Program

GUSTAV MAHLER: Symphony No. 8, Symphony of a Thousand

Artists

• Juanjo Mena, conductor
  Sarah Wegener, soprano

• Camilla Tilling, soprano

• Lauren Snouffer, soprano

• Kate Lindsey, mezzo-soprano

• Briana Hunter, mezzo-soprano

• Barry Banks, tenor

• José Antonio López, baritone

• Christian Immler, bass

May Festival Chorus

Robert Porco, director

Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

Lisa Wong, director

May Festival Youth Chorus

Matthew Swanson, director

Cincinnati Boychoir

Jason Holmes, artistic director

Cincinnati Youth Choir, Robyn Lana 

managing artistic director

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra,

Louis Langrée, music director

Venue

Music Hall

What's Interesting

Mahler called his Eighth Symphony, “the biggest thing that I have ever done…in which the most beautiful instrument in the world is given its true place.” Principal Conductor Juanjo Mena concludes the 150th May Festival with a work of gigantic proportions—music of triumph and transcendence that celebrates the power of the human voice, featuring the sounds of the Chorus and the CSO in the breathtaking space of Music Hall.

This concert is sponsored by Ethan and Doreen Stanley in memory of Ethan Bates Stanley II.