"If you listen long enough and with a sufficiently open heart, the division between you and what you’re hearing breaks down. The music is inside you. It tells you the story of your own life." Read James Marcus' review in the Threepenny Review here- drive.google.com/file/d/16JEW...

Artistic Dir. Kenneth Woods invites you to MahlerFest 39 - May 13-17. The longest-running annual festival celebrating the life, legacy, & music of Gustav Mahler, all in beautiful Boulder, CO. Tickets on sale now. mahlerfest.org/pages/mf39 See his full 4+ minute video here - youtu.be/CZyJ9jBjm44

All tickets on sale now! MahlerFest 39 - Channeling Change into Creativity - May 13-17, 2026. Mahler's Ninth, Beethoven's Ninth (Mahler's Version), The Who's "Tommy," Elgar's cello concerto, and lots more. Tickets at mahlerfest.org/pages/mf39-t... Season info at mahlerfest.org/pages/mf39

Schalltrichter auf. The ending of movement 1 from the sxith symphony. You don't need put your bells up to get MahlerFest tickets. Season tickets are on sale now but single tickets go on sale Monday morning at 10AM MT. mahlerfest.org/pages/mf39

Don't miss out on season tickets! Suscribers get invited to a special event and can choose their seats at Macky Auditorium before single tickets go on sale to the general public on March 2. Season details at mahlerfest.org/pages/mf39 Direct ticket link - mahlerfest.org/pages/mf39-t...

That Mahler 6 opening! Full video at youtu.be/VqXff-9Kn1I MahlerFest 39 - Channeling Change into Creativity. May 13-18, 2026. Information and tickets at mahlerfest.org/pages/mf39

Season Tickets & packages with lodging are on sale now. mahlerfest.org/pages/mf39-t... To celebrate, here is Mahler's 6th Symphony youtu.be/VqXff-9Kn1I Season Ticket & Lodging subscribersreceive invitations to special events and have early access to pick seats at Macky Auditorium.

We've cast Alma! MF39 will include a performance of "The Marriage: The Mahlers in NY." Alma will be played by the talented Esther Van Zyl, a South African–born actor, theater-maker, and educator based in Colorado. Read more about Esther-https://mahlerfest.org/blogs/artists-blog/esther-van-zyl

Another clip from our Korngold Symphony performance last May. Season Tickets and Packages go on sale one week from today, Feb 16, 10AM. Single Tickets March 2. mahlerfest.org/pages/mf39 Full Korngold performance at youtu.be/BP5N8_Ewj5Q

Korngold refused to write concert music while Hitler was in power, later composed this celebration of peace after the war and dedicated it to FDR. Don't forget, tickets for MF39 are on sale 2/16. mahlerfest.org/pages/mf39 Full recording @ youtu.be/BP5N8_Ewj5Q

Our recording of Korngold's symphony! Korngold refused to write concert music while Hitler was in power, composed this celebration of peace after the war, dedicated to FDR. Don't forget, tickets for MF39 are on sale 2/16. mahlerfest.org/pages/mf39 youtu.be/BP5N8_Ewj5Q

Tickets on sale in 2 weeks! MahlerFest 39 | May 13-17, 2026 Channeling Change into Creativity- MahlerFest 39 explores how a new beginning stemming from frustration, pain, or turmoil can shape an artist’s work. See the full details at mahlerfest.org/pages/mf39

What do you think of this assessment? youtu.be/KFMPV0iWtk4?...

Revisit this masterpiece by a silenced composer who captured the horrors of WWI String Sextet by Schulhoff An Austro-Czech composer in the generation after Mahler, fought in WWI and incorporated jazz as the ultimate protest music of the 1920s. youtu.be/c6T9u_DLv48

Now through December 21, receive a free CD of your choice when you spend $35 in the MahlerFest store. Pick out $35 worth of merchandise, add a CD to your cart, and use code "Holiday35" to get the CD for free. $5 shipping anywhere in the U.S. mahlerfest.org/collections

Thank you! We had a great day yesterday - satisfied our $10k match and then some! As a thank you, here's another video from MF38! In case you missed it, there's still plenty of time before the end of the year to contribute. mahlerfest.org/pages/donate youtu.be/Jy2WpJhzcU8

It's Colorado Gives Day! Please support the nonprofits that are meaningful to you. As our thank you to everyone who supports the important work nonprofits do in our community, we have published videos from "Songs of Protest & Defiance." youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Our first video release from MahlerFest 38! "Revelge" (Reveille) (1899/1901) by Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) May 15, 2025 Canyon Theater at the Boulder Public Library Brennen Guillory, Tenor Jennifer Hayghe, Piano youtu.be/yZvA5_Rx1VY

Mahler's music has been in well over 100 films. There’s a story about a producer who asked if Mahler could write more movie scores…60 years after his death! If you donate to nonprofits on this Giving Tuesday, please consider supporting Colorado MahlerFest. www.coloradogives.org/donate/mahle...

Pete Townshend on Colbert last night. What does Pete have to do with MahlerFest? Check out our newly announced MahlerFest 39 - Channeling Change into Creativity! mahlerfest.org/pages/mf39 youtu.be/ukBwvh3-h2Y?...

'Rhinelegendchen', the first single from ourupcoming Mahler 4th Symphony and Wunderhorn Songs album with soprano April Fredrick, tenor Brennen Guillory, and Kenneth Woods, conductor, is out now: open.spotify.com/track/6TkdgH...

Our symposium is live! www.youtube.com/live/xValPGm...

