198 reactions · 47 shares | An unforgettable live concert event featuring the electrifying power of over 200 musicians awaits. Mahler's Resurrection Symphony comes to Jones Hall on September 13, 15 & 16. Tickets start at $25 >> bit.ly/2u43F4M | Houston Symphony | Facebook

Associate Concertmaster Christine Lim previews a demanding violin passage from the first movement of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony. Join The Philadelphia Orchestra in Marian Anderson Hall on January 9 and 11 to hear Mahler's masterpiece in all its glory, and listen for the suspenseful, dramatic sound of the first violin section in the first movement. | The Philadelphia Orchestra

On September 12, 1910, Gustav Mahler conducted the Munich Philharmonic in the world premiere of his monumental Eighth Symphony. The performance - his final conducting appearance in Europe - was an overwhelming critical and popular triumph. Nicknamed the “Symphony of a Thousand” for the vast instrumental and choral forces it requires, Mahler’s Eighth remains one of the most ambitious works in the classical repertoire. Mahler himself understood its extraordinary place in his output, remarking: “Th