The last eight minutes of Mahler's Second Symphony with the astonishing London Symphony Chorus, soprano Christiane Karg, alto Anna Larsson and conductor Semyon Bychkov. Sit back, turn up your speakers, enjoy. The whole performance of the symphony, plus an introduction from backstage, is now available to watch on our YouTube channel for the next 90 days: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTjZ3o6K-BOlKv4hj_bPZrE4vOxqmMVey | London Symphony Orchestra

155K views · 3.7K reactions | Mahler's Symphony No. 5 was the first of his symphonies that was purely instrumental and did not link to vocal music. Progressing from a poignant funeral march to outbursts of monumental triumph and joie de vivre, Mahler's Fifth is reminiscent of Beethoven's own Fifth. Watch maestro Kent Nagano and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal - OSM's epic rendition on medici.tv! https://bit.ly/3URxlPO | medici.tv | Facebook