First published in Germany in 2003, Jens Malte Fischer’s biography of Gustav Mahler is finally available in English, translated by Stewart Spencer. Find out more on The Guardian, where it has been reviewed as “a masterly and indeed monumental biography.”

Also, if you don't know Universal Edition's Gustav Mahler: The Conductors' Interviews yet, you might have a look.

This picture was taken after the first performance of Gilbert Kaplan's new arrangement for chamber orchestra of Mahler's Symphony No. 2 at the Konzerthaus in Vienna.

Although performed by a smaller-than-usual orchestra, it was still an impressive experience.

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The inextricable link between Gilbert Kaplan and Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 is familiar to just about every music lover. The arrangement for chamber orchestra of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 by Gilbert Kaplan and Rob Mathes makes it possible for chamber orchestras to perform this piece, for which usually more than 100 musicians are needed.

The world première of the arrangement takes place on 17 February 2013 at the Wiener Konzerthaus, with Gilbert Kaplan conducting the Wiener KammerOrchester, the Wiener Singakademie and the soloists Marlis Petersen, soprano and Janina Baechle, mezzo-soprano.

Symphony No. 2
for soli, mixed choir and small orchestra | 80‘
2 2 2 2 - 3 3 2 1 - timp, perc, hp, org, str
17/2/2013, Konzerthaus, Vienna; Marlis Petersen, s; Janina Baechle, ms; Wiener Singakademie; Wiener Kammerorchester, cond. Gilbert Kaplan

Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé Orchestra give the world première of Colin Matthews’ new version of Mahler’s Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde tonight.

The work is part of a complete performance of Das Lied von der Erde at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester.

Matthews’ version has a slightly lighter orchestra than Mahler’s original, giving the tenor soloist (tonight Lars Cleveman) a greater prominence.

Tomorrow night, the ensemble mini gives the world premiére of Klaus Simon’s new arrangement of Mahler’s Symphony No. 9.

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A fascinating collection of first-hand memories of Mahler the conductor.

View on YouTube, as well as Part II and Part III.

Gustavo Dudamel’s remarkable Mahler series is fully underway in Los Angeles.

Tonight he conducts Symphony No. 9, and this Saturday Symphony No. 8 is on the programme, complete with the LA Phil, the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela and 16 LA based choirs.

Read more on the LA Phil website and watch our video interview with Gustavo Dudamel below, where he talks about the music of Gustav Mahler.

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Jonathan Nott celebrates his 500th concert with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra tonight, including Schubert’s 7th and Mahler’s 4th.

In honour of the occasion, the concert will be broadcast live on the internet from the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra website.

Watch our interview with Jonathan Nott, in which he talks about the music of Gustav Mahler

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Gustavo Dudamel conducts Mahler’s Symphony No 2 tonight at the BBC Proms with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. They are joined by soloists Miah Persson and Anna Larsson and the National Youth Choir of Great Britain.

Listen live on BBC radio 3

Watch Gustavo Dudamel talking about Mahler in this interview with UE.

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The Vienna Philharmonic opens its 2011 Salzburg Festival residency tonight with a concert of music by Alban Berg and Gustav Mahler.

Pierre Boulez conducts and is joined by Anna Prohaska, Dorothea Röschmann, Anna Larsson and Johan Botha.

Alban Berg: Lulu Suite
Alban Berg: Der Wein
Gustav Mahler: Das klagende Lied

The concert will be broadcast on Sunday 7 August at 11am on ORF OE1 Radio.

Watch Pierre Boulez talking to UE about the music of Gustav Mahler

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From this weekend’s blogs and tweets:

Alex Ross reports on a performance of Morton Feldman’s Triadic Memories at a floating concert hall in New York.

MahlerNews reports on Twitter that Michael Tilson Thomas’ DVD “Keeping Score: Mahler” has won a German Record Critics’ Prize (Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik).

And Norman Lebrecht spots Harrison Birtwistle watching cricket at Lords.

“When the New York Philharmonic plays Mahler, I enjoy this deep feeling of pathos”

The full transcript of our Gustav Mahler video interview with Alan Gilbert is now online (as is the video itself).

Arte Live Web’s video streams from the Leipzig Mahler Festival are online for some time still.

Watch full concert recordings of the London Symphony Orchestra, The Gewandhaus Orchestra, the Concertgebouw Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic, among others.

The first Mahler interview to appear on our Gustav Mahler Blog was with Daniel Barenboim, back in June 2009. Since then, we’re proud to say that all 27 videos have now been viewed more than 30,000 times. It’s heart-warming to see how much interest there has been in the series.

Here they are in all their glory:

Herbert Blomstedt	Simon Rattle	Norman Lebrecht
Andris Nelsons	Josep Pons	Gustavo Dudamel
Riccardo Chailly	Valery Gergiev	Manfred Honeck
Sakari Oramo	Antonio Pappano	Lorin Maazel
Mariss Jansons	Michael Gielen	David Zinman
Zubin Mehta	Esa-Pekka Salonen	Ingo Metzmacher
Kent Nagano	Wolfgang Fink	Michael Tilson Thomas
Christoph Eschenbach	Jonathan Nott	Franz Welser-Möst
Daniele Gatti	Pierre Boulez	Daniel Barenboim

Gustav Mahler’s grave in Vienna today, 100 years after his death. Floral tributes were made by the New York Philharmonic, the City of Vienna and Universal Edition, among others.