Movement One - Mahler's Laughter (S4, Ep.1)

Mahler’s Fourth Symphony is his most playful composition, and one that he originally called a “Symphonic Humoresque.” In the first movement, we hear a side of Mahler we haven’t heard before.

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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

*JACK BERENHOLTZ as the voice of Paul Bekker

*DAN BARNETT as the voice of Jean Paul Richter

*ROBERT FASS as the voice of Siegfried Lipiner

*DAVID RAPKIN as the voice of E.T.A. Hoffmann

*P.J. OCHLAN as the voice of Alfred Roller

Guests include:

*SIR SIMON RATTLE – Conductor (Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic)

*KENT NAGANO – Conductor (Hamburg State Opera and Philharmonic, Montreal Symphony Orchestra)

*WILLIAM HENRY CURRY – Conductor (Durham Symphony)

*MARINA MAHLER - Granddaughter of Gustav Mahler and President of the Mahler Foundation

*CARTER BREY - Principal Cello, New York Philharmonic

*PAUL MERKELO - Principal Trumpet, Montreal Symphony Orchestra

*EMMANUEL PAHUD - Principal Flute, Berlin Philharmonic

*RICHARD WOODHAMS - Former Principal Oboe, Philadelphia Orchestra

*CYNTHIA YEH - Principal Percussion, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

*PAUL FLEMING - Cornell University, Ithaca

*MARILYN McCOY - Columbia University, New York

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