Gustav Mahler’s Third Symphony is more than just music. It is an event. »For me, symphony means building a world with all the means of available technology,« said Mahler, and with his Third, he has moulded this aspiration into monumental music that breaks all boundaries. It tells a late Romantic story of creation: nature awakens from its icy torpor, flowers sway in the wind, animals dance in the forest, brass bands herald the arrival of summer, angels sing »Bim Bam«. But death lurks everywhere. At the end, in one of the most poignant finales in music history, the human soul soars to heavenly heights.
PERFORMERS
Norddeutsche Orchesterakademie orchestra
Frauenchor der Norddeutschen Orchesterakademie choir
Kinderchor des Musikgymnasiums Schwerin
Marta Herman alto
Kiril Stankow conductor
PROGRAM
Gustav Mahler
Sinfonie Nr. 3 d-Moll für Alt, Knabenchor, Frauenchor und Orchester
