Movement Three - What the Animals in the Forest Tell Me

Gustav Mahler made animals the next step upward on his ladder of consciousness in the third movement of his Third Symphony. Summoning both humor and tragedy, he portrays the sounds of the forest, from sweetly singing nightingales to fearsome creatures. Starring James Lurie as the voice of Gustav Mahler, Paul Hecht as the voice of Friedrich Nietzsche, Laura Gragtmans as the voice of Natalie Bauer-Lechner, Billy Lyons as the voice of Arthur Schopenhauer, and Gary Tiedemann as the voice of Gustav Theodor Fechner Guests include Kent Nagano (General Music Director of the Hamburg State Opera, and Chief Conductor of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra ), Carter Brey (Principal Cello, New York Philharmonic), Bill Hudgins (Principal Clarinet, Boston Symphony Orchestra), Christopher Martin (Principal Trumpet, New York Philharmonic, Marilyn McCoy (Columbia University, New York), and Joanna Neilly (Oxford University, England). SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=91819874 SUPPORT US ON FRACTURED ATLAS (which is tax deductible in the United States): https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/embrace-everything-the-world-of-gustav-mahler EPISODE LINKS: Season 3, Episode 3: www.theworldofgustavmahler.org/s3e3.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

Om Podcasten

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.