No one ever accused Gustav Mahler of being overly modest. When he finished his Eighth Symphony, he wrote, "Try to imagine the whole universe beginning to ring and resound. There are no longer human voices, but planets and suns revolving." It's art on the grandest of scales, Mahler's Symphony of a Thousand. We'll hear Part One, from the opening concert at this year's BBC Proms in London.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Igor Stravinsky: Suite No. 1 for Small Orchestra
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff, conductor
William Byrd: Fantasia
The Flanders Recorder Quartet
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
Henry Purcell: Fantasia
The Flanders Recorder Quartet
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
Dmitri Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony, Op. 83a
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hans Graf, conductor
Ordway Center, St. Paul
Antonin Dvorak: Slavonic Dance in E Minor, Op. 72, No. 2
The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
Johann Strauss, Jr.: Thunder and Lightning Polka, Op. 324
The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
Johann Strauss, Sr.: The Radetzky March
The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
Hour 2
Bohuslav Martinu: Fourth movement from Sinfonia Concertante for Two Orchestras
The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek, conductor
Joseph Haydn: Sonata No. 38 in F, Hob. XVI:23
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
Portland Piano International, Portland, Oregon
Anonymous: Gregorian Offertory - Lustorum Animae
Vox Clamantis and Hortus Musicus Early Music Ensemble, Jaan-Eik Tulve, conductor
St. Nicholas Church, Tallinn, Estonia
Gustav Mahler: Part One from Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat (Symphony of a Thousand)
Soloists, Choirs, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
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