GUSTAV MAHLER Symphony No. 2 | Mahler’s ‘Resurrection’ Symphony
Sunday 29 April 2018 | 3.00 pm | Usher Hall EDINBURGH
Tuesday 1 May 2018 | 7.30 pm | Town Hall MIDDLESBROUGH
Thursday 3 May 2018 | 7.30 pm | Cadogan Hall LONDON
Friday 4 May 2018 | 7.30 pm | The Hexagon READING
Saturday 5 May 2018 | 7.00 pm | City Hall SHEFFIELD
The full drama of Mahler’s all-embracing second symphony comes to life in performance in a way that very few recordings can hope to capture. With enlarged orchestral forces and a 140-strong choir this work is truly epic, offering up the composer’s apocalyptic vision of life, death and the hereafter. The work exemplifies Mahler’s innovative compositional approach, creating a »world of its own« in symphonic form.
Mahler himself took his first professional conducting job just south of Linz in the summer of 1880. The Bruckner Orchester Linz is joined by the Choruses from Bournemouth, Leeds and Sheffield, all with illustrious histories of their own. With 200 musicians and singers on stage together performing Mahler’s momentous work, get ready for a mind-blowing experience.
Brigitte Geller Soprano
Theresa Kronthaler Alto
Leeds Philharmonic Chorus (Edinburgh, Middlesbrough & Sheffield)
Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus (Edinburgh, Middlesbrough & Sheffield)
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus (London & Reading)
Markus Poschner Conductor
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART | Symphony No. 35 »Haffner«
ANTON BRUCKNER | Symphony No. 8 (1890)
Sunday 6 May 2018 | 4.00 pm | Symphony Hall BIRMINGHAM
The orchestra of Bruckner’s home town plays his majestic Eighth Symphony, plus Mozart’s Haffner Symphony.
Huge gothic cathedrals, mighty Alpine peaks… people have compared Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony to many things. In fact, it’s a spiritual epic of awe-inspiring grandeur and emotional power – and under its new chief conductor Markus Poschner, the Bruckner Orchestra Linz plays it with unparalleled insight and authenticity.
Markus Poschner Conductor
