On Feb 4, 2025, at 8:22?AM, jimrobertson via groups.io <jimrobertson@...> wrote:

Apologies for the length of this message; I hope I’ll get some forgiveness because much of it sets the stage for why it’s so important to me.

If someone were to ask me what piece of music and what performance I’d choose if time travel permitted it, it would be Leonard Bernstein’s performance of the Mahler 2nd Symphony at Ely Cathedral in England in 1973, conducting the London Symphony Orchestra and the Edinburgh Festival Chorus. Many of you may have watched Bradley Cooper’s attempt to channel that monument in?Maestro, the movie. I’ve just discovered that Deutsche Grammophone released a recording of it in 1974, but they also have an audio-video version available on their subscription website, <>. Unfortunately, permanent access to the recording is not offered.

Here’s the link: