Mahler Symphony No. 3, Part 1
Mahler on his third symphony: \u201cJust imagine a work of such magnitude that it actually mirrors the whole world\u2014one is, so to speak, only an instrument, played on by the universe. . . . My symphony will be something the like of which the world has never yet heard! . . . In it the whole of nature finds a voice.\u201d As one of the grandest symphonies ever written, Mahler\u2019s 3rd symphony truly does embrace the world of nature in every possible way. This week we discuss the first movement, a 36 minute long colossus!