Mahler Miniatures: Poetry Corner

Colorado Mahlerfest 39 is coming up! Aaron Cohen provides details of the upcoming festival, which runs from May 13 to 17 in Boulder, Colorado.Embrace Everything listeners can get discounted tickets, merchandise, and access to special features. More information here:https://mahlerfest.org/pages/embrace-everything

For our final installment of the Mahler Miniatures, we hear a very special story from a very special listener.*****Guests include:ANISA MEHDI - Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist and flutist*****Support us on PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/u91819874/membershipSee the new EMBRACE EVERYTHING MUG on our website:https://www.theworldofgustavmahler.org/donate.htmlFor a tax-deductible one-time contribution, support us on FRACTURED ATLAS:https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/embrace-everything-the-world-of-gustav-mahlerConsider joining the FRIENDS OF MAHLER CIRCLE with a gift of $5,000 or more. Donors at this level get a dinner in New York City with host Aaron Cohen and actor James Lurie (the voice of Mahler). Contact us at [email protected] and we’ll send further details.Contributions of any size are appreciated.For more information, contact us at [email protected]

Host and Producer Aaron Cohen discusses a poem that influenced music in Mahler's Fifth Symphony.*****Starring:JAMES LURIE as the voice of Gustav Mahler*****Support us on PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/u91819874/membershipSee the new EMBRACE EVERYTHING MUG on our website:https://www.theworldofgustavmahler.org/donate.htmlFor a tax-deductible one-time contribution, support us on FRACTURED ATLAS:https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/embrace-everything-the-world-of-gustav-mahlerConsider joining the FRIENDS OF MAHLER CIRCLE with a gift of $5,000 or more. Donors at this level get a dinner in New York City with host Aaron Cohen and actor James Lurie (the voice of Mahler). Contact us at [email protected] and we’ll send further details.Contributions of any size are appreciated.For more information, contact us at [email protected]

Host and Producer Aaron Cohen shares his research into one of Mahler's most beloved songs.*****Starring:*JAMES LURIE as the voice of Gustav MahlerGuests include:*THOMAS HAMPSON - Foremost Baritone and Opera Star*****Support us on PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/u91819874/membershipSee the new EMBRACE EVERYTHING MUG on our website:https://www.theworldofgustavmahler.org/donate.htmlFor a tax-deductible one-time contribution, support us on FRACTURED ATLAS:https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/embrace-everything-the-world-of-gustav-mahlerConsider joining the FRIENDS OF MAHLER CIRCLE with a gift of $5,000 or more. Donors at this level get a dinner in New York City with host Aaron Cohen and actor James Lurie (the voice of Mahler). Contact us at [email protected] and we’ll send further details.Contributions of any size are appreciated.For more information, contact us at [email protected]

Host and Producer Aaron Cohen shares excerpts from interviews conducted during the 2025 Amsterdam Mahler Festival.*****Guests include:*CYNTHIA YEH - Principal Percussion, Chicago Symphony Orchestra*MICHAEL GIELER - Solo Viola, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam*****Support us on PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/u91819874/membershipSee the new EMBRACE EVERYTHING MUG on our website:https://www.theworldofgustavmahler.org/donate.htmlFor a tax-deductible one-time contribution, support us on FRACTURED ATLAS:https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/embrace-everything-the-world-of-gustav-mahlerConsider joining the FRIENDS OF MAHLER CIRCLE with a gift of $5,000 or more. Donors at this level get a dinner in New York City with host Aaron Cohen and actor James Lurie (the voice of Mahler). Contact us at [email protected] and we’ll send further details.Contributions of any size are appreciated.For more information, contact us at [email protected]

Host and Producer Aaron Cohen shares excerpts from his new interviews about Alma Mahler which will be featured in Season 5.*****Guests include:*MARINA MAHLER - Granddaughter of Gustav Mahler and President of the Mahler Foundation*THOMAS HAMPSON - Foremost Baritone and Opera Star*****Support us on PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/u91819874/membershipSee the new EMBRACE EVERYTHING MUG on our website:https://www.theworldofgustavmahler.org/donate.htmlFor a tax-deductible one-time contribution, support us on FRACTURED ATLAS:https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/embrace-everything-the-world-of-gustav-mahlerConsider joining the FRIENDS OF MAHLER CIRCLE with a gift of $5,000 or more. Donors at this level get a dinner in New York City with host Aaron Cohen and actor James Lurie (the voice of Mahler). Contact us at [email protected] and we’ll send further details.Contributions of any size are appreciated.For more information, contact us at [email protected]

In this special episode, filmmaker JASON STARR talks about his fascination with Gustav Mahler and his many documentary movies on the great composer.*****Six of Jason Starr’s Mahler films currently available for streaming:On Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarerhttps://vimeo.com/475536616/6b9f10e961Mahler’s Titan: The Romance, Death and Triumph of a Young Musicianhttps://vimeo.com/475440671Of Love, Death and Beyond: Exploring Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphonyhttps://vimeo.com/465973667What the Universe Tells Me: Unraveling the Mysteries of Mahler's Third Symphonyhttps://vimeo.com/466968851Everywhere & Forever: Mahler’s Song of the Earthhttps://vimeo.com/463180305For the Love of Mahler: The Inspired Life of Henry-Louis de La Grangehttps://vimeo.com/454882275*****Support us on PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/u91819874/membershipSee the new EMBRACE EVERYTHING MUG on our website:https://www.theworldofgustavmahler.org/donate.htmlFor a tax-deductible one-time contribution, support us on FRACTURED ATLAS:https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/embrace-everything-the-world-of-gustav-mahlerConsider joining the FRIENDS OF MAHLER CIRCLE with a gift of $5,000 or more. Donors at this level get a dinner in New York City with host Aaron Cohen and actor James Lurie (the voice of Mahler). Contact us at [email protected] and we’ll send further details.Contributions of any size are appreciated.For more information, contact us at [email protected]*****EMBRACE EVERYTHING WEBSITE:www.theworldofgustavmahler.orgEMBRACE EVERYTHING SOCIAL MEDIA LINKSFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/theworldofgustavmahlerInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/theworldofgustavmahler/X: https://x.com/worldofmahlerBluesky :https://bsky.app/profile/worldofmahler.bsky.social

