Mahler's Symphony No.2 ‘Resurrection' in Edinburgh

A man stands alone at the grave of a friend. Shattered by grief, he shakes his fist at the heavens and begins a journey that will take him to the end of the world and beyond. The sheer ambition of Gustav Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony staggers the imagination—an emotional odyssey on a cosmic scale, embracing tragedy, hope, dark humour, and even Judgement Day itself.

Written for an immense orchestra of over 100 musicians, every performance is a special occasion. But when the choir is the Edinburgh Festival Chorus, and the conductor is the BBC SSO’s Conductor Emeritus Sir Donald Runnicles—an artist with a lifetime’s experience in the music of Mahler—it’s fair to expect something truly extraordinary. In 1965, Runnicles sang Mahler with the Edinburgh Festival Chorus as a young boy. Now, he returns to lead that very same choir in one of the most powerful choral works ever written… A definite date for the calendar!