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- A full-length documentary journey into the music and personal drama that resulted in Gustave Mahler's prophetic and exhilarating Second Symphony. When composing the work, Mahler addressed the core questions of the meaning of life and of death. As the film shows, Mahler developed his own rich responses to these questions that do not correspond to established dogmas. Shot on location in Austria, Germany, Italy, and the United States, Of Love, Death and Beyond includes historical reenactments and interviews with many of the world's most respected Mahler scholars, as well as noted philosophers and theologians. Weaving through the documentary is a critically acclaimed performance of the Symphony produced especially for the film, featuring Neeme Jarvi conducting an all-star Orchestra composed of musicians from the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony, and Detroit Symphony. The large forces also include the renowned New York Choral Artists, and soloists Twyla Robinson and Susanne Mentzer. Narrated by Thomas Hampson. Subtitles in English, French, German, and Italian.
- Mahler's First Symphony is one of the most popular symphonies performed today earning standing ovations at concerts around the globe. It is also one of the most original and daring symphonies ever. But unknown to most listeners is the music's hidden story. Using a game-changing historical document that has only recently come to light, "Mahler's Titan - The Romance, Death and Triumph of a Young Musician" charts a new understanding of what Mahler called his "Tone Poem in Symphonic Form." Dramatizations, animations, interviews with the world's leading experts and an explosive performance conducted by Neeme Järvi bring us into the world of a brash young musician just as he matures into a visionary composer for the ages.
- For the Love of Mahler takes us into the passionate world of Henry-Louis de La Grange, a charismatic 91-year old music historian who since first hearing a Mahler symphony in 1945 devoted the rest of his life to researching every detail of Mahler's biography. How Mahler's music inspired his life, and how Henry-Louis channeled an obsession into a lifetime of groundbreaking discoveries, famous friendships and award winning accomplishment, demonstrates the remarkable power of music to change lives. Filmed in Marrakech, Paris and the Italian Alps.
- Music, philosophy, and dramatic images combine to create an all-encompassing experience in this in-depth exploration of Gustav Mahler's stirring and questioning Third Symphony: How did we get here? What is our life's purpose? Does God exist? Why do people suffer? Engaging these questions, Mahler's Third is one of the largest and most ambitious symphonies ever composed. The emotional charge of this work steadily mounts, from the chaos of creation in the first movement, to "the summit, the highest level from which the world can be surveyed" in the last. It involves the audience in the drama of emerging consciousness, as it unfolds and develops from the world of rocks, plants, and animals "through all the stages of evolution, step by step," to its ultimate flowering in humankind's capacity for love. From the volcanoes of the South Pacific to the Alpine peaks and meadows where Mahler composed, dramatic images from the natural world give shape to the Third Symphony's evolutionary saga.
- In the summer of 1907 composer Gustav Mahler experienced a crisis of such magnitude that some thought he would never recover. His five-year-old daughter died of scarlet fever after 15 tortuous days, and a doctor diagnosed him with a life threatening heart defect. Mustering his courage and tapping into his genius, Mahler transformed his despair into a redemptive masterpiece. It was something entirely new: a "song-symphony" based on ancient Chinese verses. The film presents dramatizations of the poems, commentary by renowned experts, and excerpts from a brilliant performance featuring Metropolitan Opera stars Thomas Hampson and Paul Groves with Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Neeme Järvi. The documentary explores the biographical, cultural and philosophical context of The Song of the Earth, a masterpiece often singled out as the composer's most personal musical statement.
- On Songs of a Wayfarer introduces us to a 24-year-old opera conductor about to make his mark as a great composer. Art mirrors life as Gustav Mahler's turbulent love affair with an opera singer leads to his first masterpiece: a cycle of songs about the aftermath of a failed relationship. They leave us questioning the meaning of love, death and the healing power of nature. With dramatizations, expert commentary and a performance by master Mahler interpreter Thomas Hampson, On Mahler's Songs of a Wayfarer, explores not only a world famous masterpiece, but the origins of an early 20th-century giant.