| I saw the NSO play Mahler's 2nd a couple of years ago, with Gilbert Kaplan as the guest conductor. Kaplan is this ultra rich dude who has dedicated his life to learning how to properly conduct that one piece of music, and he's generally considered the best in the world at it. It was very inspiring, to say the least. I may be going to this performance, also, but I'm not sure yet. The Kennedy Center has been programming a fair bit of Mahler lately, which is a bit surprising to me. I saw the Bolshoi Orchestra perform Mahler's Ninth there awhile back, which is my alltime favorite symphony. They gave a very peculiarly Russian interpretation, which did a lot to explain Shostakovich to me (another of my favorites). |