Musical Manuscripts Are Intimate and Transporting. See Why.

Franz Welser-Möst, the Cleveland Orchestra’s music director, takes us on a tour through the handwritten score of Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony.Welser-Möst said that when Mahler writes “pianississimo” (styled as “ppp”) in the score, he is asking more for the idea of extreme quiet than demanding a realistic volume level.