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What The Universe Tells Me
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- narrated by Stockard Channing

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What The Universe Tells Me - A Film About Mahler’s Third Symphony
VAI DVD 4267, $39.95 (2 DVD set)

Narrated by Oscar Nominee and Emmy Award winning actress Stockard Channing.
Produced and directed by Jason Starr.

Film-maker Jason Starr has produced a passionate and mesmerizing documentary on a seminal Mahler masterwork. The composer’s Third Symphony is examined with the assistance of professionals from the worlds of music and of ideas. Interspersed with the commentary is a thrilling performance of the symphony with an orchestra culled from players from the Manhattan School of Music. The work is offered complete on a second disc. English, with optional subtitles in: Spanish, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean. Approx. 4 hours, Color, Stereo.

DVD 1 contains the complete one-hour documentary "What The Universe Tells Me: Unraveling The Mysteries of Mahler's Third Symphony", narrated by Channing, with nearly an additional hour of mini-documentaries that expand on the philosophical, biographical and musical issues explored in the film. The documentary feature offers optional sub-titles in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, and Chinese.
Featured artists on the first DVD
Thomas Hampson
Mignon Dunn

DVD 2 provides a complete performance of Mahler's Third Symphony performed by The Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Glen Cortese and featuring mezzo-soprano Mignon Dunn recorded in New York's Riverside Cathedral.
Featured artists on the second DVD
Mignon Dunn
Manhattan School of Music
- conducted by Glen Cortese
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