Mahler is back!
Season 4
Mahler's Fourth Symphony
"The Heavenly Life"
Listen to the Season 4 trailer here:
The podcast series Embrace Everything – The World of Gustav Mahler, a multi-season exploration of the composer’s complete symphonies, continues with Symphony No. 4.
The award-winning, chart-topping Embrace Everything podcast series was created and is hosted by radio producer Aaron Cohen. It explores and celebrates the music of Gustav Mahler (1860–1911) by taking a journey through his symphonies. Using interviews with leading Mahler interpreters and scholars, readings from the letters of Mahler and his contemporaries, commentary from Mr. Cohen, and the sounds of the symphonies themselves, each season of the series guides listeners through one of these landmark works in the orchestral repertoire.
Season 4 focuses on Mahler’s Fourth Symphony in G major (1899-1900), which charts the journey of the soul from its earthly life to a heavenly one.
Stream the full episodes below, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Season 4 of Embrace Everything – The World of Gustav Mahler was made possible by generous support from The Kaplan Foundation, Michael Hindus and Lynne Withey, Bonnie Ward Simon, and all our subscribers on Patreon and Fractured Atlas. Support also came from the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center. Read more »
The Cast of Season 4
Dramatic Cast:
• 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
• Shanade Hernandez as the voice of Mahler’s Angel
• Jeff Spurgeon as the voice of “The Critic”
• Robert Fass as the voice of Siegfried Lipiner
• Billy Lyons as the voice of Arthur Schopenhauer
• Paul Hecht as the voice of Friedrich Nietzsche
• David Rapkin as the voice of E.T.A. Hoffmann
• P.J. Ochlan as the voice of Alfred Roller
Special Guest:
• Marina Mahler, Granddaughter of Gustav Mahler and President of the Mahler Foundation
Conductors:
• William Henry Curry, Music Director, Durham Symphony Orchestra
• Kent Nagano, General Music Director of the Hamburg State Opera, and Chief Conductor of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra
• Sir Simon Rattle, Chief Conductor of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Musicians:
• David Bilger, Former Principal Trumpet, Philadelphia Orchestra
• Carter Brey, Principal Cello, New York Philharmonic
• Miriam Pastor Burgos, Solo English Horn, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam
• Stefan Dohr, Principal Horn, Berlin Philharmonic
• Thomas Hampson, Foremost Baritone & Opera Star
• D.D. Jackson, Jazz and Classical Pianist & Emmy-winning Composer
• Juliette Kang - First Associate Concertmaster, Philadelphia Orchestra
• Christopher Martin, Principal Trumpet, New York Philharmonic
• Albrecht Mayer, Principal Oboe, Berlin Philharmonic
• Anthony McGill, Principal Clarinet, New York Philharmonic
• Paul Merkelo, Principal Trumpet, Montreal Symphony Orchestra
• Emmanuel Pahud, Principal Flute, Berlin Philharmonic
• Michael Sachs, Principal Trumpet, Cleveland Orchestra
• Richard Woodhams, Former Principal Oboe, Philadelphia Orchestra
• Cynthia Yeh, Principal Percussion, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Music Scholars:
• Caroline Kita, Washington University in St. Louis
• Marilyn McCoy, Columbia University, New York
• Fred Plotkin, Author and Lecturer based in New York
Literature Scholars:
• Paul Fleming, Cornell University, Ithaca
• Ioannis Konstantakos, University of Athens, Greece
• Joanna Neilly, Oxford University, England