Just two weeks after our wonderful "night sky" trip to Tekapo, another major event occurred last night - the performance of Mahler's Ninth Symphony performed by the New Zealand Orchestra in Wellington. I've been waiting to hear this symphony performed "live" for 45 years. It was glorious. The NZ Symphony easily matches our major symphony orchestras in Sarasota and Tampa. This 1 hour, 20 minute work of musical genius held the audience in thrall. I consider it THE symphony of the 20th Century. It's the composer's "farewell" to life as he was dying from heart failure while composing it. It's filled with love of life and the heartbreak and final acceptance at leaving it. First performed in 1912, one year after Mahler's death, for me in many ways the symphony foretells the tragedy of the 20th century, a century marked with two world wars and unbelievable suffering and death on a worldwide scale. I defy anyone listening to this symphony not to be moved by its beauty, hence the NZ Orchestra's dubbing it "Terrifying Beauty". If you have never heard it, please do so, but have tissues ready. Jody and I followed this up with a wonderful Indian dinner at our favorite Indian Restaurant, Great India. What an unforgettable night!
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