Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Simone Young conducts Mahler 2 (2022)
Classical Music & Opera • 1h 43m
To celebrate the reopening of the Concert Hall, and a season of new beginnings, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra turn to Mahler’s mighty Second Symphony with new Chief Conductor, Simone Young. Mahler worked on this symphony in Hamburg as musical director for the Hamburg State Opera – the same company for which Simone Young recently held the same position. Popularly known as the Resurrection Symphony, it’s one of Mahler’s best known and most celebrated. A powerful, soul-shaking landscape of sound. A passionate and expansive journey that would eventually, in Mahler’s words, raise “to the highest heights.”
It’s a major endeavour and Mahler’s extraordinary use of voice adds an emotional intensity to the experience that delivers on his intentions. This is the perfect work to mark the Sydney Symphony’s return to one of the world’s most famous concert halls.
An exciting new work from First Nations composer William Barton also marks the spirit of the occasion and the site of the celebration.
Presented by Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Recorded by the ABC at Sydney Opera House, Thursday 21 July 2022.
Programme
WILLIAM BARTON Of the Earth
Fifty Fanfares Commission
MAHLER Symphony No.2, Resurrection
Artists
Simone Young conductor
Nicole Car soprano
Deborah Humble mezzo-soprano
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
The Sydney Children’s Choir
Gondwana Indigenous Children’s Choir
Up Next in Classical Music & Opera
-
A Night To Shine! - Behind The Scenes...
Go backstage at the Sydney Opera House as students from the Australian World Orchestra education programme prepare to take the recently re-opened Concert Hall stage for A Night To Shine!
Students also share their experiences of the Australian World Orchestra’s programme for young regional and m...
-
Piano Day | Andrea Lam, Amanda Palmer...
Piano Day 2022 features an exclusive broadcast of new performances by classical, experimental and contemporary musicians including Andrea Lam, Amanda Palmer, Ian Munro, Vatche Jambazian and Zubin Kanga.
Founded by Nils Frahm in 2015, the 88th day of the year was declared Piano Day - a nod to th...
-
Ensemble Offspring | Composing Songlines
Celebrating the unique music which has been created by First Nations Australian composers in the past 5 years as part of Ngarra-Burria: First Peoples Composers program, this special concert featuring the compact chamber force of Ensemble Offspring places these ancient musical voices reflecting la...
