Afternoon on 3 - Mahler - Mahler - The Final Years - Part 1

Katie Derham looks at the last years of Mahler's life, the influence he had on some of his younger composing contemporaries, and the repertoire he conducted while in New York. c. 14.00 Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod, from 'Tristan und Isolde' SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart Andrey Boreyko (conductor) Elgar: Sea Pictures Catherine Wyn-Rogers (alto) BBC Philharmonic Andrew Davis (conductor) c. 15.30 Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde Lilli Paasikivi (mezzo-soprano) Stuart Skelton (tenor) Sydney Symphony Orchestra Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor) Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony no.1, op.9 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) c. 16.15 Zemlinsky: Lyric Symphony Angela Denoke (soprano) Peter Mattei (baritone) Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra Peter Hirsch (conductor).