Mahler’s Symphony No. 3
In this September 21, 2025 concert livestreamed from the Fisher Center at Bard, conductor Leon Botstein leads TŌN, mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe, the Bard Conservatory Preparatory Division Chorus, Bard College Chamber Singers, and members of Bard Conservatory’s Graduate Vocal Arts Program in a performance of Mahler’s deeply personal and all-encompassing Third Symphony.
Leon Botstein, conductor
Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano
Bard Conservatory Preparatory Division Chorus
Bard College Chamber Singers
Members of Bard Conservatory’s Graduate Vocal Arts Program
James Bagwell, choral director
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0:28 Introductory remarks by TŌN cellist Dariimaa Batsaikhan
5:43 Introductory remarks by conductor Leon Botstein
14:27 Part One: Kräftig. Entschieden. (forceful and decisive)
48:31 Part Two: Tempo di Menuetto. Sehr mässig. (at the tempo of a minuet; very moderate)
57:44 Comodo. Scherzando. Ohne Hast. (comfortably fast; lively; unhurriedly)
1:16:03 Sehr langsam. Misterioso. (very slow; mysterious)
1:24:51 Lustig im Tempo und keck im Ausdruck (joyous in tempo and jaunty in expression)
1:30:52 Langsam. Ruhevoll; Empfunden. (slow; calm; deeply felt)
Gustav Mahler
Born: 7/7/1860 in Kaliště, Bohemia (now Czech Republic)
Died: 5/18/1911 at age 50 in Vienna
Written: 1893–96, in Mahler’s mid 30s; revised 1906
Premiered 6/9/1902 in Krefeld, Germany; Allgemeiner Deutscher Musikverein Festival orchestra and choruses; Mahler, conductor; Luise Geller-Wolter, contralto
>Read concert notes by TŌN cellist Shawn Thoma