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Evansville Philharmonic - JOAN F. DAVID IN LOVING MEMORY OF GEORGE T. DAVID PRESENTS MAHLER 5

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THE EP’S 2025–2026 CLASSICS SEASON CONCLUDES WITH THE POWER AND EMOTIONAL DEPTH OF GUSTAV MAHLER’S SYMPHONY NO. 5, A WORK THAT EMBODIES THE HARMONY OF SOUND AND SPIRIT. FROM THE SOMBER OPENING FUNERAL MARCH TO THE TRIUMPHANT FINALE, MAHLER’S FIFTH IS A SYMPHONY OF EXTREMES—LOVE AND LOSS, TURMOIL AND SERENITY, DOUBT AND RESOLUTION. AT ITS CORE LIES THE ADAGIETTO, ONE OF THE MOST BELOVED MOVEMENTS IN ALL OF CLASSICAL MUSIC, A WORDLESS LOVE LETTER RENDERED IN LUMINOUS STRINGS AND HARP. IT IS A SYMPHONY OF CONTRASTS—DARKNESS GIVING WAY TO LIGHT, MOURNING YIELDING TO JOY—UNITING EVERY VOICE OF THE ORCHESTRA IN A POWERFUL CELEBRATION OF LIFE’S RESILIENCE AND THE ENDURING HARMONY THAT BINDS US THROUGH EVERY SORROW AND TRIUMPH.