Mahler’s Fifth begins with the solitary trumpet call of a funeral march and unfolds through one of the most remarkable dramatic journeys in the symphonic repertoire: from turbulence and conflict to the shifting, dance-driven world of the Scherzo, then inward to the intimacy and suspended lyricism of the Adagietto, before reaching the radiant polyphony of the Rondo-Finale, where the orchestra’s independent voices converge in a final affirmation of light and energy. i Work Information Composer: Gustav Mahler (1860–1911) Title: Symphony No. 5 , GMW 44 Composition and revisions: 1901–1902; score preparation in 1903; revisions in 1904, 1905, and 1911 Reference edition: Critical edition by Reinhold Kubik, C. F. Peters, 2002, incorporating the composer’s final revisions Premiere: 18 October 1904, Gürzenich, Cologne; Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, conducted by the composer Genre: Symphony for large orchestra Musical period: Late Romanticism / early music...