For Mahler, writing a ninth symphony was full of fatalistic resonances. He was reluctant to start it at all, but he did live to complete it. The result was one of his finest achievements, a powerful and emotionally nostalgic work that was also a farewell to the late-Romantic symphony. This evening's performance features one of the great Mahlerian conductors of our time.
London Philharmonic, conductor Bernard Haitink
Mahler Symphony No 9