Late in his life, Gustav Mahler was Music Director of the New York Philharmonic. That special relationship between Mahler and New York resonates to our time. On today's show, hear the New York Philharmonic, in concert, with an intimate and epic performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 7.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Joseph Haydn: Piano Concerto No. 11: 3rd movement
Shai Wosner, piano; Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Haydn & Ligeti Concertos & Capriccios
Onyx 4174
Erno Dohnanyi: Symphony No. 2: Movement 4 Variazione
The Orchestra Now; Leon Botstein, conductor
Bard College, Sosnoff Concert Hall at Bard's Fisher Center, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
Edvard Grieg: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 27: Movement 1
Tessa Lark and Jun Iwasaki, violins; Jonathan Vinocour, viola; Julie Albers, cello
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA
David Lang: gravity
Shai Wosner, piano; Orion Weiss, piano
Chamber Music Northwest, Congregation Beth Israel, Portland, OR
David Lang: after gravity
Shai Wosner, piano; Orion Weiss, piano
Chamber Music Northwest, Congregation Beth Israel, Portland, OR
Hour 2
Maurice Ravel: Danse Generale from 'Daphnis et Chloe'
New York Philharmonic; Pierre Boulez, conductor
Ballet Vol. 1: Greatest Hits
Sony 45658
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 19 in A Major, from the Well-Tempered Clavier Book II, BWV 888
Stephen Prutsman, piano
Rockport Music, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 7: Movement 2
New York Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductor
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY
Szymon Laks: String Quartet No. 3
Dover String Quartet
Minnesota Beethoven Festival, Page Theatre, Saint Mary's University, Winona, MN
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