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Pittsburgh Plays Mahler's Fifth

Yesterday we heard part one of our special two-day broadcast of Mahler's Fifth Symphony, from a concert by the Pittsburgh Symphony. Today we'll hear the final two movements, beginning with the famous Adagietto. Conductor Manfred Honeck says it's not funeral music, as many people think. He says it's a love song written by Mahler to his future wife Alma. Honeck leads the Pittsburgh Symphony, from a concert last Sunday in Berlin.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Gabriel Faure (Transcribed by Yo-Yo Ma): Fourth movement from Violin Sonata No. 1 in A, Op. 13
Yo-Yo Ma, cello, Kathryn Stott, piano

Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5
The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles

Gabriel Faure: Sicilienne from Pelleas and Melisande
The Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano, conductor
Spring for Music, New York City

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19
Yo-Yo Ma, cello, Kathryn Stott, piano
The BBC Proms, London, England

Ennio Morricone: The Mission
Yo-Yo Ma, cello, Kathryn Stott, piano
The BBC Proms, London, England

Hour 2

Jean Sibelius: Valse Triste (Sad Waltz), Op. 44, No. 1
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Lorin Maazel, conductor

Henri Dutilleux: Slava's Fanfare
The London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England

Giovanni Dettori: Fugue in D Minor (After Lady Gaga)
Dejan Lazic, piano
The BBC Proms, London, England

Mikhail Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila
The Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England

Maurice Durufle: Ubi Caritas
Combined Choirs, Thea Kano, director
Trinity Wall Street, New York City

Paul Mealor: Ubi Caritas
The Choir of Westminster Abbey and Her Majesty's Chapel Royal, Thomas Fetherstonhaugh, treble solo, James O'Donnell, conductor
Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, London, England

Gustav Mahler: Final two movements from Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp Minor
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck, conductor
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany

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