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Performance on 3: Mahler Symphony Cycle: Episode 11

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Episode 11

BBC Radio 3 - Performance on 3, Mahler Symphony Cycle, Episode 11

The Manchester Camerata in Bushra El-Turk's Mosaic and Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde.

Martin Handley presents the Manchester Camerata under Douglas Boyd performing Bushra El-Turk's Mosaic, followed by Mahler's song cycle Das Lied von der Erde, which inspired it.

Presented by Martin Handley.

The Manchester Camerata, conducted by Douglas Boyd, bring a coda to the critically-acclaimed cycle of Mahler symphonies performed by Manchester's orchestras, with the symphonic song-cycle that Mahler himself called a symphony, though it's not part of the numbered sequence. Before that, Bushra El-Turk's Mosaic is a new work inspired by the Mahler. 

Bushra El-Turk: Mosaic (World Premiere)
Mahler (arr. Schoenberg/Riehn): Das Lied Von Der Erde 
Jane Irwin (mezzo-soprano)
Peter Wedd (tenor)
Manchester Camerata, 
conducted by Douglas Boyd

Followed by "Mahler the arranger", including his "Bach Suite" 


Bach arr. Mahler: Suite for Organ, Harpsichord & Orchestra
Los Angeles Philharmonic
conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen
(CD - Sony Classical SK89012) 


Beethoven arr. Mahler: String Quartet in F minor, Op.95
Vienna Philharmonic 
conducted by Herbert von Karajan
(CD - Decca 4520502).

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Manchester's orchestras perform the entire series of Mahler's symphonies

Series featuring the entire series of Mahler's Symphonies performed by Manchester's orchestras at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, celebrating 150 years since Mahler's birth

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