The colossal character of his eighth symphony came to Gustav Mahler in a flash. After completing the first drafts, Mahler knew he was composing something that would make his earlier works seem like mere preludes. In the closing concert of the season, eight soloists, six choirs and a symphony orchestra gather in the large concert hall at Musiikkitalo in their most magnificent form, not forgetting the organ. The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra will be reinforced by twenty young international musicians who are participating in the concert through cooperation with the LEAD! Foundation.
JUKKA-PEKKA SARASTE
conductor
MEAGAN MILLER
soprano, Magna Peccatrix
HELENA JUNTUNEN
soprano, Una Poenitentium
MAIJA RAUTASUO
soprano, Mater Gloriosa
ELLI VALLINOJA
mezzo-soprano, Mulier Samaritana
LILLI PAASIKIVI
mezzo-soprano, Maria Aegyptian
TOMMI HAKALA
baritone, Pater Ecstaticus
SIMON O'NEILL
tenor, Doctor Marianus
TÓMAS TÓMASSON
bass, Pater Profundus
CANTORES MINORES
RUOTSIN RADION KUORO
LATVIAN RADION KUORO
HELSINGIN KAMARIKUORO
MUSIIKKITALON KUORO
NILS SCHWECKENDIEK
choir coaching
HANNU NORJANEN
choir coaching
GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 8 ”Symphony of a Thousand”
