Glens Falls Symphony Season Finale - Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 5

Crandall Park
598 Glen St, Glens Falls, NY  12801

4:00 PM

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 an amazing season of music. 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 his death
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)