Premieres

• Performance of second, third and sixth movements: 1897, Berlin, conducted by Felix Weingartner.
• Premiere of the complete symphony: June 9, 1902, Krefeld, cond. by the composer.
• Dutch premieres: Oct. 17, 1903 in Arnhem; five days later Mahler led the Amsterdam premiere with the Concertgebouw Orchestra.
• American premiere: May 9, 1914, Cincinnati May Festival, cond. by Ernst Kunwald.
• New York premiere: Feb. 28, 1922, New York Philharmonic cond. by Willem Mengelberg.
• British premiere: Nov. 29, 1947, BBC Symphony Orchestra in a broadcast cond. by Adrian Boult; this was not recorded by the BBC, but an off-air recording was made on acetate discs and transferred to CD in 2008: the earliest extant recording of the symphony.
• First radio studio recording: 1950, Hilde Rössel-Majdan, choirs, Vienna Symphony Orchestra cond. by Hermann Scherchen.
• First commercial recording: 1951, Hilde Rössel-Majdan, choirs, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra cond. by F. Charles Adler.
• First public performance in Britain: Feb. 28, 1961, St. Pancras Town Hall, cond. by Bryan Fairfax.
• Singapore premiere: Jan. 26, 2008, Singapore Symphony Orchestra cond. by Lan Shui.
• Thai premiere: July 21, 2010, Mahisorn Hall, Bangkok, Siam Philharmonic Orchestra cond. by Somtow Sucharitkul.
• Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada premiere: May 5, 2012, Conexus Arts Centre, Regina Symphony Orchestra cond. by Victor Sawa.