| Main Performers | Elizabeth Watts,
Jennifer Johnston - vocals |
| Orchestra or Band | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Set List | 'Symphony No.2 in C Minor, 'Resurrection',' G Mahler |
| Performance Notes | The thrill and sheer emotional impact of hearing this symphony live never diminishes: from the paroxysms of death to the affirmation of the life hereafter.
Mahlers ode to life may end in glory, but the route there is full of twists and turns. Burlesque folk tunes sit alongside funeral marches, gentle nocturnes alongside storms. In Mahlers deft hands, what might otherwise be jarring juxtapositions become vital pieces of the overall jigsaw. His Second Symphony is a panorama of life, death and resurrection, the musical equivalent of a vast Michelangelo mural.
With the glorious choral finale, Mahler provides his own unique response to the challenge set by Beethoven in his Ninth Symphony: how to bring voices into the symphonic ideal. Having been through the twisting journey, we find ourselves, as Mahler wrote in his own programme notes, in a place where there is no judgement
no punishment and no reward. Just an overwhelming love illuminates our being. We know, and are.
This event was originally due to take place on 3 March 2021 and has been rescheduled. The name of the event has been updated from Mahlers Symphony No. 2 to Journeys of Discovery: Transcendence. |