Mahler’s Symphony No. 6 is famous for its intricate composition, for conveying sadness and tragedy, and for being hard.
Like, really hard.
Seriously, it’s his most rarely performed piece of work. So the fact that the Boston Philharmonic’s playing it at the Sanders Theatre is a big deal. Fact.
[Thu 2.21.13. 45 Quincy St., Cambridge. 7:30pm/all ages/ $8-$70. @bosphil. bostonphil.org]
