SIAM SINFONIETTA presents Gustav Mahler&#39;s Fifth SymphonySomtow Sucharitkui conducts the epic Fifth Symphony of Mahler with Thailand&#39;s renowned youth ensemble, the Siam SinfoniettaSiam Sinfonietta appeared on screen in the multiple award winning film T&aacute;r,&nbsp;where they were conducted by Cate Blanchett. &nbsp;In that film, Blanchett plays a world-famous maestro whose career is shattered by a scandal just as she is about to conduct Mahler&#39;s Fifth. &nbsp; The Fifth is an iconic work &mdash; the use of the Adagietto&nbsp;movement as the soundtrack of Visconti&#39;s movie Death in Venice&nbsp;arguably contributed to Mahler becoming the best-selling symphonist he is today.&nbsp;Conductor Somtow Sucharitkul introduced his first complete Mahler Cycle to audiences in Thailand with the Fifth in 2009. &nbsp;Now he is embarking on a second complete cycle using young performers. &nbsp;The Siam Sinfonietta have so far played No. 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 9 an, collaborating with the Siam Philharmonic, also No. 2 and 8. &nbsp;With No. 5, therefore, Siam Sinfonietta in its thirteenth season hits another milestone. &nbsp;In 2010 Somtow was awarded a precious relic by members of the International Mahler Society: the baton used by Leonard Bernstein at his last recording of Mahler&#39;s Ninth.from a review of Somtow&#39;s performance of Mahler&#39;s Eighth symphony by Graham Rogers in Amitiae: &nbsp;&quot;&quot;The applause was prolonged, loud and justified. The orchestra had just produced one of the most stunning performances that any Bangkok audience has been privileged to attend.&quot;