Summary: Podcast host Elliott Forrest explores the first work on this program, Beethoven's Symphony No. 2, and is joined by Philharmonic Director of Education Theodore Wiprud, who shares a letter Beethoven wrote at the time in which he reflected on his own increasing isolation due to his deafness. The Philharmonic's season-long Focus on Mahler continues with Des Knaben Wunderhorn; tenor Ian Bostridge discusses his role as a soloist in these performances — the first time he will sing the complete work with orchestra.
