by Ben Hogwood. Photo of Mahler by Moritz Nähr, courtesy of Wikipedia

On this day in 1910, the premiere of Mahler’s Symphony no.8 took place. Arcana has two personal pieces about this symphony by John Earls – the first about wondering when he might complete his Mahler symphony cycle, coming out of COVID-19 – and the second when he finally did, a memorable day in 2022

There are a good number of performances of the symphony online, but Arcana has selected this big hitting performance under the direction of Marc Albrecht, live from Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw:

Published post no.3,315 – Saturday 12 September 2026