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Performances of Gustav Mahler at BBC Symphony Orchestra

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Sat 4 Oct 2025
- 19:30
  Oramo conducts Mahler's Ninth Symphony
  Barbican, London
  Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra open their new season with Mahler’s heartrending Ninth Symphony.
  Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra open their new season with Mahler’s heartrending Ninth Symphony.
  Programme
  Gustav Mahler
  Symphony No. 9
  Performers
  Sakari Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Gustav Mahler
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2025-26 Barbican Season
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Mon 4 Aug 2025
- 19:30
  Mahler and Boulez
  Royal Albert Hall
  The sonic scope of Mahler’s Das klagende Lied meets its match in the musical spectacle of Pierre Boulez’s ‘majestic processional’ Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Hannu Lintu
  The sonic scope of Mahler’s Das klagende Lied meets its match in the musical spectacle of Pierre Boulez’s ‘majestic processional’ Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Hannu Lintu
  Programme
  Pierre Boulez
  Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna(32 mins)
  interval
  Gustav Mahler
  Das klagende Lied (original version, 1880)(65 mins)
  Performers
  Natalya Romaniw
  soprano
  soprano
  Jennifer Johnston
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Russell Thomas
  tenor
  tenor
  James Newby
  baritone
  baritone
  Constanza Chorus
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Hannu Lintu
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Pierre Boulez
  Gustav Mahler
  Part of
  Proms 2025 Discovery at the Proms
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Fri 23 May 2025
- 19:30
  Elder conducts Mahler
  Barbican, London
  Goodnight, Vienna: Sir Mark Elder conducts Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth), as the BBC Symphony Orchestra brings its season to an unforgettable close.
  Goodnight, Vienna: Sir Mark Elder conducts Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth), as the BBC Symphony Orchestra brings its season to an unforgettable close.
  Programme
  Franz Schreker
  Kammersymphonie(25 mins)
  interval
  Gustav Mahler
  Das Lied von der Erde(64 mins)
  Performers
  Sir Mark Elder
  conductor
  conductor
  Alice Coote
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  David Butt Philip
  tenor
  tenor
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Franz Schreker
  Gustav Mahler
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2024-25 Barbican Season
Fri 25 Apr 2025
- 19:30
  Hough plays Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto
  Barbican, London
  Stephen Hough plays Beethoven and Sakari Oramo conducts Mahler’s First Symphony. Genius, pure and simple, from the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
  Stephen Hough plays Beethoven and Sakari Oramo conducts Mahler’s First Symphony. Genius, pure and simple, from the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Egmont - overture
  Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor(33 mins)
  interval
  Gustav Mahler
  Symphony No. 1 in D major(50 mins)
  Performers
  Sakari Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  Stephen Hough
  piano
  piano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Gustav Mahler
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2024-25 Barbican Season
Wed 16 Apr 2025
- 19:30
  Oramo conducts Mahler's Fourth Symphony
  Barbican, London
  Sakari Oramo conducts Mahler’s playful Fourth Symphony – and plays the violin too, as Kurt Weill retells the myth of Orpheus in his own, utterly original style.
  Sakari Oramo conducts Mahler’s playful Fourth Symphony – and plays the violin too, as Kurt Weill retells the myth of Orpheus in his own, utterly original style.
  Programme
  Dorothy Howell
  Lamia(12 mins)
  Kurt Weill
  Der neue Orpheus, Op. 15(20 mins)
  interval
  Gustav Mahler
  Symphony No. 4 in G major(54 mins)
  Performers
  Sakari Oramo
  conductor/violin
  conductor/violin
  Anu Komsi
  soprano
  soprano
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Dorothy Howell
  Kurt Weill
  Gustav Mahler
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2024-25 Barbican Season
Fri 24 Jan 2025
- 19:30
  Oramo conducts Mahler's Tenth and The Lark Ascending
  Barbican, London
  An evening-long meditation on life and the hereafter, devised by Sakari Oramo and featuring the UK premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s astonishing final masterpiece Hush.
  An evening-long meditation on life and the hereafter, devised by Sakari Oramo and featuring the UK premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s astonishing final masterpiece Hush.
  Programme
  Gustav Mahler
  Symphony No 10 – Adagio
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Toward the Unknown Region
  interval
  Kaija Saariaho
  HUSHBBC Co-Commission, UK Premiere
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  The Lark Ascending
  Performers
  Sakari Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  Verneri Pohjola
  trumpet
  trumpet
  Igor Yuzefovich
  violin
  violin
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Composers
  Gustav Mahler
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Kaija Saariaho
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2024-25 Barbican Season