Symphonieorchester & Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Sir Simon Rattle

When you hear Sir Simon Rattle talk about Gustav Mahler, it sounds as if he knew the composer personally. But that is probably how it feels when, like the chief conductor of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, you’ve been studying and performing the Late Romantic composer’s deeply personal and autobiographical music for more than 50 years. Mahler once said that his symphonies contained a whole world – and no one can guide orchestra and audience alike through these intricate worlds better than Sir Simon Rattle.

PERFORMERS

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks orchestra

Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks choir

Louise Alder soprano

Beth Taylor mezzo-soprano

Sir Simon Rattle conductor

PROGRAM

Henry Purcell
Remember Not Lord Our Offences, Z 50

Robert Schumann
Nachtlied for Mixed Choir and Orchestra, Op. 108

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 2 in C minor for Soprano, Alto, Choir and Orchestra »Resurrection Symphony«