Proms 2013 Prom 35: Mahler – 'Resurrection' Symphony - BBC Proms

9 Aug 2013, Royal Albert Hall

19:00 Fri 9 Aug 2013 Next Event

Prom 35: Mahler – 'Resurrection' Symphony

19:00 Fri 9 Aug 2013 Royal Albert Hall

In their second BBC Proms appearance this season, Mariss Jansons and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra are joined by Genia Kühmeier, Anna Larsson and the Bavarian Radio Chorus for Mahler’s epic Symphony No. 2, ‘Resurrection’, bringing a vision of life after death.

Programme

- - Gustav Mahler
  - Symphony No. 2 in C minor, ‘Resurrection’(85 mins)

Performers

Genia Kühmeier
soprano
soprano
Gerhild Romberger
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Bavarian Radio Chorus
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mariss Jansons
conductor
conductor

Composers

Gustav Mahler

About this event

In their second Proms appearance this summer, Mariss Jansons and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra are joined by the Bavarian Radio Chorus for Mahler’s transcendent ‘Resurrection’ Symphony.

Soprano Genia Kühmeier and mezzo-soprano Gerhild Romberger are the soloists in a work that begins with a depiction of a funeral procession and opens out into a vision of life after death. With allusions to Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and klezmer melodies, its off-stage brass and percussion, and a grand choral climax, the symphony stands alone and unmissable.

There will be no interval