Throughout his lifetime, Mahler had been dancing with death. 马勒的一生都在与死亡共舞。
He revived the works of Mahler and Nielsen and programmed such contemporary music,even if he,a dedicated tonalist,was uncomfortable with it. 他把马勒和尼尔森的作品重新搬上舞台,同时编排了当代音乐曲目,尽管他这个对音调极其讲究的音乐家但对当代音乐并不喜欢。