attended a performance of Mahler's Second Symphony: "Resurrection" — Tony's stash of textual information

attended a performance of Mahler's Second Symphony: "Resurrection" — Tony's stash of textual information

The combined forces were impressive. More than 80 choir members glided onto the stage, clothed in black, as if they were wraiths, now summoned to writhe before the Final Judge, before whom no one can be found blameless. And I, a shame-faced mortal, sat with my flesh, (which is unceasingly beset with attacks of urine and excrement), awaiting the Strings section to stab the air with dramatic statements of tension and unease. Sudden moments of gaie…