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Originally Posted by Si...
Length probably has a lot of influence over whether a symphony makes it into the standard repertoire or not. The longer it gets, the less accessible the work becomes, and the less 'convenient' for orchestras to programme.
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Hi Si,
You've got a point there! Of course long symphonies like Mahler's third requires a lot of resources.
Short or long, exciting or boring! I think one can say that Mahler achieved both in writing long exciting symphonies. That's my opinion!
Thanks for interesting point of view!
Fred