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Published on: 01.04.2026

Beyond grand: Mahler‘s Eighth

Gustav Mahler’s Eighth Symphony ranks among the most lavishly-scored works in music history. In addition to a huge orchestra, it calls for eight vocal soloists and three choirs. Kirill Petrenko conducts this monumental work at the Salzburg Easter Festival. The Berliner Philharmoniker played the symphony in Berlin in January; you can relive that concert in the Digital Concert Hall.

Ein Mann im schwarzen Smoking und mit Fliege steht in einem Haus und hält eine Flöte. Er lächelt und hat einen dunklen Hintergrund mit Holzbalken hinter sich. — Picture: Monika Rittershaus

A smiling woman in a black outfit plays a violin on stage, with music stands and a cello visible nearby against a dark background. — Picture: Monika Rittershaus

Two men in formal black tuxedos stand and converse backstage, one holding a conductor’s baton, with musical instruments and cases visible nearby. — Picture: Monika Rittershaus

A large orchestra and choir perform on stage, with six solo vocalists standing at the front. The musicians and singers are dressed in formal attire, and the conductor stands in the center. — Picture: Monika Rittershaus

A large orchestra and choir perform on stage. Musicians play various instruments, including brass and strings, while choir members stand behind them wearing black attire. — Picture: Monika Rittershaus

A large orchestra and choir perform onstage in a concert hall, with musicians seated in front, a choir standing behind them, and soloists in formal attire singing at the front. — Picture: Monika Rittershaus

A group of musicians in formal black attire play double basses and cellos on stage during an orchestral performance, with sheet music stands in front of them. — Picture: Monika Rittershaus

A large choir of children and adults, dressed in black, sings on stage behind an orchestra of musicians playing string instruments in a concert hall with wooden walls. — Picture: Monika Rittershaus

Trombone players in formal attire perform in an orchestra, standing among seated musicians and an audience in a concert hall with wooden walls and tiered seating. — Picture: Monika Rittershaus

A large orchestra and choir perform on stage, with ten soloists dressed in formal attire standing at the front, and an audience applauding in the foreground. — Picture: Monika Rittershaus

Raphael Haeger in einem schwarzen Hemd leitet eine Orchesterprobe. Die Musiker, einige mit Blechblasinstrumenten, sitzen in einem modernen, gut beleuchteten Raum mit hohen Fenstern und sind dem Dirigenten zugewandt. — Picture: Monika Rittershaus

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Scene from Wagner’s opera Das Rheingold with singers on stage. — Picture: Berlin Philharmonic / Film still from Das Rheingold (1967)

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