• Chronology: Year 1898.
  • Location: Neues Deutsches Theatre (State Opera).
  • Nature: Fourth philharmonic concert for the benefit of the orchestra and chorus’ pension fund.
  • Program: Mahler, Beethoven, Berlioz, Hermann, Schumann, Schubert, Beethoven.
  • Composition Mahler:
  • Soloist: No.
  • Conductor: Gustav Mahler (1860-1911).
  • Orchestra: Orchestra of the Koniglich Deutsches Landestheater reinforced by 25 players from the Czech national theater, total of 90 players.
  • Chorus: No.
  • Concert number: c098.
  • Notes: First performance in Prague. It is interesting that a decade earlier, on 22-07-1888, the Bohemia reported that Gustav Mahler’s symphony will be performed next season (i.e. 1888-1889) at Prague, conducted by the composer. 
  • Review in Prager Tagblatt 03-03-1898
  • Review in Prager Tagblatt 05-03-1898. W.B. 
  • Review in Bohemia 05-03-1898 by Adalbert Kulhanek
  • Review in Bohemia 05-03-1898 by Adalbert Kulhanek. Letter fron Angelo Neumann (1838-1910) to Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
  • Review in Neue musikalische Rundschau 02-1897/98. Page 49-51

1898 Concert Prague 03-03-1898 – Symphony No. 1.

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