Organization

Conductor

Edward Gardner

Singer

Emma Bell

Soprano

Elsa Dreisig

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Orchestra

Southbank Centre

Mahler’s Fifth

London

United Kingdom

Royal Festival Hall

Mahler's Fifth: In spe contra spem (+1 More)

Public

Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor

In spe contra spem

Approved

South Bank Centre

Mahler’s Fifth: Symphony No. 5 Mahler,G (+1 More)

A lone trumpet sounds in the darkness and Gustav Mahler begins his great struggle from tragedy to triumph – by way of midnight storms, joyous horn-calls, and the most tender love letter ever written without words: the rapturous Adagietto.

‘The symphony should be like the world’, said Mahler; and with Edward Gardner conducting, 70 minutes of music becomes the emotional experience of a lifetime. It’s a powerful counterpart to a brand new work, written for the voices of Emma Bell and Elsa Dreisig by the LPO’s Composer-in-Residence Brett Dean. Mahler would surely have responded to a title that translates as ‘Hoping against Hope’.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble

Co-Producer