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One for the Ages

When the Cleveland Orchestra performed Gustav Mahler's second symphony ("The Resurrection") in Vienna, it was by all accounts an incredible performance. When it was over, the audience erupted in a 13-minute ovation. One critic called it "a Resurrection for the ages." Tune in today to hear the spectacular finale of Mahler's second, from that magical night in Vienna.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Sergei Prokofiev: March from "The Love for Three Oranges"
The Los Angeles Philharmonic with conductor Michael Tilson Thomas

George Gershwin: Promenade ("Walking the Dog")
The Los Angeles Philharmonic with conductor Michael Tilson Thomas

Igor Stravinsky: "Fireworks"
The Los Angeles Philharmonic with conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles

Sergei Prokofiev: Excerpts from "Romeo and Juliet"
The Los Angeles Philharmonic with conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles

Hour 2

Claude Debussy: "Masques"
London Brass

Johann Sebastian Bach: Sinfonia from Cantata, BWV 42
The Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic with conductor Peter Dijkstra
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Claude Debussy: "La Plus que Lente" ("An Even Slower Waltz")
Pianist Stephen Hough
Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Denver

Emmanuel Chabrier: "Feuillet d'Album" ("Autumn Leaf")
Pianist Stephen Hough
Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Denver

Gustav Mahler: Last movement from Symphony No. 2 in C Minor ("Resurrection")
The Cleveland Orchestra and Wiener Singverein with soprano Malin Hartelius, mezzo-soprano Bernarda Fink, and conductor Franz Welser-Most
Musikverein, Vienna, Austria

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