The Symphony of a Thousand

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The Symphony of a Thousand

On March 2, 1916, the Philadelphia Orchestra performed the U.S. premiere of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8.  Join HSP on March 8 - almost one hundred years to the day - for a panel discussion with the Orchestra's Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin and others exploring the intimate connection between “The Symphony of a Thousand” and the international emergence of the Philadelphia Orchestra.