Mahler Symphony No. 3 Concert

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

It is time once again for the BPO to perform Mahler’s exalted paean to nature, the Third Symphony. It is the longest and most all-embracing of his works. In it, he set out to express the essence of his relationship to nature. Visiting Mahler as he was composing The Third Symphony at his summer retreat, his young apprentice Bruno Walter took a moment to reflect on the astonishing mountain view. “You needn’t stand staring at that,” Mahler said, “I’ve already composed it all!” In this vast and profound work for chorus, orchestra, and mezzo-soprano, you will hear it all—from exaltation to terror to union with the primal forces that surround us. Dame Sarah Connolly, acclaimed as one of the greatest Mahler singers in living memory, returns to sing the poignant setting of Nietzsche’s Midnight Song. Her 2022 BPO performance of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde sublimely demonstrated the poignancy that she brings to Mahler's music. 

-Benjamin Zander

There will be no intermission for this concert

More about this Concert

• Leading British mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly praised by Lloyd Schwartz of Musical America as "achingly poignant British contralto Dame Sarah Connolly... is still at the top of her form." returns to the Boston Philharmonic for this performance. 
• Listen to Dame Sarah Connolly perform Symphony No. 2 in C Minor Resurrection IV. Urlicht
  
  

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