"If one could liken Mahler’s 6th Symp to a drink, it would be a double espresso chased with a shot of fernet: Intense, bitter, complex & not remotely interested in being liked. It wakes you up, knocks you sideways & leaves a long, lingering finish that tastes like existential dread... bit.ly/MF38DC

Another article! Thanks to the Daily Camera. This one is behind a paywall though. www.dailycamera.com/2025/05/08/s...

Thank you to the Boulder Weekly for not only covering MahlerFest, but covering the arts in Boulder. We're so lucky to have such a great local publication! boulderweekly.com/entertainmen...

"Now... is a time when it will be interesting to see what music has to say, not only about our world today, but about our world tomorrow." MahlerFest 38 is just 13 days away! mahlerfest.org/mf38events/

Here it is! On May 16, James Hajost will talk about how he built the box, Principal Percussionist Jack Barry will demonestrate and he might pull out some of the other unique instruments we have on stage this year. Then, you'll get a chance to try it! Full season at mahlerfest.org/mf38events/.

Gustav Mahler (July 7th, 1860 - May 18th, 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜! You can find tickets here: mahlerfest.ticketspice.com/mahlerfest-3...

Here is Kenneth Woods introducing this season's theme. MahlerFest 38 - May 14-18, 2025 - "Defiance, Resistance, Protest, & Remembrance" as an extension of how Ken interprets Mahler 6. See the full version at youtu.be/41VdhdLdgg0. Tickets at mahlerfest.ticketspice.com/mahlerfest-3... #Mahler

Check out the schedule for MahlerFest 38 coming up this May! ✨🎻 Click the link below to purchase your tickets! mahlerfest.ticketspice.com/mahlerfest-3...

Tickets will be on sale soon. If you don't already get our emails, sign up now so you don't miss any important information. mahlerfest.org/join-our-mai...

Check us out at the end of Performance Today! yourclassical.org/episode/2025... Every Mahler symphony packed into 5 minutes. Can you find them? George Morton: Mahler, A Final Frontier-Fantasy on Themes of Mahler and Courage Concert Record Date: 5/21/2022

Our friends at Boulder Opera invite you to an exciting & dramatic double bill of Puccini at the Dairy Arts Center! Get 10% discount with code BOC10 when you get your tickets before Jan 30th. Feb. 7 | 7 PM Feb. 8 | 7 PM Feb. 9 | 3 PM Get your tickets here! bit.ly/puccinis-double-bill

Through 1/19, everything in the MahlerFest Store is 20% off! Use coupon code 20for2025 at checkout to enjoy the discount on all orders over $30. Recordings Books and scores Signed art prints of "Mahler, the Conductor" and much more! mahlerfest.org/shop/

Today's the day! What day? It's Colorado Gives Day AND the day we share our full performance of Mahler 4 from last May! The full video is available at youtu.be/bkAdIdPLOHU.

If you're going to perform brass quintet music at MahlerFest, you should include some Mahler! This is a short clip of “Die zwei blauen Augen” (“The Two Blue Eyes”) from Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen arr. by Michael Drennan. See the performance (in full quality) at youtu.be/XIHw5k1qXX4

The opening of the "Prelude to Die Meistersinger" from our final concert of MF 37. Wagner first contemplated an opera about the Mastersingers of Nuremburg in 1845 but it wasn't until a trip to Venice in 1861 where he 'determined at once on the composition." Full performance: youtu.be/HUVwW_p3YQg

It's Giving Tuesday! In Colorado, we celebrate by making Colorado Gives Day Donations. At MahlerFest, we celebrate by sharing more videos! This is the opening of Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson's "Louisiana Blues Strut" performed at MahlerFest 37 by Alan Snow. Full performance at youtu.be/tKViZjqE_5E.

1 of the most Romantic works ever written. 2 young people in love confronting a secret. Music of intense passion, drama, and radiant beauty. The premiere was met with some unfavorable reaction. However, Schoenberg’s work impressed Mahler, who was in the audience that night. youtu.be/IrXOCxOAlkM

"A few years ago, I threw caution to winds and turned the Scherzo of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony — a whirling waltz/scherzo — into a sui generis concertino for bass trombone and chamber ensemble: Mahlerei." youtu.be/vS7oI5q-6ec?...

"silhouette, mirror" creates a haunting musical setting where the two violas blend seamlessly, evoking a "single super viola" gliding through a shared sonic space. youtu.be/Zr52JNQr5h0?...

There are three videos premiering right now. Two featuring Talla Rouge Duo including this wonderful performance. youtu.be/uXq3zCX86MM?... Check them all out on our YouTube Channel - www.youtube.com/@coloradomah...

MahlerFest commissioned the "Little Piece for Brass Quintet" from David LeRoy Biller, a multi-instrumentalist based in central Texas. Biller has written, performed, & recorded in a huge variety of styles and genres, including; country, jazz, blues, rock, soul, and classical. youtu.be/txufB6IsgyM

Emmy-nominated composer Anthony Barfield’s "Gravity" is based on Langston Hughes’s poem, “Dreams Deferred.” May 16, 2024 Canyon Theater Daniel Kelly & Richard Adams, trumpets Lydia Van Dreel, horn Lucas Borges, trombone Jesse Orth, tuba youtu.be/7vW3wS4Zfow

Mahler & Strauss were mirrors that reflected each other & rivals who encouraged one another. They went out of their way to champion each other’s works. When Mahler died in 1911, Strauss began working in earnest on An Alpine Symphony. This work became his memorial to Mahler. youtu.be/T7EVoXOS4x0

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