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Mahler retreats to his composing hut, on the shores of Lake Attersee, following some devastating family news, and makes an important decision about his future.

Gustav Mahler: brilliant, fiery and tyrannical – leader of some the most prestigious musical institutions of his era – fought battles his whole life. He clashed with his colleagues, scrapped with critics and wrestled endlessly with his own desires and ambitions. This week, Kate Molleson navigates us through his many personal and professional struggles, and follows Mahler to the countryside hideawarys where he sought (not always successfully) to escape the drama of his everyday life. Here, among the lakes and mountains, Mahler also found space to compose and he poured the whole world into his music in all its ugliness, mundanity and transcendent beauty.

Symphony No. 3: V. Lustig im Tempo und keck im Ausdruck
Gerhild Romberger, mezzo-soprano,
Augsburg Cathedral Choir
Bavarian Radio Orchestra and Choir , conducted by Bernard Haitink

Symphony No. 3: II. Tempo di menuetto. Sehr mäßig
Gerhild Romberger, mezzo-soprano
Bavarian Radio Orchestra and Choir , conducted by Bernard Haitink

Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Lob des hohen Verstandes
Thomas Quasthoff, baritone
Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Claudio Abbado

Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen: No. 3, Ich hab' ein glühend Messer & No. 4, Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz
Alice Coote, mezzo-soprano
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Marc Albrecht

Symphony No. 3: VI. Langsam. Ruhevoll. Empfunden
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle