Steve Reich's Three Movements

American Maverick Steve Reich celebrates his 80th birthday in 2016. There's always a pulse at the heart of his music, and his "Three Movements" lets the full orchestra feel the beat.

Mahler's Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection"

Symphony No. 2, Resurrection, by Gustav Mahler opens with a first movement originally composed as a stand-alone work entitled Todtenfeier (Funeral Rites). Five years later, following his appointment as principal conductor in Hamburg, Mahler realized that this was, in fact, the first movement of his second symphony.  Following Symphony No. 1, which tells the story of a Hero’s life, the second symphony opens with the funeral rites of the Hero. The second and third movements are retrospective intermezzos, and the fourth and fifth movements depict the Last Judgment and Resurrection.