In 1910, Gustav Mahler was 50 years old and working on his tenth symphony. And he was a man with a broken heart, both literally and figuratively. He was diagnosed with an inflammation of the inner layer of the heart. He was madly, passionately in love with his wife, Alma. And he discovered she was having an affair. That heartache couldn't help but find its way into his symphony. Today, Michael Tilson Thomas leads the San Francisco Symphony in excerpts from Mahler's tenth from San Francisco.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Johann Sebastian Bach: Excerpts from Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D, BWV 1069
Ensemble Sonnerie with conductor Monica Huggett
Johann Sebastian Bach: Flute Sonata in E-Flat, BWV 1031
Flutist Emmanuel Pahud and harpsichordist Trevor Pinnock
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
Gustav Mahler: First movement from Symphony No. 10
The San Francisco Symphony with conductor Michael Tilson Thomas
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
Toru Takemitsu: "The Night," from "Toward the Sea"
Harpist Yolanda Kondonassis and flutist Joshua Smith
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
Hour 2
Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Part Invention No. 6, BWV 777, and Three-Part Invention No. 7, BWV 793
Bela Fleck, banjo, Joshua Bell, violin, and Edgar Meyer, bass
Fritz Kreisler: "Love's Sorrow" and "Love's Joy"
Violinist Michael Ludwig with the Buffalo Philharmonic and conductor JoAnn Falletta
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo New York
Perfchat with Edgar Meyer, Bela Fleck, and Zakir Hussain: Perfchat
Zakir Hussain: "Bahar"
Edgar Meyer, bass, Bela Fleck, banjo, and Zakir Hussain, tabla
Gusman Theater, Miami
Edgar Meyer: "Canon" and "Bubbles"
Edgar Meyer, bass, Bela Fleck, banjo, and Zakir Hussain, tabla
Gusman Theater, Miami
William Schuman: "Chester," from "New England Triptych"
The Virginia Symphony Orchestra and conductor JoAnn Falletta
Ferguson Center for the Arts, Newport News, Virginia
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