Barbican Concerts
Mahler Symphony No 3
Overview
Semyon Bychkov
MAHLER Symphony No 3
Semyon Bychkov conductor
Christianne Stotijn mezzo-soprano
Tiffin Boys' Choir
Ladies of the London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Symphony No 3 is Mahler’s hymn to the natural world and contains his attempt to musically encapsulate every aspect of creation, recalling the composer’s famous conversation with Sibelius in which Mahler proclaimed: ‘A symphony must be like the world – it must contain everything’. Indeed, as Mahler met his friend Bruno Walter off the ferry, Bruno looked up at the alpine view around them and was swiftly told that there was ‘No use looking up there, that’s all been composed by me’.
Tickets: £10 £15 £19.50 £27 £35
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Pre-concert performance
Guildhall Artists at the Barbican
6pm, Barbican Hall
Free entry
Mahler Songs from Das Knaben Wunderhorn performed by Augusta Hebbert (soprano), Szymek Komasa (baritone) and Julia Samojlo (piano)
Audio & Video
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Soundclip: Mahler Symphony No 3
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Video: Mahler Symphony No 3; Valery Gergiev, conductor
