The Fifth Symphony may be Mahler's most famous composition, is certainly the most frequently performed and is said to represent Mahler's love song to his wife Alma. Leonard Bernstein conducted it during the funeral Mass for Robert Kennedy at St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, on 8 June 1968 and it was used in the 1971 Luchino Visconti film Death in Venice.

Vasily Petrenko (Chief Conductor, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Chief Conductor, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Principal Guest Conductor, Mikhailovsky Theatre, St Petersburg) is an award-winning Russian conductor recognised as one of the exceptional musicians of his generation. The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra is the UK's oldest surviving professional symphony orchestra.

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