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As Gustav Mahler began his Ninth Symphony, he was fully aware of its portent. Like Beethoven, Schubert and Bruckner before him, his Ninth was to be the last he finished.
The season ends with Mahler’s Symphony No.3, a hymn to the natural world. John Storgårds is ed by contralto Jess Dandy.
Tenor Allan Clayton gives the world premiere of Tom Coult’s Monologues for the Curious, while John Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra stalk the shifting musical landscapes of Mahler’s Seventh Symphony
You’d be hard-pressed to find a programme that is a greater expression of the titanic power of the symphony orchestra. Tonight, more is most certainly more.
Mahler’s Resurrection is a colossal work of drama, beauty, and power.