Mahler’s ‘Resurrection’ Symphony: Answering Nihilism

Mahler’s ‘Resurrection’ Symphony is the musical equivalent of ‘Hamlet.’ What led to its creation?

The Philadelphia Orchestra premiered Gustav Mahler's Eighth Symphony just five years after his death, in 1916. Public Domain

Why should you, a busy person with many important items on your time-crunched agenda, take 90 minutes of your life to listen to Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2?

Same question, different words: Why should you stop to experience vibrant testimony of a journey from nihilism to faith?