"I feel like I'm riding a thoroughbred," says Claudio Abbado of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Two years ago they thrilled Proms audiences with a monumental performance of Mahler's Ninth.
Tonight, it's the Second Symphony - a towering vision of apocalypse and rebirth, from intimate moments of great beauty to a vast chorale finale.
Solveig Kringelborn (soprano), Marjana Lipovsek (mezzo), BBC Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Chorus, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado
Mahler Symphony No 2 (Resurrection)