Mahler Here & Now

Music of Heaven and Earth. Music Director Rei Hotoda’s exploration of the symphonies of Gustav Mahler continues with his Fourth Symphony. This delightful evocation of childhood innocence was strongly influenced by Schubertian lyricism and German folk poetry. It culminates in a song for soprano describing a child’s view of Heaven. The devastation of nature from California’s recent spate of wildfires is the subject of Gabriela Lena Frank’s moving...