Happy Birthday, Mahler

Gustav Mahler was born on this date in 1860.

I am lost to the world

with which I used to waste so much time,

It has heard nothing from me for so long

that it may very well believe that I am dead!

It is of no consequence to me

Whether it thinks me dead;

I cannot deny it,

for I really am dead to the world.

I am dead to the world's tumult,

And I rest in a quiet realm!

I live alone in my heaven,

In my love and in my song.

Gustav Mahler

The Symphony No. 10, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin and performed by the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, featuring mezzo-soprano, Cécile van de Sant ...