Antonello Manacorda conducts Mahler's Symphony No. 4
Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 4 in G Major
La Fenice Opera House
Antonello Manacorda conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 4
Symphony No. 4 in G major by Gustav Mahler was written in 1899 and 1900, though it incorporates a song originally written in 1892. The song, Das himmlische Leben, presents a child’s vision of Heaven. It is sung by a soprano in the work’s fourth and final movement. Although typically described as being in the key of G major, the symphony employs a progressive tonal scheme
