On today's show, we'll hear from a major piece that begins in darkness and despair and ends in delirious joy: The Symphony No. 5 by Gustav Mahler.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Igor Stravinsky: Suite No. 1 for Small Orchestra
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Album: Shadow Dances
Deutsche Grammophon 453 458-2
Jessie Montgomery: Divided, for cello and orchestra
Tommy Mesa, cello | Greenwich Symphony Orchestra | Stuart Malina, conductor
Greenwich Symphony Orchestra, Greenwich High School Performing Arts Center, Greenwich, CT
Igor Stravinsky: Three Movements from Petrushka
Ilya Shmukler, piano
Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, TCU Van Cliburn Concert Hall, Fort Worth, TX
Benjamin Krause: Origin Stories (World Premiere)
Helen Hwaya Kim, violin | Kenn Wagner, violin | Catherine Lynn, viola | Brad Ritchie, cello | Jesse McCandless, clarinet
Atlanta Chamber Players, First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
Hour 2
Nadia Boulanger: Vers la vie nouvelle (Toward a New Life)
Lucy Mauro, piano
Album: Mademoiselle: Unknown Music of Nadia Boulanger
Delos 3496
Nadia Boulanger: Three Pieces for Cello and Piano
Clive Greensmith, cello | Esther Park, piano
Geneva Music Festival, Smith Opera House, Geneva, NY
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5: Mvts. 4-5
Lakes Area Music Festival Orchestra | Christian Reif, conductor
Lakes Area Music Festival, Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts, Brainerd, MN
Juan Pablo Contreras: Mariachitlan
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra | Jaime Martin, conductor
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
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