I love this movement, but I find as I grow older that I haven't the patience for Mahler. Maybe I have a sense of the shortness of time and the need for a less attenuated resolution. Or maybe my brain just tires more easily. But isn't Bernstein a marvel, certainly one of the giants of the 20th century. It was he, more than anyone, who brought Mahler back into the mainstream.
I do understand what you mean about Mahler trying your patience. He always has tested mine, but when I am in a certain frame of mind, no music is more moving.
I actually felt a little pang of grief watching Bernstein on this clip. I wish he was still with us.
I love this movement, but I find as I grow older that I haven't the patience for Mahler. Maybe I have a sense of the shortness of time and the need for a less attenuated resolution. Or maybe my brain just tires more easily. But isn't Bernstein a marvel, certainly one of the giants of the 20th century. It was he, more than anyone, who brought Mahler back into the mainstream.
ReplyDeleteI do understand what you mean about Mahler trying your patience. He always has tested mine, but when I am in a certain frame of mind, no music is more moving.
ReplyDeleteI actually felt a little pang of grief watching Bernstein on this clip. I wish he was still with us.
You know my predilection for Mahler.
ReplyDeleteI sing as many of his lieder as I can- they fit me, like a glove.
BBernstein was one of a kind.