Mahler’s Third Symphony

Mahler Symphony No. 3
The Mahler Players
Tomas Leakey conductor
Barbara Scott mezzo-soprano

Version for chamber orchestra prepared by Rob Farmer

Please note there will be no interval in this concert.
Duration c.100 minutes

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£19.50 Standard
£17.50 Concessions
£10 Under-26s
£5 under-18s with free accompanying adult (limited number on offer)

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On 31st May and 1st June 2025 we invite you to join us for the culmination of our 12-year love affair with the music of Gustav Mahler. Since our first concert in 2013 we have performed almost all of Mahler’s works. We now bring the project to its conclusion with two performances of the gigantic Third Symphony. Conceived as a musical picture of the natural world, it contains not only hugely varied music for the orchestra but also settings for the human voice. An excerpt from Nietzsche’s Also sprach Zarathustra will be brought to life by mezzo-soprano Barbara Scott and our women’s chorus will perform Es sungen drei Engel, a vivacious setting of a German folk text.

Our new version for large chamber orchestra has been created by our principal horn, Rob Farmer, and it reduces the original forces of more than 100 players down to 45, while retaining all the essence of Mahler’s glorious music. The performances will be conducted by Mahler Players Music Director Tomas Leakey.

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Strathpeffer Pavilion is fully accessible. Wheelchair and companion seats can be reserved on request – please send us a message and we will be delighted to arrange this.

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The Mahler Players is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO), Charity No. SC044711