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Uplifting Mahler 2 from Tilson Thomas and the London Symphony Orchestra

Siobhan Stagg, Michael Tilson Thomas and Alice Coote
© LSO | Mark Allan
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the London Symphony Orchestra
© LSO | Mark Allan
The London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Siobhan Stagg, Alice Coote and Michael Tilson Thomas
© LSO | Mark Allan
By Mark Pullinger, 21 October 2024
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“a performance wreathed in the autumnal glow of a man who’s at peace with the world”
Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 20 October 2024
Programme
Mahler, Symphony no. 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
Performers
Siobhan Stagg, Soprano
Alice Coote, Mezzo-soprano
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas, Conductor
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Mark Pullinger
Mark Pullinger
Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.