In 1966, the conductor arrived in Vienna with a mission: to restore Gustav Mahler’s place in 20th-century music.
While Bernstein's conducting repertoire encompassed the standard literature, he may be best remembered for his performances and recordings of Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms, Schumann, Sibelius and Mahler.
Die Walkure" was given for the first time this season at the Metropolitan Opera House last evening under the direction of Mr. Gustav Mahler. As one after another of the performances at the ...
It reappears throughout the first movement. Mahler knew he had a heart condition by this point and Leonard Bernstein (who was a great conductor of Mahler’s work) suggested this syncopated rhythm ...
Is "Last Call" a masterpiece? No. But it does provide some solid acting, fiery exchanges and a surprise or two.
Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Simón Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela in a performance of Mahler's "Symphony of a Thousand." ...