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Stormy – Overwhelming beauty

Podcast episode marking the start of the 2026/27 season with Gustav Mahler’s 5th Symphony

Gustav Mahler himself described his 5th Symphony as ‘cursed’, whilst others heard in it an ‘overwhelming abundance of beauty’. Principal Conductor Markus Poschner opens the 2026/27 season with this work and continues the Basel Mahler cycle. In this episode, Benjamin Herzog explains how, from the Funeral March through the famous ‘Adagietto’ to the jubilant finale, a sonic panorama unfolds, oscillating between the abyss and a new beginning.

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