The Met Orchestra Plays Mahler
18:00 Thu 27 Aug 2026 Royal Albert Hall
Programme
- Lumière et pesanteur(7 mins)
- Rückert-Lieder(20 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 4 in G major(57 mins)
Performers
- Joyce DiDonatomezzo-soprano
- Yannick Nézet‐Séguinconductor
Composers
About This Event
Star mezzo-soprano and former Last Night of the Proms soloist Joyce DiDonato joins Yannick Nézet-Séguin and The Met Orchestra for their second concert of the season. Mahler is in the spotlight celebrating the wonder of nature, innocence and faith in his Symphony No. 4 – lively with birdsong and sleigh bells – and looking beyond in the contemplative meditations – on life, death and transcendence – of his Rückert- Lieder. The same spirit runs through the swelling, breathing orchestral arcs of the late Kaija Saariaho’s Lumière et pesanteur (‘Light and Gravity’) – luminescent music adapted from the composer’s oratorio La Passion de Simone.
Joyce DiDonato © Chris Gonz
