'Mahler touches the core of the 20th century'

Some of today's best composers have been asked to write pieces to be paired with each Mahler symphony in the Manchester celebration. Here, they consider what the composer means to them todayDetlev GlanertThe rediscovery of Mahler's music in the 60s and 70s was a breath of fresh air for modern music. On the one hand it provoked a welcome critique of the closed, self-reflective aesthetic stances of the postwar New Music; on the other hand, it was a declaration of the sources of modernity; he wante...

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