Mahler 2 “Resurrection”

“A symphony must be like the world,” Mahler said. “It must embrace everything.” Mahler’s Second, the “Resurrection” Symphony, is a major choral work, popular in his lifetime, which grandly explores the themes of life and death. Guest Conductor Alfonso Scarano conducts the ensemble along with the Mahidol University Choir, Korean soprano Sooyeon Kim and Czech mezzo-soprano Barbora Polášková in this gripping and all-encompassing tour de force.

Concerts:

• 13 November 2015 / 7.00 p.m. (Pre-Concert Talk 6.15 p.m.) / Prince Mahidol Hall
• 14 November 2015 / 4.00 p.m. (Pre-Concert Talk 3.15 p.m.) / Prince Mahidol Hall

Conductor: Alfonso Scarano

Soloist:

• Sooyeon Kim, Soprano
• Barbora Polášková, Mezzo Soprano
• Mahidol University Choir

Program:

• Thai Traditional Music
• Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor “Resurrection”

Tickets Price: 500, 300 Baht (100 Baht for students up to bachelor’s degree)

For ticket reservations: please call 02-849-6565/6, Ext. 6603, 6609 or [email protected]

or visit www.thaiticketmajor.com / Call Center 02-262-3456

Salaya Link shuttle bus available at BTS Bang Wa Station: http://www.music.mahidol.ac.th/salayalink/

Thailand's ONLY professional classical music organization is kicking off its 11th season at the outstanding Prince Mahidol Hall - The complete Season 11 program is available here for your convenience. http://www.thailandphil.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/tpo-11-program.pdf

Dammit! I'l miss the "Resurrection" Symphony. Arriving two days late on the 16th. It's one of my favorites. I'll catch the rest of the season though. It would be nice if there were a demand for an encore performance but I guess that's not in the cards. Maybe I'll catch it another year.

Dammit! I'l miss the "Resurrection" Symphony. Arriving two days late on the 16th. It's one of my favorites. I'll catch the rest of the season though. It would be nice if there were a demand for an encore performance but I guess that's not in the cards. Maybe I'll catch it another year.

CAT Channel does live stream our Friday Evening concert - starting at 7pm BKK Time (for 1 hour until the PM cuts in for his weekly address). You would be able to see at least the first 3 movements of Mahler. This is the link to stream CAT Channel - http://www.onlinethailand.net/tv_online/CAT-Channel.php

The Symphony No. 2 by Gustav Mahler, known as the Resurrection Symphony, was written between 1888 and 1894, and first performed in 1895. Apart from the Eighth Symphony, this symphony was Mahler's most popular and successful work during his lifetime. It was his first major work that established his lifelong view of the beauty of afterlife and resurrection. In this large work, the composer further developed the creativity of "sound of the distance" and creating a "world of its own", aspects already seen in his First Symphony. The work lasts around eighty to ninety minutes and is conventionally labelled as being in the key of C minor; the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians labels the work's tonality as 'c--E♭.

A transcendent music experience last night with the first performance of Mahler 2 - one more chance to see it - today at 4pm!