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Behind-the-scenes at the CSO’s Mahler Fest debut

Behind-the-scenes at the CSO’s Mahler Fest debut

WBEZ News · WBEZ Chicago

May 22, 20254m 7s

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Only three times in the history of music has the classical world convened to celebrate the composer Gustav Mahler. An invitation to play at Mahler Fest is a big deal. Last week, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra received a 10-minute standing ovation there for their rendition of Mahler’s Seventh. WBEZ contributor Hannah Edgar filed this dispatch from Amsterdam. HOST: DIXON