Charles Ives' Symphony No. 4 is the classic mash-up of 19th century Americana: hymns, anthems, marches and dance tunes all woven together in a collage that is by turns messy, complicated, sentimental and chaotic, but ultimately transcendent—kind of like life itself.
Podcasts from the San Francisco Symphony and Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas.
Friday, November 10, 2017
Mahler's Symphony No. 4
Mahler's sunny Symphony No. 4 ends with a song—a child's description of heaven. But it is also full of reminders of the vastness of his musical universe.
Thursday, November 2, 2017
Ives' Symphony No. 3, "The Camp Meeting"
Charles Ives' music is the archetypal "mash-up" of classic Americana. His Symphony No. 3 was inspired by the gentler, more spiritual side of the religious revivals he attended with his family as a child.
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