Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 6: Gloucestershire & Stroud Symphony Orchestras at Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury on Saturday 21st June 2025

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Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 6

Gloucestershire & Stroud Symphony Orchestras

Add to my Calendar 21-06-2025 19:30 21-06-2025 21:30 36 Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 6 ‘None of his works came as directly from his inmost heart as this.’ So said Mahler’s wife Alma of her husband’s Symphony No. 6, a score of such terrifying and ominous power that it came to spook even the composer himself. Across the symphony’s four movements we hear Mahler grappling with his own demise – clinging hopelessly to love, light and the beauty of life. The massed musicians of Gloucestershire Symphony Orchestra and Stroud Symphony Orchestra join forces in Tewkesbury Abbey to take on Mahler’s gargantuan and grippingly intense work.  Coach transport from Stroud direct to Abbey, £15 (subject to sufficient numbers) Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Tewkesbury Abbey
Church Street
Tewkesbury
Gloucestershire
GL20 5RZ
England

Saturday 21st June 2025
7:30 PM

Programme

Gustav Mahler – Symphony no.6 in A minor

Performers

Glyn Oxley – Conductor
Jonathan Trim – Conductor

Stroud Symphony Orchestra
Gloucestershire Symphony Orchestra

Programme Note

‘None of his works came as directly from his inmost heart as this.’ So said Mahler’s wife Alma of her husband’s Symphony No. 6, a score of such terrifying and ominous power that it came to spook even the composer himself. Across the symphony’s four movements we hear Mahler grappling with his own demise – clinging hopelessly to love, light and the beauty of life. The massed musicians of Gloucestershire Symphony Orchestra and Stroud Symphony Orchestra join forces in Tewkesbury Abbey to take on Mahler’s gargantuan and grippingly intense work.

Coach transport from Stroud direct to Abbey, £15 (subject to sufficient numbers)

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