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Mahler Symphony No. 3 - 5th Movement - Listening Guide
Mahler Foundation
English - March 18, 2021 17:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsMusic Commentary Music Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The cheerful fifth movement, “Es sungen drei Engel”, is one of Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn songs, (whose text itself is loosely based on a 17th-century church hymn, which Paul Hindemithlater used in its original form in his Symphony “Mathis der Maler”) about the redemption of sins and comfort in belief. Here, a children’s choir imitating bells and a female chorus join the alto solo.
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A listening guide of Symphony No. 3 - 5th Movement with Lew Smoley.