The final movement of Mahler's Symphony No. 6 is epic. Thirty minutes of emotional energy that bursts with dramatic tension, culminating in three powerful hammer blows. On today's show, we'll hear the Boston Symphony perform it in concert, Andris Nelsons conducting.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Egberto Gismonti: Baiao Malandro
Sergio & Odair Assad, guitars
Alma Brasileira
Nonesuch 79179
Daniel Godfrey: Luna Rugosa for Flute, Clarinet, Cello, and Piano
Marya Martin, flute; Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet; Peter Stumpf, cello; Gilles Vonsattel, piano
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church, Bridgehampton, NY
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B flat Major D. 485
Windham Festival Chamber Orchestra; Robert Manno, conductor
Windham Chamber Music Festival, Windham Civic Centre Concert Hall, Windham, NY
Astor Piazzolla: Bandoneon
Sergio & Odair Assad guitar duo
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Hour 2
Felix Mendelssohn (arr. Sergei Rachmaninoff): Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Olga Kern, piano
Rachmaninoff Transcriptions Corelli Variations
Harmonia Mundi 907336
Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 49: Movement 2
Wu Han, piano; Danid Finckel, cello; Philip Setzer, violin
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Brooks Center for the Performing Arts, Clemson, SC
Charles Alkan: Etude No. 3 in G major, from 'Twelve Etudes in All the Major Keys, Op. 35'
Olga Kern, piano
92nd Street Y, New York, NY
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A Minor: Movement 4
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Andris Nelsons, conductor
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
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