Mahler

With a pioneering sense of eclecticism, he connected the dots between John Cage and James Brown, between Mahler and MTT’s famous grandfather, Boris Thomashefsky, a star of the New York Yiddish theater.

He comes to the Proms with the Dutch Concertgebouw Orchestra, to play Mahler's leonine fifth symphony.

You also could pick up a gray Mahler sweatshirt and a “Mahler Grooves” bumper sticker.

In February, the Jacaranda new music series, shutting down after two decades of indispensable concerts, went out with a Schoenbergian bang, connecting the composer to Hollywood, Mahler, Coltrane and Boulez.

The ceiling was raised, and a choral terrace was built onstage so the orchestra can perform Mahler’s third symphony.