“This is so different from where we started!” Dr Rebecca Day explains how Mahler can’t close the third movement in G Major, and instead chooses a real parody of closure to connect it to the outer movements. lpo.uk/Mahler4-AppleMusic #Musicology #Analysis #Mahler4 | London Philharmonic Orchestra

Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 4 received its premiere on this day (November 25) in 1901, with the composer conducting the Kaim Orchestra. Enjoy this 1972 video of Leonard Bernstein conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in an excerpt from the third movement of Mahler's Fouth Symphony. | Leonard Bernstein

Gustav Mahler was born on this day in 1860! Mahler was one of Leonard Bernstein's most beloved composers, and his passion for Mahler contributed to the composer’s resurgent popularity in the 1960s and 1970s, particularly in Europe. "The only difficulty in conducting Mahler is durability, the ability to last, a simple physical problem of maintaining the intensity, concentration and physical energy that is required. . .emotional energy. . . , tension, nervous energy, which is required to take a la

125K views · 4.5K reactions | “Gustav Mahler was not only a great symphonist, but also one of the mightiest dramatic minds of the last 100 years.” — Leonard Bernstein Experience the complete cycle of Mahler symphonies conducted by Leonard Bernstein, available only on Carnegie Hall+: carnegiehallplus.com | Carnegie Hall | Facebook