9: Mahler Grooves!
Natalie Wheen visits the New York Philharmonic. In the first of two programmes on what was once
Mahler's orchestra, she samples interpretations of his symphonies by Bernstein, Mitropoulos and Boulez.
She also talks to current music director
Kurt Masur about the Philharmonic's commitment to the music of Beethoven, which dates back to
1842, when the orchestra gave what was only the second performance of the Symphony No 5. Producer Alan Hall