Karl Miller wrote:

>Stephen E. Bacher wrote:
>
>>Myself, I have never been able to warm to the 8th.  Its appeal continues
>>to elude me, while I readily embrace all the others.
>
>I remember one of my teachers commenting on the work by saying, "do we
>really need that many people to affirm a C major triad?" Upon reflection,
>I wonder if my teacher knew about the Brian Gothic Symphony?

He certainly didn't seem to realise that the triad the 8th "affirms" is
E flat not C major....:-)

I'd say that the 8th is the one Mahler symphony you really have to hear
live.

Deryk Barker <[log in to unmask]>