Colston Lecture 2010
Colston Lecture given by Paul Banks: Mahler and the resurrection of the Symphony
Wednesday 24 November 2010, 17:15 - 18:30
Auditorium, Victoria Rooms
Paul Banks, Professor of Historical Musicology and Head of the Centre for Performance History, Royal College of Music, London
In the late 1880s, after a period of virtual creative silence, Mahler embarked on two ambitious symphonies that grew out of the central European tradition and also significantly rethought the genre. This lecture will explore some of the innovative aspects of these works, and especially the interaction of narrative and architectural elements in the Second Symphony.