191K views · 4.7K reactions | In honor of tonight’s broadcast of Leonard Bernstein conducting Mahler 2 after the JFK assassination, Philharmonic musicians share a glorious brass chorale (plus contrabassoon and percussion) from the symphony’s final movement. See you tonight! Mahler’s New York: A Digital Festival #mahlerny | New York Philharmonic | Facebook

106K views · 797 shares | The last eight minutes of Mahler's Second Symphony with the astonishing London Symphony Chorus, soprano Christiane Karg, alto Anna Larsson and conductor Semyon Bychkov. Sit back, turn up your speakers, enjoy. The whole performance of the symphony, plus an introduction from backstage, is now available to watch on our YouTube channel for the next 90 days: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTjZ3o6K-BOlKv4hj_bPZrE4vOxqmMVey | London Symphony Orchestra | Facebook

Opening with an inexorable funeral march and culminating in an ecstatic hymn of resurrection, Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 contemplates life and death on a cosmic scale. Leonard Bernstein leads the London Symphony Orchestra and Edinburgh Festival Chorus in this historic performance on Carnegie Hall : carnegiehallplus.com | Carnegie Hall