The Seattle Symphony writes:
The full forces of the Seattle Symphony mass on stage under the baton of Conductor Emeritus Ludovic Morlot for Mahler’s immense masterpiece, his Sixth Symphony. Music of heart-rending tragedy, intense romance, and unwavering emotional intensity builds to the cataclysmic ‘hammer blows of Fate’ which end the piece. But before this great journey, the orchestra performs a musical farce – Richard Strauss’ cheeky and irreverent Burleske, featuring Swiss virtuoso Francesco Piemontesi at the piano.