Thomas Oliemans came to New York to sing at the Metropolitan Opera. While he was here, he took a musical walking tour.

And one concert, given on April 2, 1961, changed my life. It was a performance of Mahler’s Symphony No ... Bernstein at 25, rehearsing his Jeremiah symphony with the New York Philharmonic ...

(JTA) — From his birthplace in Boston to New York, Berlin, South Africa, China and Israel, Leonard ... Restaurant, Bernstein recalled his exhilaration conducting the Mahler symphony 19 years ...

At the age of 25 he stepped in to conduct the New York Philharmonic with no ... When JFK himself was assassinated, Bernstein conducted Mahler’s Symphony No.2 (the Resurrection) in a nationally ...