Kirill Petrenko conducts Mahler’s “Symphony of a Thousand”

“Symphony means constructing a world with all the technical means at one’s disposal.” Nowhere did Gustav Mahler realise this credo more impressively than in his Symphony of a Thousand. With eight soloists, three choirs and a gigantic orchestra, it goes beyond anything that came before. At the same time, Mahler brings together fundamental ideas of intellectual history in this profusion of sound – from medieval hymns to the conclusion of Goethe’s Faust. After 15 years, the Berliner Philharmoniker are bringing the work back to the concert stage under the baton of Kirill Petrenko.

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