{"id":12170,"date":"2023-11-20T15:18:37","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T15:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/?p=12170"},"modified":"2023-11-21T19:29:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T19:29:14","slug":"two-canadian-symphonies-team-performance-mahler-symphony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/2023\/11\/20\/two-canadian-symphonies-team-performance-mahler-symphony\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Canadian Symphonies Team Up For Performance of Mahler Symphony"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12171\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12171\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12171\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/11\/Calgary-and-Edmonton-orchestras.jpg\" alt=\"Calgary and Edmonton orchestra\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/11\/Calgary-and-Edmonton-orchestras.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/11\/Calgary-and-Edmonton-orchestras-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/11\/Calgary-and-Edmonton-orchestras-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/11\/Calgary-and-Edmonton-orchestras-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L-R) Calgary Philharmonic &amp; Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. (Photos courtesy of both organizations)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Edmonton Symphony and Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra joined forces last week to perform Mahler\u2019s 3rd Symphony.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s Up:<\/strong> On November 10, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO) and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (ESO) along with the CPO\u2019s soprano and alto sections, mezzo-soprano soloist Susan Platts, and the Calgary Girls\u2019 Choir, joined forces to perform Mahler\u2019s 3rd Symphony. The two neighbouring Alberta symphonies combined for the first time in over 25 years to a sold-out audience at the Jack Singer Concert Hall conducted by the CPO\u2019s music director, Rune Bergmann. The following night, the concert moved to Edmonton at a sold-out Winspear Centre.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Refresher:<\/strong> The last time the CPO and ESO combined forces was in 1997 to perform Mahler\u2019s 8th Symphony. Such combinations are necessary in order to perform Mahler\u2019s music, as the ESO\u2019s core only includes 56 players and the CPO\u2019s 66. Mahler\u2019s 3rd Symphony calls for 8 french horns, 8 timpanis, and 2 harps, usually amounting to over 100 players onstage. It consists of 6 movements and is the longest symphony in the orchestral canon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Digging Deeper:<\/strong> Canada\u2019s orchestral scene suffered a major blow earlier this year with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/2023\/09\/25\/kitchener-waterloo-symphony-fiasco-explained\/\">sudden closure of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony<\/a>, one of the country\u2019s most historic and accomplished orchestral groups. Initiatives such as the CPO and ESO\u2019s combined performance lends a glimmer of hope for the northern country\u2019s musical landscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Edmonton Symphony and Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra joined forces last week to perform Mahler\u2019s 3rd Symphony.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":12171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[86,3,255],"tags":[352,351],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/11\/Calgary-and-Edmonton-orchestras.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12170"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12170"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12193,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12170\/revisions\/12193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12170"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=12170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}