Featured Artists
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Karen Cargill
Sopranos and Altos of the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir
Commonwealth Youth Choir
Dominique DeSilva
Philadelphia Boys Choir
Jeffrey R. Smith
Philadelphia Girls Choir
Nathan Wadley
Mahler’s Third Symphony is a journey from darkness to light, its six movements arranged in a progressive celebration of life, from the simplest creatures to the creator of the universe. Marshalling the forces of an augmented orchestra, mezzo-soprano, soprano and alto choir, and children’s choir, this spectacular work envelops the listener in a gorgeous, many-layered paradise of sound—a work Mahler himself declared “something the like of which the world has never yet heard!”
Voted #10 by conductors in the 21 greatest symphonies of all time survey in BBC Music Magazine, Mahler’s Third has remained a favorite of audiences as well. Mahler himself proclaimed it, “a work of such magnitude that it actually mirrors the whole world … something the like of which the world has never yet heard! In it the whole of nature finds a voice.”
Yannick continues his epic exploration of the many joys of Mahler with these performances featuring the “exquisite” mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill, hailed for the “luminous shine to her tone” (New York Classical Review).
Program
Mahler
Symphony No. 3
Approximate Duration
includes intermission
