Mahler Symphony No. 6, Part 3

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

Joshua Weilerstein

Arts, Performing Arts, Music

4.9 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Albert Camus once wrote: "when I describe what the catastrophe of man looks like, music comes into my mind—the music of Gustav Mahler." The last movement of Mahler 6 is a symphony within a symphony. It is a difficult movement to understand, and even the way it ends is full of the emotional complexity that marks Mahler's music. I'll take you through this movement today, through its peaks and valleys of ecstasy and despair all the way to the hammer blows that cut our hero down as he strives ever upward.

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0:00.0	Hello and I'm a
0:02.0	a musical music
0:04.0	... Hello and welcome to Sticky notes to Classical Music Podcast.
0:11.0	My name is Joshua Witherstein, I'm a conductor, and I'm the artistic
0:14.0	director of the Lozanne Chamber Orchestra in Lozanne Switzerland. This
0:17.4	podcast is for anyone who loves classical music, works in the field, or is just
0:21.2	getting ready to dive in to this amazing world of
0:23.8	incredible music. Before we get started I want to thank all of my
0:27.1	Patreon sponsors for making season six possible. If you'd like to support the
0:31.1	show please head over to patreoncom slash Sticky Notes Podcast.
0:35.0	And if you are a fan of the show, please just take a moment to give us a rating or review on Apple Podcasts.
0:40.0	Every rating your review helps more people find the show and it is greatly appreciated.
0:44.4	And a big thank you to Craig for sponsoring this final part of Moller's Sixth Symphony.
0:50.4	Just have one thing to share with you before we get started. I want to invite you again to a very special online concert that my wife and I set up to benefit a fantastic organization called Spread the Vote. Spread the Vote does incredibly important work to help
1:05.1	voters exercise their right to vote in the face of voter ID laws. 21 million Americans
1:10.6	do not own a photo ID and if they live in a state that requires one they
1:14.3	cannot vote. Spread the vote works tirelessly to get a photo ID for every
1:18.6	American that needs one. My wife and I wanted to put together a virtual fundraiser in order to help them in their work and have called on some of our best friends in the musical world in order to help us out. So on Sunday, July 26th at 3 p.m. Eastern time, please join us as we welcome Yoyo Ma,
1:35.2	Emmanuel Ax, Elisa Weilerstein, Noah Bendix Spoggley, Anthony McGill,
1:39.7	and Jonathan Biss for this amazing concert.
1:43.0	Tickets and more information can be found at opus 2020.com.
1:48.0	That's W.W.opus 2020.com.
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