I’m starting my June challenge two days early to write about things in my life, big and small, that nourish me and help keep me grounded. I am motivated to start today because Classical California (KUSC) is playing Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, the Resurrection Symphony, in its entirety on the radio tonight, and it…
Tag: orchestra
A New Year, Set to Mahler
Right now on SiriusXM, Symphony Hall, Channel 54, Ray and I are listening to Mahler’s First Symphony, the third movement—the Funeral March, to be specific. This movement was based on a satirical woodcut Mahler had seen, in which a group of forest animals conduct a funeral for a hunter. Mahler uses the familiar French melody…
20 Minutes a Day 