which gives a hint of the cosmic scale of the Mahler symphonies to come. There is a strand of happiness in Mahler's music. His youthful creativity produced the much-loved "Songs of a Wayfarer" in ...

A lustrous scion of fin-de-siècle Vienna, she was born Alma Maria Schindler, the daughter of the operetta singer Anna Bergen ...

The Redwood Symphony is going big for its next performance, bringing Gustav Mahler’s “Resurrection” symphony to the stage. Everything about the work is on a grand scale, from its themes of ...

In 1897, after months of intrigue and negotiation, during which Mahler converted to the Roman Catholic faith, he was installed as the Music Director of the Vienna Opera House. This was arguably ...