Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Lied Des Verfolgten In Turm (Song Of The Prisoner In The Tower)
A listening guide of Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Lied des Verfogten Im Turm with Lew Smoley from ClassicalPodcasts.com.
19 Mar 202110min
Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Wo Die Schönen Trompeten Blasen (Where The Proud Trumpets Blow)
A listening guide of Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Wo Die Schonen Trompeten Blasen with Lew Smoley from ClassicalPodcasts.com.
19 Mar 202114min
Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Lob Des Hohen Verstandes (In Praise Of High Intellect)
A listening guide of Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Lob Des Hohen Verstandes with Lew Smoley from ClassicalPodcasts.com.
19 Mar 20219min
Mahler Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Der Tambourg’sell (The Drummer Boy)
Tamboursg’sell is the last composed of Mahler’s Wunderhorn settings. Like Revelge, it is sung by a doomed drummer. Rather than lying in the field, however, this drummer lies in prison. Where Revelge w...
19 Mar 20219min
Mahler Symphony No. 1 - Intro - Listening Guide
The Symphony No. 1 in D major by Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) was mainly composed between late 1887 and 03-1888, though it incorporates music Mahler had composed for previous works. It was composed whil...
18 Mar 202120min
Mahler Symphony No. 1 - 1st Movement - Listening Guide
Very restrained throughout, D major. The first movement is in modified sonata form, with a substantially slow introduction. The introduction begins eerily with a seven-octave drone in the strings on A...
18 Mar 202129min
Mahler Symphony No. 1 - Blumine Movement - Listening Guide
Blumine translates to ‘floral’, or ‘flower’, and some believe this movement was written for Johanna Richter (1858-1943), with whom Mahler was infatuated at the time. The style of this movement has mu...
18 Mar 20216min
Mahler Symphony No. 1 - 2nd Movement - Listening Guide
Moving strongly, but not too quickly, restrained, a trio Ländler. The second movement is a modified minuet and trio. Mahler replaces the minuet with a Ländler, a 3/4 dance-form that was a precursor to...
18 Mar 202117min
