Mahler's Symphony No. 9 could be seen as his farewell
statement, but he actually began work on a 10th as soon as he finished the 9th.
Despite his fascination with death and the hereafter, Mahler always chose to
embrace life, and in this last completed symphony, he managed to express just
how thin the line between them actually is.
Podcasts from the San Francisco Symphony and Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas.
