Kent Nagano conducts the London Philharmonia in Mahler’s »Resurrection Symphony« (March 2026)

On March 20, Kent Nagano will conduct the London Philharmonia in Mahler’s »Resurrection Symphony«.

In his own programme notes for the symphony’s premiere, Mahler describes the work’s rollercoaster of an emotional journey: the first movement represents a funeral. Then come movements depicting happy memories, followed by the fear that life may have no meaning at all. But reassurance comes from the soprano who sings “I come from God, and to God I shall return.” In the monumental finale, soloists and chorus affirm “O believe, you were not born for nothing!” 

Nagano has chosen to preface Mahler’s deeply spiritual work with a chant by the medieval abbess and visionary Hildegard of Bingen. Composed around 750 years before Mahler’s symphony, it sings the same song of faith and redemption.

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Artists

Kent Nagano – conductor
Jane Archibald – soprano
Christina Bock – mezzo-soprano
Philharmonia Orchestra
Philharmonia Chorus

 

Programme
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN O vis aeternitatis

MAHLER Symphony No. 2, ‘Resurrection’