Poster Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler
Keeping Score / San Francisco Symphony
Performance Today®

Mahler's bad breakup

Gustav Mahler got over a bad breakup, in part, by writing his Symphony No. 1. He confided to a friend: "The music begins where the love affair ends." On Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll hear Mahler's First from a concert by the Cincinnati Symphony.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Ludwig van Beethoven (arr. Brandon Ridenour): Fur Elise
Canadian Brass
University of Georgia, Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA

Brad Richter and Viktor Uzur: Ironwood
Brad Richter, guitar; Viktor Uzur, cello
University of Arizona, Club Congress, Tucson, AZ

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9, K. 271
Yuja Wang, piano; Los Angeles Philharmonic; Lionel Bringuier, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA

Hour 2

Maurice Ravel: Piece en Forme de Habanera
Stefan Ragnar Hoskuldsson, flute; Michael McHale, piano
Ramsey Concert Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Platero y yo
Adam Levin, guitar
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1, Titan: Movements 3-4
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Louis Langree, conductor
Springer Auditorium, Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH

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American Public Media’s Performance Today® is America’s most popular classical music radio program and a winner of the 2014 Gabriel Award for artistic achievement. The show is broadcast on hundreds of public radio stations across the country, including at 1 p.m. central weekdays on Minnesota Public Radio. More information about our stations can be found at APM Distribution.

Performance Today® features live concert recordings that can’t be heard anywhere else, highlights from new album releases, and in-studio performances and interviews. Performance Today® is based at the APM studios in St. Paul, Minnesota, but is frequently on the road, with special programs broadcast from festivals and public radio stations around the country. Also, each Wednesday, composer Bruce Adolphe joins host Fred Child for a classical musical game and listener favorite: the Piano Puzzler.

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