Program

Gustav Mahler, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer)

I. Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht (When My Sweetheart is Married)

Gustav Mahler, Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children)

4. Oft denk' ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen

Richard Strauss, 8 Gedichte aus Letzte Blatter, Op. 10

3. Die Nacht

Richard Strauss, Morgen!, Op. 27 No. 4

Richard Strauss, Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs), Op. posth.

4. Im Abendrot (At Sunset)

Das Lied: A Journey's Tale — With André Tubeuf (7/7)

Mahler and Strauss: The Lied's Dusk

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Cast

André Tubeuf — Narrator

Program notes

André Tubeuf welcomes us into his home for the final episode of a riveting documentary series dedicated to the history of German lied, the last hour focusing on Austrian masters Mahler (and his Das Lied von der Erde) and Strauss (and his heart-rending Vier letzte Lieder). Renowned for his essays on music, the writer shares his knowledge and expertise on a genre that is both direct and intimate, the mirror of humanity, of an era and a culture...

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A closer look: featured composers

Richard Strauss

Gustav Mahler

Further listening: featured works

Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs), Op. posth.

Richard Strauss (Composer)

Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer)

Gustav Mahler (Composer)

Das Lied von der Erde

Gustav Mahler (Composer)

Morgen!, Op. 27 No. 4

Richard Strauss (Composer)