Joel Hill wrote:

>Concerning Mahler 6...
>
>What seems to be the issue with this work? I don't know it at all.  If I
>were only going to be there to enjoy it, I would like for the last mvt of
>Mahler's 3rd to be played at my funeral.  (This is NOT an announcement!)

 From one who is no longer testing the Mahler waters w/ his toe, but hasn't
gotten in much beyond his waist either:  I've heard the work on recording
and I've heard it live in Tel Aviv (Mehta conducting the Israel
Philharmonic) and I find it one of the most lugubrious works of music I've
ever listened to.

Walter Meyer