Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor
Joyce DiDonato Mezzo-Soprano
Sopranos and Altos of the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir
Joe Miller Director
Philadelphia Girls Choir
Nathan Wadley Artistic Director
Philadelphia Boys Choir
Jeffrey R. Smith Artistic Director
Mahler Symphony No. 3
Over the course of six stunning movements and approximately 100 minutes, the birth and cosmic evolution of the natural and metaphysical worlds become grand stories captured in sound. It all culminates in one of music’s most overwhelmingly powerful climaxes. Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin calls Mahler’s Third one of his top-three favorite symphonies. “From the creation of the world, to the eternity of the last movement, it is designed to embrace and embody the entire universe ... Every time I conduct this, I cannot hold [back] my tears.”