GFS 2024-25 Season Finale: Mahler’s Symphony No. 5
NEWS CONTACT:
Jennifer Brink, Executive Director
Phone: (518) 793-1348
E-mail: exdir@gfso.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
April 11, 2025
Glens Falls Symphony to Present: “Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No.5”
On Sunday, May 4, at 4pm, the Glens Falls Symphony will return to the stage at Glens Falls High School for the final performance of the 2024-25 season of Music, Movement and Memory.
One of the singular, titanic works of music comes to the stage at Glens Falls High School for an epic conclusion to a fantastic music season. Come hear why Mahler's grand yet incredibly human musical expression has been featured prominently in recent films. This performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 5 will be performed without intermission.
About the work: in notes by John Mangum and the L.A. Philharmonic: "Since he died in 1911, Gustav Mahler has come to occupy a central place in the history of music and in the orchestral repertory. With advances in recording technology, his symphonies – many of them clocking in around 80 minutes, perfect for a single CD – have found a huge audience, one much larger than in the decades after his death, when a handful of dedicated acolytes championed his music in the concert halls of Europe and America. Mahler has also, just about a century later, emerged as a crucial bridge between the musical Romanticism of the 19th century and the modernism of the 20th, a composer who simultaneously summed up the achievements of his predecessors and pointed the way forward."
This concert is dedicated to Concertmaster Michael Emery and Assistant Principal Viola Stephani Emery in commemoration of their decades of artistic service to the orchestra.
Program
Charles Peltz, Music Director
Symphony No. 5 Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Part I:
Movement I: Trauermarsh (Funeral March)
“In gemessenem Schritt. Streng. Wie ein Kondukt”
(A sorrowful march at a measured pace, firm, and like a solemn procession)
Movement II: Stürmisch bewegt, mit größter Vehemenz
(Stormy, played with great vehemence)
Part II:
Movement III: Scherzo: Kräftig, nicht zu schnell
Part III:
Movement IV: Adagietto – Sehr Langsam (Very Slow)
Movement V: Finale. Allegro giocoso. Frisch (Quickly, bright)
Events Schedule:
“Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No.5” “Sound+Film” series
FREE Screening of The Young People’s Concert: Who is Gustav?
Wednesday, April 23, at 2:30 pm.
Queensbury Senior Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury, NY
Contact: stephanie@seniorsonthego.org to reserve a seat.
About: New York Philharmonic conductor Leonard Bernstein addresses youngsters at Carnegie Hall. He presents the music of composer and conductor Gustav Mahler, who conducted the Philharmonic from 1908 to 1911. Vocal soloists are soprano Reri Grist, contralto Helen Raaband tenor William Lewis.
Pre-Concert Talk:
Sunday, May 4, at 3 pm.
Maestro Peltz presents a free pre-concert talk about the music and the guest artists. Location: Glens Falls High School Auditorium, 10 Quade Street, Glens Falls, NY.
Concert:
“Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No.5” The Glens Falls Symphony
Tickets: Adult: $43-29, Students: $12.
Location: Glens Falls High School Auditorium
Tickets can be purchased by calling (518) 793-1348 or visiting the Symphony’s website here.
Concert Sponsors:
Arrow Bank
The Touba Family Foundation
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For more information, contact Jennifer Brink at (518) 793-1348 or exdir@gfso.org
www.theglensfallssymphony.org
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Office hours: Monday – Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m
About Glens Falls Symphony
The Glens Falls Symphony began as a community amateur orchestra in 1977 at the then-named Adirondack Community College. The symphony successfully moved into its fourth decade of music-making as a professional orchestra since its incorporation in 1983. Since Maestro Charles Peltz arrived in 2000, the fully professional Glens Falls Symphony has performed a dynamic repertoire, regularly including musical premieres and world-renowned guest artists while expanding musical offerings to include family concerts, summer pops programs and more. Cited as “one of the great orchestras of our country” by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Joseph Schwantner, the orchestra comprises professional musicians who come from all over the Northeast to perform.