Listeners may recognize Gustav Mahler’s song Ablösung im Sommer since its tune is featured in the opening of the third movement of his Symphony No. 3. In this version of Gustav Mahler’s song Ablösung im Sommer (from Des Knaben Wunderhorn), Hakenberg would include the subtitle “Alma’s Jeer” to reflect its cartoonish mockery. His version begins differently than Mahler’s song by preceding the entry of the voice with the playfully dramatic sound effects of a cuckoo’s fatal crash landing. Then, though haltingly, the song unfolds within a new metric layout generated by extending some of the 2/4 meters of Mahler’s song. In doing so, Hakenberg creates rhythmic variations of Mahler’s melody, as an integral component of his interpretation. The music nearly stops in the middle of the composition and a horn sounds from afar as if deriving from the valley below. This gesture creates a reflective quality to Hakenberg’s re-composition. Additionally, he extends the cuckoo calls of Mahler's song into still nature-idylls. Ablösung im Sommer concludes with a snare roll reminiscent not of nature, but rather of an execution.