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If ever there was a composer worth unpacking it would be Gustav Mahler, notorious for his enormous orchestras and large-scale structures.

So have Richard Gill and the Sydney Sinfonia bitten off more than they can chew? Come along and discover Mahler’s  more intimate side with two songs: ‘When my sweetheart is married’ and ‘The two blue eyes of my beloved’. A movement from a Brahms symphony gives the context for Mahler’s ambitious musical ideas.

Discover Mahler, and join us in 2010 for the first year of our Mahler Odyssey with Vladimir Ashkenazy: Mahler 1 and Mahler 8 (February), Mahler 5 and Mahler’s Song of the Earth (May), Mahler 4 (November) and Mahler 3 (December).

MAHLER Songs of a Wayfarer:
‘Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht’
‘Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz’
BRAHMS Symphony No.3: 3rd movement

Richard Gill conductor
Samuel Dundas baritone

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Track 1 – MAHLER Songs of a Wayfarer: Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht (When my beloved is married)
Track 2 – MAHLER Songs of a Wayfarer: Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz (The two blue eyes of my beloved)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone, with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rafael Kubelik
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 449 735-2
Track 3 – BRAHMS Symphony No.3: Poco allegretto
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra conducted by Kurt Masur
PHILIPS 476 2815

Audio kindly supplied by Universal Music.

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