Of Love, Death, and Beyond: Exploring Mahler's Resurrection Symphony (2011)

Of Love, Death and Beyond: Exploring Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony (trailer)

“What is this life—and this death?” Gustav Mahler famously asked when composing his second symphony. Does consciousness “continue” on a higher cosmic level, he wondered, or is it “only an empty dream?” Narrated by renowned baritone Thomas Hampson, this film explores the musical, biographical, and philosophical backgrou...