Mahler composed the song “The Heavenly Life” in 1892, seven years before using it as the last movement of his Fourth Symphony. In this episode we discuss the meaning of the song and its lyrics.

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Starring:

*JAMES LURIE as the voice of Gustav Mahler

*SHANADE HERNANDEZ as the voice of Mahler’s Angel

*LAURA GRAGTMANS as the voice of Natalie Bauer-Lechner

*DOMINIC COMPERATORE as the voice of Bruno Walter

*DAN BARNETT as the voice of Jean Paul Richter

*JACK BERENHOLTZ as the voice of Paul Bekker

*PAUL HECHT as the voice of Friedrich Nietzsche

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

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

Guests include:

*WILLIAM HENRY CURRY – Conductor (Durham Symphony)

*THOMAS HAMPSON - Foremost Baritone and Opera Star

*ANTHONY McGILL - Principal Clarinet, New York Philharmonic

*MIRIAM PASTOR BURGOS - Solo English Horn, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam

*PAUL FLEMING - Fleming Cornell University, Ithaca

*MARILYN McCOY - Columbia University, New York

*JOANNY NEILLY - Oxford University, England

*FRED PLOTKIN - Author and Lecturer

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