| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 15-Sep-2012 Birmingham Symphony Hall | CBSO and Andris Nelsons: Metamorphosen and Mahler 2 |
Pairing Richard Strauss’ Metamorphosen with Mahler’s mighty Resurrection Symphony made for an emotionally exhausting season opener in Birmingham, taking a packed Symphony Hall from anguished lamentation to fist-clenched fury and, ultimately, shattering resolution.
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| 8-Sep-2012 La Maison Symphonique de Montréal | The OSM open their season with Mahler's Resurrection Symphony |
The second season of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal in the new Maison Symphonique was celebrated tonight with the performance of a singularly gargantuan work, Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony. Orchestras around the world have performed this symphony to mark somber or solemn occasions, but here in Montréal it is offered simply as an olympian display of musicality by virtually every artist on the OSM payroll.
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| 25-Nov-2011 Sydney Opera House: Concert Hall | Mahler's Resurrection Symphony in Sydney |
Mahler's Second Symphony is most certainly epic and needs an epic performance to do it justice. The Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Sydney Philharmonia Choirs went some way to achieving this on Friday night. The symphony deals with weighty themes of life, death and resurrection and contains Mahler's own vision of immortality in its triumphant conclusion.
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| 24-Sep-2011 Bridgewater Hall | BBC Philharmonic and Juanjo Mena: Mahler 2 |
The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and newly elected Chief Conductor Juanjo Mena began their season with a storming Mahler 2 which thoroughly deserved its lengthy standing ovation.
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