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Question no. 23
How did Mahler end up in film history?
His "Adagietto" from Symphony No. 5 made a career thanks to Luchino Visconti - and by no means by ...
Mahler's 5th Symphony
My Take: Ivo Gass
Our principal horn Ivo Gass on his performance of Mahler's 5th Symphony. ...
Video
Mahler's Symphony No. 5 – "Classic of the Classics"
What must you have heard from the great repertoire of classical music? Mahler's Fifth! ...
Podcast
Intro with Paavo Järvi about Mahler
Music Director Paavo Järvi talks to Ulrike Thiele in the podcast about magical moments with ...
Contrasts
Schumann meets Wagner
They knew each other. They appreciated each other. But they still didn't understand each other. ...
Portrait Philippe Jordan
He knows what he (doesn't) want
Conductor Philippe Jordan, an internationally highly successful Zurich native, will soon be leading ...
Mahler cycle
"A new universe"
After the Tchaikovsky and Bruckner cycle, Paavo Järvi turns his attention to the symphonies of ...
Portrait Alice Sara Ott
"Just as if I were stepping on new snow"
Alice Sara Ott eagerly awaits the score that Bryce Dessner is writing for her. It is the first ...
Bryce Dessner
Traveller in the multiverse
Bryce Dessner moves with supreme ease between at least two worlds: on the indie rock stages as a ...
Visit to the hearing lab
Our ear: Like a piano with thousands of keys
We usually go to them when it's already too late, when our ears hurt, when they're stuffed with ...
Music can heal
"You feel safe in this sound"
Concerts can be emotionally moving, making music is good for you. No wonder, music therapy has a ...
Music can make you ill
Instruments are not wellness devices
The fact that playing music at a high level can lead to health problems is still a sensitive issue. ...

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