Glorious, tear-jerking Mahler 2 from Rattle and the LSO at the Proms

Sir Simon Rattle conducts the London Symphony Orchestra

Louise Alder and Dame Sarah Connolly

Mahler's Resurrection Symphony in the Royal Albert Hall

By Nick Boston, 25 August 2022

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“Dame Sarah Connolly’s opening line could not have been more captivating, full of pain and longing”

Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 24 August 2022

Birtwistle, Donum Simoni MMXVIII (A Gift for Simon 2018)

Mahler, Symphony no. 2 in C minor "Resurrection"

Louise Alder, Soprano

Dame Sarah Connolly, Mezzo-soprano

CBSO Chorus

London Symphony Chorus

London Symphony Orchestra

Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor

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Roy Westbrook, 21st April

Giving their 27th performance of the oratorio, the London Symphony Chorus excel as angelic angels and demonic demons.

****1

Pappano and the LSO: a thrilling collision between heaven and hell

Charlotte Gardner, 16th April

Vilde Frang joins Sir Antonio Pappano and the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican for transcendent Korngold alongside darker fare.

****1

Han Kang’s The White Book takes on a compelling new life

Peter Quantrill, 5th March

At the Barbican, Laura Bowler's new work for Barbara Hannigan translates Han Kang's novel into a soundscape of icy stillness

****1

A curious evening from Noseda, Kopatchinskaja and the LSO

Mark Valencia, 26th February

Good, bad, but never ugly, a curious evening unfolds at the Barbican, inspired at times, ill-judged in places.

***11

Borodin steps into the symphonic limelight: Noseda and the LSO

Mark Pullinger, 15th February

Seong-Jin Cho continues his Artist Portrait series with the LSO by performing Chopin's poetic Second Piano Concerto.

****1

Rattle and the LSO sell a travel package to Hungary and Spain

Roy Westbrook, 18th January

Opening her LSO Artist Portrait series, Patricia Kopatchinskaja plays Béla Bartók’s Second Violin Concerto before Rattle and the LSO whisk the audience to Falla’s Andalusia.

****1

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Nick Boston

Nick has an MA in Music, specialising in performance and repertoire. His particular passions are choral music, chamber music and opera, with a particular interest in early music. He sings in a number of choirs in the south east of England, plays the piano and occasionally dusts off the violin. He writes about music here.

Glorious, tear-jerking Mahler 2 from Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra at the Proms