April 27, 2014
Video: Four Paths to the End
Video: Four Paths to the End
By Max Larkin
As a companion to our show this week with Ben Zander, we’ve cut together four of the most acclaimed performances of the last movement of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony, the closest art can bring us to the experience of death (to draw on Chris and Teju Cole’s podcast conversation.) Tell us which one you like best in the comments, and thanks for watching!
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