A few rep changes

With all of the moving around this season, Giancarlo and his colleagues made a few changes to the repertoire for certain concerts. The most obvious was the postponement of Mahler's Eighth Symphony. Mahler 8 requires a massive orchestra, a large adult and children's choir and 8 vocal soloists. Holding this event someplace else would have been fraught with logistical problems. But the real reason we're holding off on it is that there's going to be no better place to perform or experience it than Schermerhorn Symphony Center. Beethoven 9, which replaces Mahler 8 for the opener, will be a joyous and appropriately bombastic way to launch the season from War Memorial Auditorium.

We've also postponed the Duruflé Requiem, which with its magical blending of voice, organ and orchestra, is tailor-made for the Schermerhorn. I'm sure you'll enjoy hearing the orchestra's performance of Beethoven's beloved "Pastoral" Symphony in its stead.

-Jared