Friday 10 January, 7:30 PM, venue to be announced later,

The origin of the Tenth, the history of its publication, and realization into full orchestral score by several editors. Participants will include:

• Prof. Edward Reilly, Vassar College, an authority on Mahler's manuscripts

• Prof. Steven Bruns, CU, authority on the Adagio movement

• Dr. Frans Bouwman, Den Haage, the Netherlands, who has been working on various aspects of the history and nature of the Tenth Symphony for almost 20 years.

• Jerry Bruck, Posthorn Studios, New York, a Mahler admirer and digital recording engineer, who was one of the three people who persuaded Alma Mahler to release her ban in the 1960s on performing the Tenth. Bruck has researched the story of the famous Fire Captain's funeral in 1908 which inspired the muffled drum strokes in the Tenth.

• Jerry Fox, President, New York Mahlerites, author of the program notes for the recording of the Clinton Carpenter version of the Tenth.

Some musical examples will be played along with the discussion.

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