Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, London, Greater London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Festival: BBC Proms
Performers
| BBC Symphony Orchestra | |
| Jiří Bělohlávek | Conductor |
| Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral | |
| Choristers of Westminster Abbey | |
| BBC Symphony Chorus | |
| Crouch End Festival Chorus | |
| Sydney Philharmonia Choirs | |
| Choristers of Westminster Cathedral | |
| Mardi Byers | Soprano |
| Twyla Robinson | Soprano |
| Malin Christensson | Soprano |
| Stephanie Blythe | Mezzo-soprano |
| Kelley O'Connor | Mezzo-soprano |
| Stefan Vinke | Tenor |
| Hanno Müller-Brachmann | Baritone |
| Tomasz Konieczny | Bass |
Launching our 150th-anniversary celebrations of
Mahler’s birth, his ‘Symphony of a Thousand’ begins
a weekend-long flourish of three towering works
combining voices and orchestra. Setting a hymn to
the divine creative spark alongside an exaltation of the
feminine spirit from Goethe’s Faust, Mahler created
a work of unprecedented scale and impact. The BBC
SO gave its UK premiere 80 years ago under Proms
founder-conductor Henry Wood. Tonight’s massed
choirs lavish on it the force of over 400 adult and
children’s voices.
Mahler’s birth, his ‘Symphony of a Thousand’ begins
a weekend-long flourish of three towering works
combining voices and orchestra. Setting a hymn to
the divine creative spark alongside an exaltation of the
feminine spirit from Goethe’s Faust, Mahler created
a work of unprecedented scale and impact. The BBC
SO gave its UK premiere 80 years ago under Proms
founder-conductor Henry Wood. Tonight’s massed
choirs lavish on it the force of over 400 adult and
children’s voices.
