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Jukka-Pekka Saraste Marianne Beate Kielland Oslo Filharmoniske Kor Gustav Mahler

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Fri, Mar 28, 2025, 19:00
“A symphony is like a world - it must contain everything,” Gustav Mahler said to his colleague Jean Sibelius in 1907. None of Mahler’s symphonies is closer to this ideal than Symphony No. 3, which, with its six movements and a total duration of about a hundred minutes, is Mahler’s longest. In 1895, he expressed the same idea to Natalie Bauer-Lechner during the work with Symphony No. 3: “... for me, «symphony» means constructing a world with all the technical... Read full text

Keywords: Symphony Concert, Vocal Music

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Musicians

Jukka-Pekka SarasteHonorary conductor
Marianne Beate KiellandMezzo-Soprano
Oslo Philharmonic Choir (women's choir)
Boy's choir
Øystein FevangChoir conductor

Program

Symphony No. 3Gustav Mahler
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