Symphony No. 2

Yeah, yeah.

Ask them what Mahler's Resurrection Symphony sounds like.

Well, that'd be a bit tricky.

And they have no idea.

Bright Thebis is a seminal record precisely because it challenged the strict definitions of folk music in its own time.

And then if you widen the lens even further, the National Symphony Orchestra is opening their 2026-2027 season with Mahler's Symphony No. 2 under Alexander Shelley.

A massive state-funded classical undertaking.

Massive.

That's the first thing, right? Yes.

Oh, and by the way, by the way, there will be Mahler's Resurrection on Friday.

Starts half past seven.

I'm giving you all this information so you have it first.

And this is a piece, Symphony No. 2, from Mahler's Resurrection.

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He's primarily known for his operas, but also composed many orchestral works and chamber works.

His orchestral works have existentialist questions at their core, and Bertz has stated that the symphonies of Bruckner and Mahler have been sources of inspiration, particularly Mahler's Second Symphony.

Well, he's got some pretty heavy influences here, so let's dive in.

Tracks one through three, double concerto for one.

But this one's still pretty straightforward.

This is Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2, or the Resurrection Symphony.

We're looking at the first movement, which was originally a symphonic poem called Totenfeuer, or Funeral Rites.

So we're getting back into the funerary evocation.

It was not a number... 11 do you think 12 it might be 12 i could be wrong i never remember which one because i know it is the moonlight sonata

and that's

much more evocative than sonata number blah or symphony number x which is why you have things like you know mahler's symphony number two or the resurrection symphony um and yeah as much as i love music for strings percussion and celesta it's like great that's the instruments that are playing it cool um what's it about yeah which to azzy's point is why it's hard to get into some of this stuff because you aren't you can't even go by the title no of of what how should i approach this it's just a list of instruments great that doesn't give me anything to grab on to But Ligeti here, that Lux Aeterna, again, this is a portion of the Requiem Mass.

This is about the eternal light.