Symphony No. 8 (Mahler)
The Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major is one of the largest-scale choral works in the classical concert repertoire. The work was composed in a single inspired burst at his Maiernigg villa in southern Austria in the summer of 1906. Part I is based on the Latin text of a 9th-century Christian hymn for Pentecost, Veni creator spiritus, and Part II is...
