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
@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.
Wow, this takes me back. My brother had a box set of Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra playing Mahler's symphonies that he listened to obsessively. (I gather Solti isn't considered Mahler's best interpreter, but I was impressed.)
He used to have me play the Hunter's Funeral theme from Symphony 1 on the melodia, of all things, so he could play his violin in round with me.
I'm probably describing that all wrong. Sorry if I induce any wincing.
@Dobo
That's a great story! I have never heard Solti Mahler before, but I imagine it was pretty great. Solti was certainly a highly respected interpreter of Wagner.
@voltronic Listening to it now. Thank you.
@AkomoCombine
Buckle up.
@voltronic That was excellent- just what i needed to hear.👍
cc: @elmaxx - Mahler was a strong influence on John Williams, along with Richard Strauss, Wagner, and Stravinsky.