37K views · 315 reactions | Principal Percussion Brian Maloney talks about those famous hammer blows ahead of WASO's performances of Mahler 6 on Aug 25 & 26. https://goo.gl/y9vtZe | West Australian Symphony Orchestra | Facebook

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1.8K views · 34 reactions | Step aside, MC Hammer. The original "Hammer Time" premiered on this day in 1906 with Gustav Mahler conducting his Symphony No. 6. Here 2020 Academy graduate Eli Reisz demonstrates the Mahler's Hammer instrument. | Interlochen Center for the Arts | Facebook

🛠️ The famous Mahler hammer! This is the famous hammer blow from Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 6—a dramatic symbol of fate and destiny. What cannot be conveyed through notes alone, Mahler expresses with this powerful gesture. The hammer will be heard again on our tour to Hamburg, Cologne, and Essen with Klaus Mäkelä. . . . #ViennaPhilharmonic #Mahler6 #KlausMäkelä #ConcertTour #MahlerHammer #SymphonyNo6 #ClassicalMusic Musikverein Wien | Vienna Philharmonic / Wiener Philharmoniker

It's hammer time! Tune in tonight to hear the "Mahler hammer" in action. ⚡️We're live from 6:30pm for Mahler's colossal Symphony No 6 performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gemma New. The orchestra's Production Manager Steve Blennerhassett and double bass player Malcolm Struthers took RNZ Concert host Bryan Crump along for the ride as they created the block the hammer has to hit. Tonight the hammer will be in the hands of percussionist Leonard Sakofsky. Tune in! | RNZ Conc