Curved Air presents:

Kathleen Mary Ferrier, CBE (1912-1953)

Including a complete 1951 performance of Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder (“Songs on the Death of Chldren”) from Concertgebouw Hall in Amsterdam. We conclude with a March 10, 1950 interview with Kathleen Ferrier, recorded at CBC Studio in Montreal.

A 1912 photo of conductor Bruno Walter (1876-1962), friend and colleague of Gustav Mahler. Walter conducted the posthumous premieres of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde and the 9th Symphony.

Autograph manuscript of Mahler’s sketches for the Rondo Burleske (Symphony No. 9), 1909?

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Playlist:

    Time: August 8 - 11:00:00 am
  • Jascha Horenstein & Philharmonia Orchestra, “Symphony No. 7, III. Scherzo. Schattenhaft”

    from Symphony, No. 7

    BBC Music - 1990

    recorded 1969

  • Time: August 8 - 11:10:00 am
  • Kathleen Ferrier with Sir Adrian Boult & BBC Symphony Orchestra, “Symphony No. 3, IV. Sehr langsam. Misterioso”

    from Mahler: Symphony No. 3/Kindertotenlieder

    Testament - 2008

    recorded 1951

  • Time: August 8 - 11:20:00 am
  • Kathleen Ferrier with Sir Adrian Boult & BBC Symphony Orchestra, “Symphony No. 3, V. Lustig im Tempo und keck im Ausdruck”

    from Mahler: Symphony No. 3/Kindertotenlieder

    Testament - 2008

    recorded 1951

  • Time: August 8 - 11:25:00 am
  • Carl Schuricht & French National Orchestra, “Symphony No. 3, VI. Langsam. Ruhevoll. Empfunden”

    from Mahler: Symphony No. 3/Songs Of A Wayfarer

    Allegro Corporation - 2002

    recorded 1962

  • Time: August 8 - 11:49:00 am
  • Bruno Walter & Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, “Symphony No. 9, III. Rondo. Burleske”

    from Walter Conducts Mahler

    Dutton - 2001

    recorded 1938

  • Time: August 8 - 12:02:00 pm
  • Daniel Barenboim & Staatskapelle Dresden, “Symphony No. 9, IV. Adagio”

    from Mahler: Symphony No. 9

    Warner Classics - 2007

  • Time: August 8 - 12:26:00 pm
  • Kathleen Ferrier, with Otto Klemperer & Concertgebouw Orchestra, “Kindertotenlieder ("Songs on the Death of Children")”

    from Mahler: Symphony No. 3/Kindertotenlieder

    Testament - 2008

    Curved Air    August 8th, 2023

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