I haven't channeled my avatar in quite a while. Fixing that now with this amazing performance. Crank it to 11, but don't say I didn't warn you if you're in a puddle at the end. Yes, it is worth an hour and a half of your time.
Gustav Mahler - Symphony No 3
Anna Larsson, contralto
Arnold Schoenberg Chor
Tolzer Knabenchor
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Claudio Abbado, conductor
cc: @elmaxx - Mahler was a strong influence on John Williams, along with Richard Strauss, Wagner, and Stravinsky.
@voltronic Mahler's 3rd is simply beautiful
@elmaxx
It's one of the few I haven't seen performed live.
I got to be in the choir for 2 once. That was a life-changing experience.
@voltronic that sounds exactly on how I feel about Beethoven's 9th, i had the chance to listen to it live in Oslo back in 2008, simply life changing, I fucking love music, period.
@elmaxx
I was in the choir for that one a few years ago. By far the most difficult and exhausting choral singing I've ever done (except for the famous bit everyone recognizes). Beethoven was a genius, but he did not know how to write for singers. You're pretty much signing up for vocal abuse when you sing his stuff.