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Gustav Mahler (1860 – 1911)
Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major - "Symphony of a Thousand" (1906)
The stellar performance from the BBC Proms archive, from the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle.
First broadcast: 1 September 2002, London, Royal Albert Hall.
English translation of lyrics (hard subtitles) and english presenter`s comments (soft subs.)
0:00:00 introductory words.
0:07:22 PART I. Hymnus: Veni, creator spiritus.
0:30:58 presenter`s comments before second part.
0:32:10 PART II. Final scene from Goethe`s Faust.
1:25:52 applause and closing comments.
Solists:
- Christine Brewer, Soile Isokoski (sopranos)
- Birgit Remmert, Jane Henschel (altos)
- Jon Villars (tenor)
- David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)
- John Relyea (bass)
Choruses:
- City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus (director Shirley Court)
- City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus (director Simon Halsey)
- Toronto Children's Chorus (director Jean Ashworth Bartle)
- London Symphony Chorus (director Joseph Cullen)
- Sydney Philharmonia Choirs (director Mats Nilsson)
The source video can be found in the web by the following Info Hash:
"F5D8C537D8DEDAB4CEAABA86E97AC4EA38C30D72"
