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Mahler and Nietzsche

David Garrett, the pre-concert speaker for our Mahler 3 concerts, discusses Nietzsche's influence on Mahler. (Duration: 18 minutes)

Hear the Sydney Symphony play Mahler’s Third Symphony on 2, 3 and 4 December 2010.

This audio feature includes excerpts from the following recordings:

R STRAUSS Thus Spake Zarathustra
Sydney Symphony, Sir Charles Mackerras
SSO 200705; also available as a download.

MAHLER Symphony No.3
Martha Lipton (mezzo-soprano), New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, with the Women’s Chorus of the Schola Cantorum NY and Boys’ Choir of the Transfiguration
CBS MASTERWORKS CB792; re-issued on SONY 61831
View the sheet music via the IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library.

NIETZSCHE Nachspiel (Aftermath) from Seven Songs
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) and Aribert Reimann (piano)
EMI (LP) 1C 065-02 674; also available in re-issue as a download.
View the text and translation here, and the sheet music via the IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library.

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