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Live from the Royal Festival Hall: Mahler's Symphony No. 2, 鈥楻esurrection.鈥�

"The whole thing sounds as though it came to us from some other world," Mahler wrote to a friend, " I think there is no one who can resist it. One is battered to the ground and then raised on angel鈥檚 wings to the highest heights.鈥� The Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus are conducted by their Principal Conductor, Santtu-Matias Rouvali in Mahler's all-embracing choral symphony.

Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C minor, 鈥楻esurrection鈥�

Mari Eriksmoen (soprano)
Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano)
Philharmonia Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra
Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor)

In his own programme notes for the symphony鈥檚 premiere, Mahler describes the work鈥檚 rollercoaster of an emotional journey: the first movement represents a funeral. Then come movements depicting happy memories, followed by the fear that life may have no meaning at all. But reassurance comes from the soprano who sings 鈥淚 come from God, and to God I shall return.鈥� In the monumental finale soloists and chorus affirm 鈥淥 believe, you were not born for nothing!鈥