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Wonderful choral singing makes for a stirring Mahler 8 in Edinburgh

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Reviewed at Usher Hall, Edinburgh on 26 August 2018
Mahler, Symphony no. 8 in E flat major "Symphony of a Thousand"
Daniel Harding, Conductor
Christopher Bell, Choirmaster / chorus director
Edinburgh Festival Chorus
National Girls Choir NYCoS
Tamara Wilson, Soprano
Ida Falk Winland, Soprano
Hanna Husáhr, Soprano
Karen Cargill, Mezzo-soprano
Anna Larsson, Contralto
Simon O'Neill, Tenor
Christopher Maltman, Baritone
Shenyang, Bass-baritone
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