Donald Macleod considers Mahler's music and its sometimes troubled relationship to Alma Schindler, whom he married after a whirlwind courtship. Show more

Donald Macleod discusses the Mahlers' working honeymoon in Moscow, where Alma was privileged to attend the premiere of her husband's Third Symphony. Show more

Donald Macleod focuses on Mahler's Kindertotenlieder and Sixth Symphony, works which seemed to presage the death of the composer's daughter. Show more

Donald Macleod explores the consequences of the death of the Mahlers' eldest daughter. Show more

Donald Macleod explains how Gustav Mahler found musical inspiration in Chinese poetry and both Mahlers pursued their interest in Chinese culture by visiting a New York opium den. Show more