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Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler

By: Aaron Cohen
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  • The Embrace Everything podcast series is an exploration and celebration of the music of Gustav Mahler. Throughout his life, Mahler insisted that music had to, literally, embrace everything. This makes his compositions unusually rich in what they offer both audience and musicians. Each season explores a different Mahler symphony and includes interviews with leading conductors, music scholars and musicians. Additionally, Mahler’s own words and those of his contemporaries are read by actors.

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  • Season 1 - Mahler's First Symphony

    Season 1 - Mahler's First Symphony
    Jun 10 2020

    Season 1 focuses on Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 in D major (1888), taking listeners back to the work’s origins in the street songs, folk tunes and bugle calls of Mahler’s childhood. Each episode is devoted to a movement of the symphony.

    Guests include conductors Kent Nagano and Michael Tilson Thomas; principal musicians of the Boston Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam; scholars from Columbia University and the University of Chicago; and starring James Lurie as the voice of Gustav Mahler and Laura Gragtmans as the voice of Natalie Bauer-Lechner.

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    EPISODE LINKS:

    Season 1: www.theworldofgustavmahler.org/season1.html

    Embrace Everything Website: www.theworldofgustavmahler.org

    CONNECT WITH US:

    Facebook: www.facebook.com/theworldofgustavmahler

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    Instagram: www.instagram.com/theworldofgustavmahler

    BONUS CONTENT:

    https://www.theworldofgustavmahler.org/extras.html

    PODCAST LINKS:

    Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3YU4tWn

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  • Movement One – Isn’t This a Splendid World?

    Movement One – Isn’t This a Splendid World?
    Jul 7 2020

    Gustav Mahler’s First Symphony is the story of a young man beginning his journey through life. In fact, it is Mahler himself, looking at the world with wide-eyed wonder. Originally, he titled the first movement “Spring Without End,” for its depiction of the joys of nature. 

    Starring James Lurie as the voice of Gustav Mahler and Laura Gragtmans as the voice of Natalie Bauer-Lechner.

    Guests include Michael Tilson Thomas (San Francisco Symphony, New World Symphony), Kent Nagano (Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Hamburg State Opera and Philharmonic), William Hudgins (Principal Clarinet, Boston Symphony Orchestra), Marilyn McCoy (Columbia University) and Caroline Kita (Washington University in St. Louis). 

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    https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/embrace-everything-the-world-of-gustav-mahler

    EPISODE LINKS:

    Season 1, Episode 1: www.theworldofgustavmahler.org/episode1.html

    Embrace Everything Website: www.theworldofgustavmahler.org

    CONNECT WITH US:

    Facebook: www.facebook.com/theworldofgustavmahler

    Twitter: www.twitter.com/worldofmahler

    Instagram: www.instagram.com/theworldofgustavmahler

    BONUS CONTENT:

    https://www.theworldofgustavmahler.org/extras.html

    PODCAST LINKS:

    Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3YU4tWn

    Google Podcasts: bit.ly/3lpUXwr

    Spotify: spoti.fi/3TjHfb7

    iHeart Radio: ihr.fm/404KxBg
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    21 mins
  • Movement Two – All Music Proceeds from the Dance

    Movement Two – All Music Proceeds from the Dance
    Jul 7 2020

    In the second movement of his First Symphony, Gustav Mahler draws upon the dance music of his youth. As his mood becomes more exuberant, so too, does the music.

    Starring James Lurie as the voice of Gustav Mahler and Laura Gragtmans as the voice of Natalie Bauer-Lechner.

    Guests include Michael Tilson Thomas (San Francisco Symphony, New World Symphony), Kent Nagano (Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Hamburg State Opera and Philharmonic), Marilyn McCoy (Columbia University), Philip V. Bohlman (University of Chicago), and Christian Glanz (University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna).

    SUPPORT US ON PATREON:

    https://www.patreon.com/user?u=91819874

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    https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/embrace-everything-the-world-of-gustav-mahler

    EPISODE LINKS:

    Season 1, Episode 2: www.theworldofgustavmahler.org/episode2.html

    Embrace Everything Website: www.theworldofgustavmahler.org

    CONNECT WITH US:

    Facebook: www.facebook.com/theworldofgustavmahler

    Twitter: www.twitter.com/worldofmahler

    Instagram: www.instagram.com/theworldofgustavmahler

    BONUS CONTENT:

    https://www.theworldofgustavmahler.org/extras.html

    PODCAST LINKS:

    Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3YU4tWn

    Google Podcasts: bit.ly/3lpUXwr

    Spotify: spoti.fi/3TjHfb7

    iHeart Radio: ihr.fm/404KxBg
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Great endeavor!

This first season with the Titan is just fenomenal! It was a great idea to let the music play along the text. Mahler was truly a composer ahead of his time and you can contemplate life itself hearing his symphonies. I hope you continue to the next (and my favorite) symphony, Resurection.

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One of the best music history experiences

I was hooked on the work of Gustav Mahler in the late 1980s when a friend suggested I listen to anything by him. So I purchased a recording of the second symphony on a whim. Ever since, I have consumed every bit of Mahler history I could get my hands, eyes, and ears on. But nothing has compared to the sumptuous complexity and depth of this podcast series.
Even if you have been immersed in Gustav Mahler history like I have, you will learn something new. And if you’ve never heard his music, please, just listen to any of these podcasts; if it doesn’t simply attract you with its power and beauty, it’ll hit your left brain hard.

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As informative as it is Amazing!

I listened to this before going to see mahlers second symphony live. It was extremely helpful to understand what was happening throughout the performance. Highly recommended!

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