Composing the Universe – Documentary – Mahler Festival Online
The Third Symphony is Mahler’s longest piece and even the longest symphony in the standard repertoire. Mahler becomes ‘an instrument upon which the universe plays’. He listens to the flowers, the trees, the animals, mankind, the angels and finally he listens to ‘what love tells me’.
A story told by Mahler scholar Morten Solvik, conductors Iván Fischer, Lahav Shani, Kahchun Wong, soprano Jessye Norman and granddaughter Marina Mahler.
This documentary is made possible by the Mahler Foundation and is part of Mahler Festival Online. The documentary will premiere this Sunday at 8 PM After the documentary you can enjoy Symphony No. 3, played by the Concertgebouworkest and conducted by Mariss Jansons.
www.concertgebouw.nl/mahler
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