Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.5 (Part 2)

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In early 1901, Mahler last conducted the Philharmonic concerts with Bruckner’s Fifth, vigorously cut down to Mahler’s preferred size. The Mahler-groupie Alma Schindler followed his movements breathlessly as he conducted Die Zauberflöte at the opera. He then suffered a massive, life-threatening hemorrhoid-caused hemorrhage that necessitated