Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler

Aaron Cohen
Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler Podcast

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. 

  1. EPISODE 1

    Movement One - Pan Awakes and Summer Marches In

    Gustav Mahler’s Third Symphony is the story of creation, with each movement a higher rung on the ladder of consciousness. It begins with lifeless matter and the struggle for life to emerge, portrayed as a musical battle between winter and summer. Starring James Lurie as the voice of Gustav Mahler, Paul Hecht as the voice of Friedrich Nietzsche, and Laura Gragtmans as the voice of Natalie Bauer-Lechner. Guests include Kent Nagano (General Music Director of the Hamburg State Opera, and Chief Conductor of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra ), Michael Tilson Thomas (Music Director Laureate of the San Francisco Symphony, Conductor Laureate of the London Symphony Orchestra, and Artistic Director Laureate of the New World Symphony), Andrew Bain (Principal Horn, Los Angeles Philharmonic), Carter Brey (Principal Cello, New York Philharmonic), Christopher Martin (Principal Trumpet, New York Philharmonic), Albrecht Mayer (Principal Oboe, Berlin Philharmonic), Toby Oft (Principal Trombone, Boston Symphony Orchestra), Dominic Seldis (Principal Bass, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam), Ioannis Konstantakos (University of Athens, Greece), and Marilyn McCoy (Columbia University, New York). 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 1: www.theworldofgustavmahler.org/s3e1.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

    48 min
  2. EPISODE 3

    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

    34 min
  3. EPISODE 5

    Movement Five - What the Angels Tell Me

    Angels are the next step on Gustav Mahler’s ladder of consciousness. In the joyful fifth movement of his Third Symphony, the orchestra is joined by a children’s choir and a women’s choir giving voice to the angels. Starring James Lurie as the voice of Gustav Mahler, Paul Hecht as the voice of Friedrich Nietzsche, and Robert Fass as the voice of Siegfried Lipiner. Guests include James Burton (Choral Director, Boston Symphony Orchestra), Megan and Hannah Laurence (Choristers, Boston Symphony Orchestra Children’s Chorus), Eamonn Greiner (Chorister, Saint Paul's Boys' Choir, Boston), Caroline Kita (Washington University in St. Louis), 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 5: www.theworldofgustavmahler.org/s3e5.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

    16 min
  4. EPISODE 6

    Movement Six - What Love Tells Me

    In the sixth and final movement of Gustav Mahler’s Third Symphony, he reaches the top rung on his ladder of consciousness. This glorious adagio is Mahler’s celebration of God’s perfect love. 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, Robert Fass as the voice of Siegfried Lipiner, 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 ), Michael Tilson Thomas (Music Director Laureate of the San Francisco Symphony, Conductor Laureate of the London Symphony Orchestra, and Artistic Director Laureate of the New World Symphony), Carter Brey (Principal Cello, New York Philharmonic), Bill Hudgins (Principal Clarinet, Boston Symphony Orchestra), Christopher Martin (Principal Trumpet, New York Philharmonic), Caroline Kita (Washington University in St. Louis), Ioannis Konstantakos (University of Athens, Greece ), 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 6: www.theworldofgustavmahler.org/s3e6.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

    37 min
  5. SEASON 3 TRAILER

    Season 3 - "My Joyful Science" - Mahler's Third Symphony

    Season 3 focuses on Mahler’s Third Symphony in D minor (1895-1896), exploring Mahler’s unique perspective on the different orders of being, from lifeless matter to highest consciousness. Each episode is devoted to a movement of the symphony.  Guests include conductors Kent Nagano and Michael Tilson Thomas; principal musicians of the New York Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam; scholars from New York City and St. Louis in the United States, Oxford, England and Athens, Greece; and starring James Lurie as the voice of Gustav Mahler, Paul Hecht as the voice of Friedrich Nietzsche, and Laura Gragtmans as the voice of Natalie Bauer-Lechner. 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: 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

    3 min

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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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