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Afternoon Concert

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Afternoon on 3: Mahler: Love and Death

Afternoon Concert: Mahler: Love and Death: Part 3: Mahler: Love and Death

Mahler

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Mahler: Love and Death

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Mahler, Love and Death, Mahler: Love and Death

Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester under Herbert Blomstedt in works by Hindemith and Mahler.

Our celebrations of the 50th anniversary of Mahler's birth continue with a recent Prom by a group that takes his name - the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra - performing his music.

With Louise Fryer.
Aon3 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Gustav Mahler with an occasional series of 5 weeks celebrating various facets of his life and work. This week the fundamentally Mahlerian themes of Love and Death form the basis of the programming, and there are several chances to hear works performed recently at the Proms.

Mahler : Love and Death
The Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra in a performance from their recent Prom, which includes the romantic song cycles "Songs of a Wayfarer", paired with Bruckner's epic 9th Symphony.

Hindemith: Symphony 'Mathis der Maler' 
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester 
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen 
Christian Gerhaher baritone 
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester 
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

2.50pm
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D minor
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester 
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor.

Afternoon Concert: Mahler

Afternoon Concert: Mahler: Love and Death

Love and Death

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Series of performances celebrating various facets of Gustav Mahler's life and work

Series to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Gustav Mahler, with performances celebrating various facets of the composer's life and work

Music featuring the fundamentally Mahlerian themes of Love and Death

Music featuring the fundamentally Mahlerian themes of Love and Death, performed as part of a celebration of various facets of the composer's life

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