Nominated by: Lewis
Music club: MNAC
MNAC playlist addition: Adagietto
Go Lew!!My eyes lit up when I saw his inspired choice for his round of MNAC. I have had a copy of Mahler's 5th forever - well since the eighties. No apologies necessary Lew - it gets a five star right off the bat (home run!).
It's a transformative experience listening to each movement and it's full of drama, so it never drags - in fact the whole symphony zips by!
I love the horn charts - very prog! I'm sure bands like Gentle Giant and Emerson Lake & Palmer were huge fans of Mahler's work.
Hard to pick out favourite parts - the opening march grabs my attention every time (has to be listened to loud - I had it going through my outside speakers as I did some chain sawing of a tree in our western paddock and it was a perfect accompaniment).
The beautiful second movement's waltz is another favourite - it's gentle and lyrical, but then the spritely third movement is all smiles before the fourth movement and that is amazing! That's all before the rondo finishes the symphony in style.
So, yes - impossible to separate out just one part.
Thanks Lewis - this has been on repeat at Maple Grove while I've been on term 3 study break. Jacky's always loved it as well so for once I didn't get any eye rolls or, "Can't we have some nice music?" comments. Nice!
So, yes - go Lewis!
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