Mahler 8, Berlin Phil in September at Odeon Cinemas

[Chris Newman]

The Odeon Cinemas are again airing famous musicians in a live screening, this time of Mahler's Eighth Symphony. This will come via satellite from Berlin with the BPO forces under Simom Rattle on Sunday 18th of September 2011 at 18.30 pm.

http://www.odeon.co.uk/fanatic/odeon-plus-information/m13478/

The advertised cast is as follows:


Sun 18 Sep 2011 6:30 p.m.
British local time


Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle Conductor

Erika Sunnegårdh,
Susan Bullock ,
Anna Prohaska,
Karen Cargill,
Nathalie Stutzmann,
Johan Botha,
Matthias Goerne,
John Relyea
Rundfunkchor Berlin
MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig
Knaben des Staats- und Domchors Berlin

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 8 »Symphony of a Thousand«

Also works by Thomas Tallis and Antonio Lotti

I hope my local Odeon will use the big screen as it has a great sound system.

[makropulos]

That's very tempting - I see that it's showing in Harrogate, Lincoln and Manchester all of which are within sensible reach. Does anybody know which of those has the best sound system (my guess would be Mcr, but I'm not sure).

[BBMmk2]

This does sound tempting!! Goodness! Has to be 'THE CONCERT OF THE YEAR'!!

[mercia]

a similar looking Mahler 8/Rattle/BPO on Radio 3 this Friday afternoon

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b014qt58

[johnb]

Very tempting, as others have said. The prices at the my nearest participating cinema (Taunton, 50 miles away) are £12.50 or £13.60!

[BBMmk2]

I really must try and attend these performances that Odeon Cinemas proivide for us. They do a great service here.

[aeolium]

Not a cinema broadcast this time, but the Rattle/BPO Mahler 8 is being broadcast on R3 this afternoon - I presume it is the same performance. I listened to their performance of Mahler 7 a week or so ago and although there was some wonderful playing, I found Rattle's tendency to focus in on particular details (and also slow down almost to a stop in the second Nachtmusik) distracting and obscured any overall conception of the work he might have had.