Hudgins is responsible for bringing that hammer down on the box several times during any BSO performance of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 6, which is on the docket at Symphony Hall this week as well as ...

I've written about Gustav Mahler and his monumental symphonic achievements before, but right now I'm not sure there has ever been a more fitting symphony for our time than Mahler's Symphony No. 6.

Last week the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s program consisted entirely of Mahler’s “Symphony No. 6” (1906), a monumental work that literally ends with three massive hammer hits, which, for Mahler, were ...

When he finished composing his Symphony No. 6, Gustav Mahler had a percussion instrument specially built for use in the finale. He envisioned it being hit with a large hammer to achieve what he ...

Tickets: Harris Hall and Wheeler Opera House box offices; http://www.aspenmusicfestival.com More info: Program included Mozart’s “Bella mia fiamma…,” Ravel ...

The hammer blow in Mahler's 6th symphony is one of the greatest moments in classical music. It's so great that we want to watch it on repeat.

Every movement of Mahler's Sixth Symphony courts controversy and speculation, from the meaning of its second theme to the hammer blows of the finale. Timecodes refer to the Melbourne Symphony ...