Summary: Music Director Alan Gilbert discusses Mahler's Symphony No. 2, Resurrection — a monumental work that he describes as having a "universal message of renewal and rebirth" — one of the three Mahler symphonies he will conduct in the Philharmonic's 2011–12 season. Artistic Administrator Ed Yim explores the Philharmonic's Mahler tradition, as well as the symphony's cosmic themes and the emotions it can evoke in the listener.
