59K views · 2.4K reactions | Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 4 received its premiere on this day (November 25) in 1901, with the composer conducting the Kaim Orchestra. Enjoy this 1972 video of Leonard Bernstein conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in an excerpt from the third movement of Mahler's Fouth Symphony. | Leonard Bernstein | Facebook

Leonard Bernstein was a key figure in the “Mahler Renaissance” of the 1960s and played an important role in establishing the composer as a staple of the repertoire. Here, he conducts Mahler’s Eighth Symphony with the Vienna Philharmonic / Wiener Philharmoniker. Now streaming at stage.plus/Mahler8 | STAGE

Happy birthday, Gustav Mahler! Across nine massive works and an incomplete 10th, Mahler created one of the most enduringly powerful symphony cycles in all of music—a body of work that offers enough emotion and substance to enjoy and study for a lifetime. Leonard Bernstein, who leads the Vienna Philharmonic / Wiener Philharmoniker in Mahler’s Fifth Symphony here, did just that. Learn more about each of the works and experience the full cycle on Carnegie Hall : bit.ly/3RRopbL | Carnegie Hall