Your plans for Mahler's birthday?

[Jot N. Tittle]

So how will you celebrate the Maestro's 147th birthday next Saturday? Eat apricot dumplings? Smoke one cigar? Stamp your foot? Climb a mountain? Listen to the birds? Tell a Mahler joke?

Tell a Mahler joke?? Are there any? (Not counting the jokes he himself may have told.)

I will be hosting a small Mahler party, mit Trinken und Essen.

     , & '

[barry guerrero]

Be sure to read Goethe; discuss Dostoevsky; turn moody, and eventually leave the room. That would be authentic.   

[bluesbreaker]

Preparing for my exam. 

[Ivor]

Yes, I was wondering this, too.

I always sing 'Happy birthday'        


otherwise, I thought I'd take the old boy out for lunch     

[barry guerrero]

I'll be working, so I'll be sure to put on some Mahler at work. There's a young man who sometimes works in my department who has taken a sudden interest in Mahler. That's always nice to see.

Barry

[Jot N. Tittle]

I was recently asked, "Aren't all Mahler jokes really long?"

     . & '

[Amphissa]

Saturday.

Birthday.

Wish Alma was around.

 

[Ivor]

   Having sung 'Happy Birthday', popping up here on a special day - 07/07.07 - was inevitable.

    The toast is "a present-in-spirit hero."

    And happy birthday, Herr Mahler.

[Jot N. Tittle]

I note that the last time the calendar read 07/07/07 was on Mahler's 47th birthday.

Not a good year for the Mahlers. I doubt they noticed or celebrated his birthday, with Putzi being so ill. Five days later she died. 

     . & '

[John Kim]

Happy Birthday, Gustav!

We owe you much for your great music.

John, thinking of you and listening to your music everyday in my life,

[Leo K]

Happy Birthday Gustav...thank you.  You have sacrificed so much, and I hope you know the results of your art, and how far it has come and how much it is played now.  It is truly a wonder and sublime.

--Leo

[Ben]

Those of you with Sirius satellite radio should have had a real treat today.  They started with Symphony No. 1 and are going right on down the line.  Full Mahler Symphony cycle in one day!  I am back up home at the moment and my parents have it in their cars so I've heard bits of the Fourth and Sixth.  I have no idea of the performers, and sound quality is less than ideal with the satellite radio, but, what regular radio station in their right mind would ever play the Mahler Symphony cycle?!  Most stations don't even play ONE Mahler symphony.

So, good to see that Sirius is celebrating in a big way.

I hope to listen to the new Haitink CSO M3 tonight.  I've listened to most of the last movement and was fairly pleased.  Haitink is far from my favorite conductor, but I'm really just happy of the fact that the CSO is making recordings once again.  How long had it been?  Perhaps since the Boulez M1?

Ben

[Jot N. Tittle]

Happy to report that the party was considered by all a success. A dozen people joined in a champagne toast and singing a happy birthday greeting to Gustav.

After sufficient damage had been done to the appetizers, they descended upon a large tray of sauerkraut, potatoes, and various sausages (five kinds), washing it all down with Pilsner Urquell. For dessert there was palaczintak and rigo jancsi with dark coffee. (Tried to work in as much of the Empire in as possible.) Strange to say, no music was played and the Mahler jokes were missing.

Next year it will be on a Sunday--is that right?

     . & '

[barry guerrero]

Wow! Sounds great. Any photos of the food, dessert, Pilsner Urquel, drunk guests, etc.?

[Ivor]

And speaking as a semi-vegetarian, wasn't Gus? I can't quite remember.


   Ivor