Changing of the Guard in Summer
Text by Johann Muller and Gustav Mahler
The cuckoo has fallen to his death
On a green willow.
The cuckoo is dead, has fallen to his death!
Who shall now all summer long
While away the time for us?
Ah! Mrs Nightingale shall do that,
She sits on the green branch,
That small and graceful nightingale,
That sweet and lovely nightingale!
She hops and sings, is always joyous,
When other birds are silent.
We shall wait for Mrs. Nightingale,
She lives in the green grove,
And when the cuckoo’s time is up,
She will start to sing!
Gustav Mahler made animals the next step upward on his ladder of consciousness in the third movement of his Third Symphony. Summoning both humor and tragedy, he portrays the sounds of the forest, from sweetly singing nightingales to fearsome creatures.
Changing of the Guard in Summer
Text by Johann Muller and Gustav Mahler
The cuckoo has fallen to his death
On a green willow.
The cuckoo is dead, has fallen to his death!
Who shall now all summer long
While away the time for us?
Ah! Mrs Nightingale shall do that,
She sits on the green branch,
That small and graceful nightingale,
That sweet and lovely nightingale!
She hops and sings, is always joyous,
When other birds are silent.
We shall wait for Mrs. Nightingale,
She lives in the green grove,
And when the cuckoo’s time is up,
She will start to sing!
Guests include:
• Carter Brey, Principal Cello, New York Philharmonic
• Bill Hudgins, Principal Clarinet, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Christopher Martin, Principal Trumpet, New York Philharmonic
• Marilyn McCoy, Columbia University, New York
• Kent Nagano, General Music Director of the Hamburg State Opera, and Chief Conductor of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra
• Joanna Neilly, Oxford University, England
Music used in Episode 3. All titles used with permission.
Symphony No. 3 in D Minor: III. Comodo, Scherzando. Ohne Hast
By Gustav Mahler
Performed by the Gurzenich-Orchester Köln, conducted by Markus Stenz
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Oehms (OC648)
Symphony No. 3 in D Minor: III. Comodo, Scherzando. Ohne Hast
By Gustav Mahler
Performed by the Budapest Festival Orchestra, conducted by Ivan Fischer
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Channel Classics (CCS SA 38817)
“Ablösung im Summer” (“Changing of the Guard in Summer”)
By Gustav Mahler
Sung by Diana Damrau with Stephan Matthias Lademann, piano
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Profil (PH14018)
“Ablösung im Summer” (“Changing of the Guard in Summer”)
By Gustav Mahler
Piano arrangement and embellishment
Written and performed by D.D. Jackson
“Das iridische Leben” (“The Earthly Life”)
By Gustav Mahler
Sung by Christiane Iven with the South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Michael Gielen
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SWR Classic (CD93.274)
Symphony No. 1 in D Major: I. Langsam, schleppend ("Slow, dragging")
By Gustav Mahler
Performed by the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, conducted by Christoph Eschenbach
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Capriccio (C5026)
Symphony No. 2 in C Minor "Resurrection": V. Im Tempo des Scherzos. Wild herausfahrend
By Gustav Mahler
Performed by the Gurzenich-Orchester Koln, conducted by Markus Stenz
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Oehms Classics (OC647)
Carnival of the Animals
By Camille Saint-Saëns
Performed by the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard
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Naxos (8.554463)
Serenade No. 9 in D Major, K. 320, “Posthorn”
By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Hans Gansch (Posthorn) with Capella Istropolitana, conducted by Martin Turnovsky
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Naxos (8.55oo92)
“Die Post” from Winterreise, D. 911
By Franz Schubert
Arranged for Tenor, Accordian and Wind Quintet
Performed by Christoph Prégardien, tenor, with Joseph Petric, accordion, and Pentaèdre
Courtesy of ATMA Classique
ATMA (ACD 2 2546)
Rhapsodie Espagnole
By Franz Liszt and Ferruccio Busoni
Performed by pianist Goran Filipec with the Kodály Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Imre Kollár
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Naxos (8.573866)
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