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A page from Mahler's original score, used at the second performance of the First Symphony in Hamburg in 1893. Used with permission.

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Movement One
"Isn’t This a Splendid World?"

Gustav Mahler’s First Symphony is the story of a young man beginning his journey through life. In fact, it is Mahler himself, looking at the world with wide-eyed wonder. Originally, he titled the first movement “Spring Without End,” for its depiction of the joys of nature.

James Lurie as the voice of Gustav Mahler
Laura Gragtmans as the voice of Natalie Bauer-Lechner

Guests include:
• Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony and New World Symphony
• Kent Nagano, Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Hamburg State Opera and Philharmonic
• William Hudgins, Principal Clarinet, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Marilyn McCoy, Columbia University, New York
• Caroline Kita, Washington University in St. Louis


Music used in Episode 1. All titles used with permission.

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
Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.
Capriccio (C5026)

Symphony No. 1 in D Major: I. Langsam, schleppend ("Slow, dragging")
By Gustav Mahler

Performed by the Cologne Gürzenich Orchestra, conducted by Markus Stenz
Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.
Oehms Classics (OC646)

Symphony No. 1 in D Major: I. Langsam, schleppend ("Slow, dragging")
By Gustav Mahler

Performed by the Minnesota Orchestra, conducted by Osmo Vänskä
Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.
BIS (BIS-2346)

Symphony No. 1 in D Major: I. Langsam, schleppend (Live) ("Slow, dragging")
By Gustav Mahler

Performed by the Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.
Br-Klassik (900143)

Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen: "Ging heut' morgen über’s Feld"
(Songs of a Wayfarer – “I walked across the field this morning”)
By Gustav Mahler

Performed by Christian Gerhaher, with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conducted by Kent Nagano
Courtesy of Groupe Analekta, Inc.
Analekta (AN 2 9849)

The Four Seasons – Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8, No. 1, RV269 "Spring": I. Allegro
By Antonio Vivaldi

Performed by David Juritz with the London Mozart Players
Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.
Nimbus (N16149)

Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" II. Scene by the brook: Andante Molto Mosso
By Ludwig van Beethoven

Performed by the Hungarian State Orchestra, conducted by Janos Ferencsik
Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.
Hungaroton (HRC113)

Siegfried, Act II: Forest Murmurs
By Richard Wagner

Performed by the Hong Kong Philharmonic, conducted by Jaap Van Zweden
Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.
Naxos (8.660413-16)