those piano-forte dynamics… chills! 🎹❄️ 🌿 Adagietto Dreams: My favorite Mahler movement ever! 💔🎼 The pastoral outro—strings’ tremolo into a march… heroic nostalgia. 🏃‍♂️🌾 Valčuha’s violin details? MTT vibes. 🎻🎧 Horn Section Hiccup: Slight rushing? 🎺💨 🤹‍♂️ Scherzo Sparkle: Woodwinds SHINE, especially that clarinet solo! 🎷✨ Timpani? Solid, but MTT’s version? HEART-POUNDING. 🥁💔 🔨 The Hammers of Fate: Mahler’s 2 iconic hammer blows (originally 10, then 5, then 3, then… 2). 🔨📜 Houston’s hits? Less BOOM than LA Phil’s giant box on stage. 📦💥 🏆 Finale Fury: The hero’s struggle, destiny’s hammer, and… pizzicato closure. 🍕🎻 🎶 Up Next: Simon Rattle + BRSO U.S. tour! 🌍🎉 Rattle’s Mahler 6: From first to farewell. 👑🎼 #Symphony #ClassicalMusic #Mahler #Mahler6