'An anticipation of the life to come': Mahler's 'Tragic' Symphony

By Dan Margolies,

Sam Wisman

Published February 15, 2022 at 1:46 PM CST

Michael Stern leads an expanded Kansas City Symphony for a performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 6 in Helzberg Hall, January 2013.

Michael Stern and Dan Margolies are your guides for the human and musical drama of Mahler's monumental Sixth Symphony. Plus Franz Liszt's majestic Les préludes.

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Hosts

Michael Stern
Dan Margolies

Program

Les préludes - Symphonic Poem No. 3
by Franz Liszt
Live performance, October 2013

Symphony No. 6 in A Minor, “Tragic”
by Gustav Mahler
Live performance, January 2013

A Kansas City Symphony percussionist prepares to deliver a hammer blow in the final movement of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 6, January 2013

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Dan Margolies

Dan Margolies has been a reporter for the Kansas City Business Journal, The Kansas City Star, and KCUR Public Radio. He retired as a reporter in December 2022 after a 37-year journalism career.

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Sam Wisman

Sam Wisman is a Senior Producer for 91.9 Classical KC and a backup announcer for KCUR 89.3. Email him at samwisman@classicalkc.org.

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