Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, "Resurrection"

Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor,

Starring:Kory Katseanes; The Philharmonic Orchestra of Brigham Young University (BYU); The Combined Choirs of BYU; Jennie Litster; Francesca Forsyth
Director: Steven E. Lowe
Studio: BYU Broadcasting
Product Type: DVD

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Mahler has the power to help you lift yourself up to Heaven

Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, "Resurrection"
Starring: Kory Katseanes; The Philharmonic Orchestra of Brigham Young University (BYU); The Combined Choirs of BYU; Jennie Litster; Francesca Forsyth
Director: Steven E. Lowe
Manufacturer: BYU Broadcasting
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Mahler - Symphony No. 9 / Claudio Abbado, Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Accademia Di Santa Cecilia, Rome
Mahler - Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" / Claudio Abbado, Eteri Gvazava, Anna Larsson, Orfeon Donostiarra, Lucerne Festival Orchestra

ASIN: B0009SRXBM
Release Date: 2005-06-01

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Mahler has the power to help you lift yourself up to Heaven.......2006-08-14

This performance may not have the passionate Leonard Berntein leaping into the air from his podium, but, even without Bernstein, the music of Mahler speaks for itself, and for all humanity.

Symhony 2, "Resurrection," is Mahler's statement of how mankind can cope with the inevitability of death. The music struggles with our natural tendency toward denial, or refusal to acknowledge that we too will die, as have those before us.
It is begging for a little light that will illuminate our path to the hereafter.

This performance states Mahler's belief very powerfully, with fully 535 participants on stage. That's right--535. Imagine the monumental task of managing all those choruses and musicians to insure that they are all together!

Kory Katseanes achieves this with the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Combined Choirs of BYU--and they are all so young!

If I was surprised at how such an enormous assembly could perform so well in unison, I was even more amazed at the quality of the soloists. Contralto Francesca Forsyth and soprano Jenny Litster both breathed new life into Mahler's inspiring words. I hope both will consider the pursuit of professional singing.

Even the lighting and filming of this production were better than I had anticipated. The camera shots of the shadowed immense choir and the dark blue of the ceiling were so fitting for such ethereal music. And please don't skip over the few minutes of an excellent explanatory introduction just before the beginning of the performance. This helps set the stage for the musical and almost religious experience in which you are about to participate.

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