Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)

Composer of the Week Podcast vor 1 Jahr

Kate Molleson navigates through the personal and professional struggles of Gustav Mahler

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Kate Molleson navigates through the personal and professional
struggles of Gustav Mahler

Gustav Mahler: brilliant, fiery and tyrannical – leader of some
the most prestigious musical institutions of his era – fought
battles his whole life. He clashed with his colleagues, scrapped
with critics and wrestled endlessly with his own desires and
ambitions. This week, Kate Molleson navigates us through his many
personal and professional struggles, and follows Mahler to the
countryside hideaways where he sought (not always successfully)
to escape the drama of his everyday life. Here, among the lakes
and mountains, Mahler also found space to compose and he poured
the whole world into his music in all its ugliness, mundanity and
transcendent beauty.

Music Featured:

Symphony No 3 (excerpts) Symphony No 1 (excerpts) Symphony No 2
(excerpts) by Bernard Haitink Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Lob des
hohen Verstandes) Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Symphony No 4
(excerpts) Symphony No 5 (excerpts) Symphony No 6 (excerpts)
Symphony No 7 (excerpts) Kindertotenlieder (No 3, Wenn dein
Mütterlein) Symphony No 8 "Symphony of a Thousand" (excerpts) Das
Lied von der Erde (No 2, Der Einsame in Herbst) Symphony No 9
(excerpts) Das Lied von der Erde (No 4, Von der Schonheit)
Symphony No 10 (ed. Deryck Cooke (excerpt)

Presented by Kate Molleson Produced by Chris Taylor for BBC Audio
Wales and West

For full track listings, including artist and recording details,
and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after
broadcast) head to the series page for Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00291fh

And you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we’ve
featured on Composer of the Week here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z