Name: Humanity And Nature
Start: 2024-11-12T19:00:00
Location: Smith Square Hall

Dive into the heart of London this fall with a series of mesmerizing events dedicated to the genius of Gustav Mahler. From the haunting depths of Symphony No. 6 at Royal Albert Hall to the youthful exuberance of the London Schools Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican, Mahler's music will resound throughout the city. Don't miss the grandeur of Mahler's Resurrection Symphony with the London Symphony Orchestra or Marin Alsop's poignant rendition of Symphony No. 5 at Royal Festival Hall. This season, London's premier venues are set to bring Mahler’s timeless compositions to life.

London Celebrates Gustav Mahler: A Symphony of Events

Yvonne Howard

Satriya Kirsna

Sinfonia Smith Square

The programme is a love letter to 20th-century song in all its forms. 

From the soaring romanticism of Alma Mahler and Richard Strauss to the bittersweet elegance of Cole Porter and Stephen Sondheim, this concert brings together worlds that rarely meet. 

You’ll hear music from beloved films and musicals alongside lush orchestral arrangements of song cycles and solo pieces all carefully curated to tell a story that is moving, varied and richly expressive.

Fantasia Orchestra with Niamh O’Sullivan

Smith Square Hall

In a year of crisis, Mahler was grieving the death of his daughter, ousted from his post at the Vienna State Opera, and finally diagnosed with a fatal heart condition which robbed him of his much-loved walks among the woods, lakes, and mountains of the Austrian countryside.

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