Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music
Concerts
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February 24, 2012 Simon Rattle leads a performance of Mahler's immense and searching Second Symphony.
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February 17, 2010 Hear the young British soprano Kate Royal sing Mahler in concert with the L.A. Philharmonic.
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October 8, 2009 Hear the 28-year-old conductor take over the L.A. Philharmonic on NPR Music.
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January 6, 2009 The orchestra, conducted by Paavo Jarvi, performs a set of lesser-known music by Gustav Mahler.
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July 29, 2008 Hear incomparable works by Mozart (his 40th Symphony) and Mahler (The Song of the Earth).
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November 13, 2007 Conductor Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic play music by Mahler, live at Carnegie Hall.
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November 6, 2007 Benjamin Zander conducts the Boston Philharmonic in Gustav Mahler's misunderstood Symphony No. 1.
Interviews & Profiles
December 7, 2010 The popular mezzo-soprano discovers the depths of humanity in Mahler's Second Symphony.
August 14, 2010 NPR Music's Tom Huizenga and host Guy Raz spin an eclectic assortment of new music.
July 3, 2010 Conductor Marin Alsop's latest adventure muses on a meeting between Gustav Mahler and Sigmund Freud
December 29, 2009 Mahler answered the metaphysical challenge of Beethoven's Ninth with the "Resurrection" Symphony.
May 18, 2008 The famous composer never wrote an opera, but there's plenty of drama in his massive symphonies.
November 23, 2007 Miles Hoffman suggests a musical diet to counteract the bloated symphonies of Mahler and Bruckner.
February 9, 2007 Mahler's epic symphonies were vehicles for him to express his beliefs and pose questions.
August 16, 2005 Our "Postcards from Composers" series continues with some likes and dislikes of Gustav Mahler.
Discover Songs
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December 18, 2009 Hear today's top classical musicians revisit the music they know and love best.
News
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March 1, 2012 The L.A. musicians played for thousands and saw Venezuela's "El Sistema" music education up close.
June 10, 2011 A dissolved orchestra, handsomely paid CEOs and a viola melee: all the classical news fit to link.
May 20, 2011 Tussling in Philadelphia, springing for music, remembering Mahler and much more.
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April 15, 2011 The 111-year-old orchestra may decide Saturday morning to reorganize under Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
January 6, 2011 Will Gustavo Dudamel's dynamic conducting pay off in live concerts transmitted to movie theaters?
May 24, 2010 Critics react to Gustavo Dudamel's maiden voyage with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
January 1, 2008 In The Rest Is Noise, critic Alex Ross explores the richness of modern music.
Reviews
August 7, 2012 The mezzo-soprano's mastery of expression in a wide variety of music shines on her new album.
May 15, 2012 A new 14-CD set marks the centenary of the great English singer's birth.
June 11, 2009 Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews new live recordings from orchestras across the U.S.
More Stories
March 21, 2013 Crafting a funeral march out of a children's song made Mahler's very first symphony a game changer.
February 14, 2013 For ages composers have written love letters, but not with words on paper. Their language is music.
January 4, 2013 Fridays are funnier with a classical cartoon at noon, from Deceptive Cadence.
August 20, 2012 It's good to take it easy during these dog days of summer. But how slow is too slow?
December 8, 2011 From modernism to Mendelssohn and the massive sound of Mahler, a wide-ranging top 10 list.
June 27, 2011 An idle query on Twitter ignites a fun debate.
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December 12, 2010 Hear baritone Thomas Hampson's new recording of Gustav Mahler's 'Wunderhorn' songs in its entirety.
November 18, 2010 The great symphonist was a fussy eater, but had a weakness for his sister's apricot dumplings.
October 21, 2010 Hear the Berlin Philharmonic conductor's handpicked favorites from three decades.
September 27, 2010 What's the saddest music you know? Hear the finest of the forlorn and the best of the bereaved.
July 6, 2010 To mark the composer's 150th birthday, baritone Thomas Hampson reflects on Mahler's vocal music.
February 24, 2010 Feel better and look healthier when you exercise to these inspiring classical-music masterworks.
