| Hailey Clark | Sopran |
| Golda Schultz | Sopran |
| Miriam Kutrowatz | Sopran |
| Jennifer Johnston | Mezzosopran |
| Okka von der Damerau | Mezzosopran |
| Giorgio Berrugi | Tenor |
| Michael Nagy | Bariton |
| Tareq Nazmi | Bass |
| National Radio Choir | |
| Laurens Symfonisch | |
| Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris | |
| National Children's Choir | |
| Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | |
| Klaus Mäkelä | Musikalische Leitung |
Concertgebouw Orchestra and four choirs
Klaus Mäkelä has been artistic partner of the Concertgebouw Orchestra since 2022 and will become chief conductor in 2027. Earlier in this festival, he already conducted the First Symphony, today the Eighth. The Concertgebouw Orchestra shares the stage with no fewer than four vocal ensembles: the National Radio Choir, Laurens Symphonic, the Choeur de l'Orchestre de Paris and the National Children's Choir.
Mahler's Symphony No. 8
Mahler wrote to his friend Willem Mengelberg that his Eighth Symphony was his greatest work ever. 'All the other symphonies were anticipating this.' Moreover, he experienced it as if the piece of music was dictated to him in a vision. In two monumental movements, Mahler says he sings of the entire universe. 'There are no longer human voices sounding. They are planets and suns, revolving in their orbits.' Practically speaking, it is also a rather voluminous work. Mahler did often need very many performers, and in this Mahler's 'symphony of a thousand', there are close to four hundred. Or more: in 1912, Mengelberg conducted a version with two thousand musicians and singers.
Single ticket sales for the 2024-2025 season will start on Saturday 1 June 2024. You can then order the concerts from the Mahler Festival as a single ticket.