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There are many decisions a conductor has to make before stepping on the podium for a first rehearsal

with an orchestra.

There's the tempo, there's the phrasing, there's the balance, and there's of course

an overall vision of the work,

along with countless other tasks that make a conductor's job much more than just waving a stick.

On a practical level there's the timing of the rehearsal, structure of the rehearsal,

deciding what you want to accomplish that day, rehearsal psychology, and again countless other factors to think about. what a

what you want to accomplish that day, rehearsal psychology, and again, countless other factors to think about. Now, what a conductor usually doesn't have to think about is what order you play each movement in a symphony.

But in Mahler's sixth Symphony, along with every other decision

a conductor has to make, he or she now has to make probably the most important decision they

will make for the performance. And that decision is about in which order do they

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