Nagano Conducts Mahler's Resurrection Symphony
Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall, SE1 8XX , [Venue Details]The Philharmonia Orchestra invites you into Gustav Mahler’s world – a world saturated with orchestral colour, and a journey leading to redemption.
Repertoire
- Hildegard of Bingen: O vis eternitatis
- Mahler: Symphony No.2 (Resurrection)
Since it was founded in 1945, the Philharmonia has given many outstanding performances of Mahler’s epic, all-embracing symphonies.
In the orchestra’s 80th anniversary season, ‘superb’ (Opera Now) conductor Kent Nagano takes to the podium for the great Resurrection Symphony, scored for a large orchestra, two solo singers, and chorus.
In his own programme notes for the symphony’s premiere, Mahler describes the work’s rollercoaster of an emotional journey: the first movement represents a funeral. Then come movements depicting happy memories, followed by the fear that life may have no meaning at all.
But reassurance comes from the soprano who sings, ‘I come from God, and to God I shall return.’ In the monumental finale, soloists and chorus affirm ‘O believe, you were not born for nothing!’
Nagano has chosen to preface Mahler’s deeply spiritual work with a chant by the medieval abbess and visionary Hildegard of Bingen. Composed around 750 years before Mahler’s symphony, it sings the same song of faith and redemption.
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Admission
Min: £32.00
Max: £112.00
Event Type: seated
Seating: Reserved
Performer name: Philharmonia Orchestra, Kent Nagano - conductor, Philharmonia Ch
Other key names: Jane Archibald - soprano, Christina Bock - mezzo-soprano
Duration: 1 hour(s) 45 min(s)
Age restriction: For ages 7+, U12's must be accompanied by an adult
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Nagano Conducts Mahler's Resurrection Symphony
Thursday, 19 Mar 2026 @7.30pm
Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall, SE1 8XXMore Information
The Philharmonia Orchestra invites you into Gustav Mahler’s world – a world saturated with orchestral colour, and a journey leading to redemption.
Repertoire
- Hildegard of Bingen: O vis eternitatis
- Mahler: Symphony No.2 (Resurrection)
Since it was founded in 1945, the Philharmonia has given many outstanding performances of Mahler’s epic, all-embracing symphonies.
In the orchestra’s 80th anniversary season, ‘superb’ (Opera Now) conductor Kent Nagano takes to the podium for the great Resurrection Symphony, scored for a large orchestra, two solo singers, and chorus.
In his own programme notes for the symphony’s premiere, Mahler describes the work’s rollercoaster of an emotional journey: the first movement represents a funeral. Then come movements depicting happy memories, followed by the fear that life may have no meaning at all.
But reassurance comes from the soprano who sings, ‘I come from God, and to God I shall return.’ In the monumental finale, soloists and chorus affirm ‘O believe, you were not born for nothing!’
Nagano has chosen to preface Mahler’s deeply spiritual work with a chant by the medieval abbess and visionary Hildegard of Bingen. Composed around 750 years before Mahler’s symphony, it sings the same song of faith and redemption.
Admission
Min: £32.00
Max: £112.00
Event Type: seated
Seating: Reserved
Performer name: Philharmonia Orchestra, Kent Nagano - conductor, Philharmonia Ch
Other key names: Jane Archibald - soprano, Christina Bock - mezzo-soprano
Duration: 1 hour(s) 45 min(s)
Age restriction: For ages 7+, U12's must be accompanied by an adult
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