Symphony No. 4 (Mahler) - Premieres

Premieres

• World premiere: 25 November 1901, Munich, Margarete Michalek (soprano) with the Kaim Orchestra conducted by the composer.
• Dutch première: 23 October 1904, Amsterdam, with the composer conducting the Concertgebouw Orchestra in a concert that actually contained two performances of the work (In her memoirs, Alma Mahler incorrectly claims that the second performance was conducted by Willem Mengelberg).
• American premiere: 6 November 1904, New York City, Etta de Montjau (soprano) with the New York Symphony Society conducted by Walter Damrosch.
• British premiere: 25 October 1905, London, in a Proms concert conducted by Henry Wood. Wood's wife sang the soprano part.
• Recording premiere: May 1930, Sakaye Kitasaya (soprano) with the New Symphony Orchestra of Tokyo conducted by Hidemaro Konoye, Japanese Parlophone. This was also the first electrical recording of any Mahler symphony.
• Boy soprano premiere: 1983, Jamie Westman performed and recorded the 4th symphony with Benjamin Zander and the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra. Westman performed the symphony extensively throughout Europe in 1984. Gustav Mahler's Grand daughter Marina Fistoulari-Mahler attended one of his performances at the Musikverein in Vienna.