Mahler's Third

One night after La Traviata I was back at the Esplanade for Mahler's 3rd Symphony. It has always been my favourite symphony, what with everything thrown in and a monumental choir , I have 5 versions of it on CDs. The first time I heard it live, about 14 years ago, I cried. This time round, I'm sturdier, but it was still an exhilarating, moving concert! Playing it on CD later, Lin asked me to turn off the "funeral music". It's a rather apt description of the first movement but I should've skipped to the sublime 6th movement to begin with. I thought I saw L Seah tearing as she played that. The SSO was in top form. Sigh.

Chup