While a Mahler symphony cycle may be a new endeavor for the FWSO, pre-season Great Performance festivals devoted to a single composer are not: since 2002 Harth-Bedoya and the orchestra have spent the last full weekend in August exploring Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms and Tchaikovsky. The orchestra will cover the remaining six Mahler symphonies in mini-festivals prior to the next two seasons.
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