Choir of the Earth presents: 8th Symphony in E Flat Major by Gustav Mahler at Choir of the Earth

Following our very successful recent charity premiere, Choir of the Earth is proud to publicly premiere our incredibly successful production of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 in E-flat! Maher 8 is an exciting work for double chorus, children's chorus, soloists, orchestra, and organ and is often called the 'Symphony of a Thousand' due to the number of performers required. We believe Choir of the Earth is the only choir in the world to rehearse and recorded this remarkable music in 2021.

On Saturday 22 January 2022 at 18:00 GMT, after 12 months of work, John Warner conducted over 1,000 separate voices, a children's choir, a full orchestra and soloists in a unique performance of the complete Mahler 8. He has since finessed the final performance and on Wednesday 9 February 2022 at 19:30 GMT, we will release this revised interpretation at a public screening.

The choir, orchestra and soloists all recorded their music from home. The only group to record their part together was the children's choir in Mexico.

The teaching, conducting and sound engineering was completed by John Warner, whose dedication to creating this online version of Mahler 8 has been extraordinary. The orchestration is provided by John's Orchestra for the Earth.

SOLOISTS:
- PART ONE -
Soprano 1: Lucy Cox
Soprano 2: Fiona Fraser
Alto 1: Rebecca Leggett
Alto 2: Amy Blythe
Tenor: Tom Castle
Baritone: Ben Tomlin
Bass: Tom Herring

- PART TWO -
Pater ecstaticus: Malachy Frame
Pater profundus: Ben McKee
Doctor Marianus: John Upperton
Una poenitentium: Lucy Cox
Magna Peccatrix: Fiona Fraser
Mulier Samaritana: Rebecca Leggett
Maria Aegyptiaca: Bernadette Johns
Mater gloriosa: Helena Moore

The children's choir are from the Conservatorio Gustav Mahler de Irapuato, Salamanca, Mexico - a school that has a strong association with Mahler and is doing wonders for the education of these children via the power of music.