In 1906, following the success of The Dream of Gerontius and The Apostles, the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival commissioned Elgar to write a third large oratorio for its festival that year.

Elgar: The Kingdom

Southbank Centre

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. 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.

Dame Sarah Connolly

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Jan 29, 2026

Elgar: The Kingdom · Southbank Centre

Apr 11, 2026

Mahler Symphony No. 3 Concert · Boston Philharmonic Orchestra

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Singer in Symphony No. 3 by Mahler

Boston Philharmonic Orchestra

Singer in The Kingdom by Elgar

Southbank Centre

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