- Chronology: Year 1902
- Location: Stadthalle
- Nature: Fourth concert at the 38th festival of the Tonkunstlerversammlung des ADM (1902)
- Program: Mahler
- Composition Mahler:
- Symphony No. 3 (Premiere)
- Soloist: Louise Geller-Wolter (1863-1934)
- Conductor: Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
- Orchestra: The combined orchestras ot the Krefeld Stadtischen Kapelle and the Cologne Gurzenich Orchestra
- Chorus: Women’s voices ot the Krefeld oratorien verein and the boys chorus of the curch St. Anna
- Concert number: c150
- Notes: World premiere of the complete Symphony No. 3. 6 movements; 4th movement: “O Mensch! Gib acht!” from Also sprach Zarathustra (Friedrich Nietzsche); 5th movement: Wunderhorn poem “Lied 12: Es sungen drei Engel einen Sussen Gesang“. Es sungen drei Engel poem from Des Knaben Wunderhorn; composed for use in Symphony No. 3; piano version published 1899. An intermission followed the opening movement at the premiere.
- First meeting Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) and Willem Mengelberg (1871-1951)
- Mahler was called back to the stage twelve times.
- Highlight of the festival.
In the audience:
- Alma Mahler (1879-1964)
- Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
- Max von Schillings (1868-1933)
- Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921)
- Eugen d’Albert (1864-1932)
- Willem Mengelberg (1871-1951)
- William Ritter (1867-1955)
- Sibmacher Zijnen (1859-1926) (Dutch critc, review in Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant 18-10-1903)
- Rudolf Louis (1870-1914) (German critic)
1902 Concert Krefeld 09-06-1902 – Symphony No. 3 (Premiere).
