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Mahler’s Spirit Pervaded the Concert Hall

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Mahler’s Spirit Pervaded the Concert Hall
Dutch conductor Jaap van Zweden performs during the presentation of the Concertgebouw Award for his contribution to the artistic profile of the Concertgebouw, in Amsterdam, on April 18, 2023. Robin van Lonkhuijsen/ANP/AFP via Getty Images
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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It was the last concert conducted by Jaap van Zweden in his tenure at the New York Philharmonic. On the program was one of the most mighty, improbable, complicated, and enduring pieces of the symphonic repertoire, the Second Symphony of Gustav Mahler, also called “Resurrection.”

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]
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