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Radio 3 in Concert: Mahler's Resurrection Symphony from the Philharmonia

Mahler's Resurrection Symphony from the Philharmonia

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 in Concert, Mahler's Resurrection Symphony from the Philharmonia

Santtu-Matias Rouvali conducts the Philharmonia in Mahler's Symphony No 2, 'Resurrection'.

The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Santtu-Matias Rouvali, perform Mahler's Second Symphony, 'Resurrection'.

Live from the Royal Festival Hall:  Mahler's Symphony No. 2, ‘Resurrection.’ 

"The whole thing sounds as though it came to us from some other world," Mahler wrote to a friend, " I think there is no one who can resist it. One is battered to the ground and then raised on angel’s wings to the highest heights.” The Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus are conducted by their Principal Conductor, Santtu-Matias Rouvali in Mahler's all-embracing choral symphony. 

Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C minor, ‘Resurrection’

Mari Eriksmoen (soprano) 
Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano) 
Philharmonia Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra
Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor)

In his own programme notes for the symphony’s premiere, Mahler describes the work’s rollercoaster of an emotional journey: the first movement represents a funeral. Then come movements depicting happy memories, followed by the fear that life may have no meaning at all. But reassurance comes from the soprano who sings “I come from God, and to God I shall return.” In the monumental finale soloists and chorus affirm “O believe, you were not born for nothing!”

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