Saturday 12 April 2025 Bridgewater Hall, Manchester ***** Mahler’s Ninth Symphony: A Life-Affirming Farewell? In an article in The Guardian, Tom Service described the final page of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony as ‘one of the most famously death-haunted places in orchestral music’. As he pointed out, the final bar is even marked ‘esterbend’ (dying or dying … Continue reading BBC Philharmonic Orchestra – Mahler Symphony No. 9 – Live Review