Mahler - Symphony 3

Mahler Symphony 3:

Lechner about the first movement of the Third Symphony:

That almost ceases to be music; it is practically the sounds of nature. It is eerie how life gradually wrests itself free from the inanimate, rigid matter—I could have named the movement “What the Craggy Mountains Tell Me.” . . . Again, the atmosphere of a stifling heat on a summer midday hangs over the introduction to this movement. Not a breath stirs. All life is suspended. The sun-soaked air shimmers and flickers. I hear it in my mental ear, but how to find the physical tones?s

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