Composers from Mozart to Mahler have bid farewell with a valedictory work that seemed to anticipate their own death – whether or not they knew death was imminent. Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Christopher Rouse completed his Symphony No. 6 three months before dying at age 70 on Sept. 21, 2019. Just four weeks later, Louis Langrée and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra performed its world premiere in Music Hall.
On Friday morning, Langrée and the orchestra breathed new life into Rouse’s Sixth…
