Name: Symphony No. 8 in E-flat Major, ('Symphony of a Thousand')
Start: 2018-07-22T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2018-07-22T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Royal Albert Hall

Organization

BBC Proms

Conductor

Thomas Søndergård

Soprano

Tamara Wilson

Soprano 1

Camilla Nylund

Soprano 2

Joélle Harvey

Soprano 3

Mezzo-soprano

Marianne Beate Kielland

Mezzo 1

Claudia Huckle

Mezzo 2

Tenor

Simon O'Neill

Baritone

Quinn Kelsey

Bass

Morris D Robinson

Orchestra

BBC Welsh National Orchestra

Others

BBC Symphony Chorus

The Southend Boys' and Southend Girls' Choir

BBC National Chorus of Wales

London Symphony Chorus

Symphony No. 8 in E-flat Major, ("Symphony of a Thousand") -  (Symphony 8)

London

United Kingdom

Royal Albert Hall

The Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major (Symphony of a Thousand) Mahler,G

Public

Symphony 8

Approved

'It is the best thing I have ever done,' said Mahler of his Eigth Symphony – for which the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and its Principal Conductor Thomas Søndergård tonight join forces with no fewer than five choirs.

One of the grandest symphonic statements of the repertoire, concluding with a dramatic setting of the mystical closing scene from Goethe's Faust, it's mammoth scale matches the impressive space of the Royal Albert Hall.

There will be no interval

Please note that Christine Rice, the previously advertised mezzo-soprano, has had to withdraw owing to illness. The BBC Proms is very grateful to Marianne Beate Kielland for taking her place at short notice.

English

Symphony 8 by Mahler, Sun 22 Jul 2018, From (2018/2018), Conductor Thomas Søndergård, Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Ensemble

Programme, About & Synopsis

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Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues