No 93 Imaginary Dialogues 1

Gustav Mahler & Charles Ives

G. Mahler: Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder (1901) • C. Ives: The Last Reader (1921) • G. Mahler: Rheinlegendchen (1893) • C. Ives: The Housatonic at Stockbridge (1921) • C. Ives: Memories (1897) • G. Mahler: Liebst du um Schönheit (1903) • C. Ives: Song without (good) Words (1906) • C. Ives: Old Home Day (1920) • G. Mahler: Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen (1898) • C. Ives: Feldeinsamkeit (1900) • G. Mahler: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (1901) • C. Ives: Remembrance (1921) • C. Ives: A Son of a Gambolier (1894)

Künstler: Julia Sophie Wagner (soprano), Steffen Schleiermacher (piano, presentation), Ralf Mielke (flute), Dorothea Hemken (viola), Tobias Hasselt (trombone)

During a stay in New York, Gustav Mahler – at a music copyist’s – chanced upon a transcription of Symphony No. 3 by Charles Ives. It aroused his curiosity and interest to such an extent that he had another copy made. His idea was to perform the symphony in Europe. But this was never to be. Neither did Mahler and Ives ever meet in person. Despite that, their compositions display striking similarities.