Host and Producer Aaron Cohen shares excerpts of his early research into Mahler’s Fifth Symphony as he begins production on Season 5.*****Guests include:*DAVID BILGER - Former Principal Trumpet, Philadelphia Orchestra*STEFAN DOHR - Principal Horn, Berlin Philharmonic*MARINA MAHLER - Granddaughter of Gustav Mahler and President of the Mahler Foundation*CHRISTOPHER MARTIN - Principal Trumpet, New York Philharmonic*PAUL MERKELO - Principal Trumpet, Montreal Symphony Orchestra*MICHAEL SACHS - Principal Trumpet, Cleveland Orchestra*****Support us on PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/u91819874/membershipSee the new EMBRACE EVERYTHING MUG on our website:https://www.theworldofgustavmahler.org/donate.htmlFor a tax-deductible one-time contribution, support us on FRACTURED ATLAS:https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/embrace-everything-the-world-of-gustav-mahlerConsider joining the FRIENDS OF MAHLER CIRCLE with a gift of $5,000 or more. Donors at this level get a dinner in New York City with host Aaron Cohen and actor James Lurie (the voice of Mahler). Contact us at [email protected] and we’ll send further details.Contributions of any size are appreciated.For more information, contact us at [email protected]*****EMBRACE EVERYTHING WEBSITE:www.theworldofgustavmahler.orgWATCH STEFAN DOHR PERFORM THE THIRD MOVEMENT OF MAHLER'S FIFTH SYMPHONY AS A SOLOIST:https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/work/1639-2BERLIN PHILHARMONIC DIGITAL CONCERT HALL:https://www.digitalconcerthall.com

Mahler said there are seven themes in the first movement of his Fourth Symphony. Pianist and composer D.D. JACKSON identifies and contextualizes each of them for us.*****D.D. JACKSON is an Emmy Award-winning composer, a jazz and classical pianist, and a music educator. Learn more about him at www.ddjackson.com.*****Support us on PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/u91819874/membershipSee the new EMBRACE EVERYTHING MUG on our website:https://www.theworldofgustavmahler.org/donate.htmlFor a tax-deductible one-time contribution, support us on FRACTURED ATLAS:https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/embrace-everything-the-world-of-gustav-mahlerConsider joining the FRIENDS OF MAHLER CIRCLE with a gift of $5,000 or more. Donors at this level get a dinner in New York City with host Aaron Cohen and actor James Lurie (the voice of Mahler). Contact us at [email protected] and we’ll send further details.Contributions of any size are appreciated.For more information, contact us at [email protected]*****EMBRACE EVERYTHING WEBSITE:www.theworldofgustavmahler.orgEMBRACE EVERYTHING SOCIAL MEDIA LINKSFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/theworldofgustavmahlerInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/theworldofgustavmahler/X: https://x.com/worldofmahlerBluesky :https://bsky.app/profile/worldofmahler.bsky.socialBONUS CONTENT:https://www.theworldofgustavmahler.org/extras.htmlPODCAST LINKS:Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3YU4tWnSpotify: spoti.fi/3TjHfb7

Mahler premiered his Fourth Symphony in 1901. In this episode we learn how audiences and critics responded to the new work.*****Starring:*JAMES LURIE as the voice of Gustav Mahler*LAURA GRAGTMANS as the voice of Natalie Bauer-Lechner*DOMINIC COMPERATORE as the voice of Bruno Walter*JEFF SPURGEON as the voice of “The Critic”*DAN BARNETT as the voice of Jean Paul RichterGuests include:*BART HERMANS - Manager ICT, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam*****Support us on PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/u91819874/membershipSee the new EMBRACE EVERYTHING MUG on our website:https://www.theworldofgustavmahler.org/donate.htmlFor a tax-deductible one-time contribution, support us on FRACTURED ATLAS:https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/embrace-everything-the-world-of-gustav-mahlerConsider joining the FRIENDS OF MAHLER CIRCLE with a gift of $5,000 or more. Donors at this level get a dinner in New York City with host Aaron Cohen and actor James Lurie (the voice of Mahler). Contact us at [email protected] and we’ll send further details.Contributions of any size are appreciated.For more information, contact us at [email protected]*****EMBRACE EVERYTHING WEBSITE:www.theworldofgustavmahler.orgEMBRACE EVERYTHING SOCIAL MEDIA LINKSFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/theworldofgustavmahlerInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/theworldofgustavmahler/X: https://x.com/worldofmahlerBluesky :https://bsky.app/profile/worldofmahler.bsky.socialBONUS CONTENT:https://www.theworldofgustavmahler.org/extras.htmlPODCAST LINKS:Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3YU4tWnSpotify: spoti.fi/3TjHfb7