SymphonyCast 03/21/2011 (Hour 2)

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Tenor Stuart Skelton loves Mahler's uproarious love song to life, Das Lied von der Erde, especially the moments when he gets to sing of the joys of wine! But there is so much tenderness here, too, and Skelton is a master at evoking these and many other moods in Mahler's masterpiece.

MOZART: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro

Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Jose Serebrier, conductor

WITCHES' BREW Le Bouillon de la Sorciere Hexenbrau

Karen L of Atascadero, CA is this week's encore contest winner! She correctly id'd Vladimir Ashkenazy's performance as Mendelssohn's Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream (transcribed by Rachmaninov).

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Vladimir Ashkenazy

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Lilli Paasikivi

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Stuart Skelton

Tenor Stuart Skelton loves Mahler's uproarious love song to life, Das Lied von der Erde, especially the moments when he gets to sing of the joys of wine! But there is so much tenderness here, too, and Skelton is a master at evoking these and many other moods in Mahler's masterpiece.


Sydney Symphony Orchestra

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