Mahler's Third

It is with regret that, due to health reasons, Robin Ticciati must withdraw from the performance of Mahler Symphony No. 3. The LPO is very grateful to Sir Mark Elder for stepping in at short notice.

‘The symphony must be like the world’: Gustav Mahler always thought big, but even by his standards, his Third Symphony is remarkable. One of the largest symphonies ever written, it’s a concert in its own right, teeming with distant trumpets, children’s songs, glittering marches and awe-struck mountaintop meditations. Mahler throws them all into the mix before ending with a ravishing hymn to love itself. It’s less a symphony, more an emotional odyssey – and with Glyndebourne Music Director Robin Ticciati, the power of two choirs and the radiant mezzo-soprano voice of Alice Coote, it should be little short of sublime.