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You can now hear the voices of the ladies of the Prague Philharmonic Choir on the newly released recording of Mahler’s Symphony No. 3. The double album is published by the international music label Pentatone.

The Czech Philharmonic and its Chief Conductor and Music Director Semyon Bychkov continue their acclaimed Mahler cycle with the composer’s Third Symphony, working together with mezzo-soprano Catriona Morison, the Prague Philharmonic Choir and Pueri Gaudentes. In this monumental work, Mahler combines a text from Nietzsche’s Also sprach Zarathustra with the folk song inspirations of Des Knaben Wunderhorn, culminating in eternal bliss in the closing Adagio. To Bychkov, this longest Mahler symphony offers his “least hysterical” music and hearing it for the first time as a 10-year-old choirboy kindled his life-long fascination and love for this composer. With this recording, it comes full circle.

The Prague Philharmonic Choir is organising four concerts under its direction for the 2024/2025 season. An invitation to the opening concert to take place on 28 September has been accepted by the Dresden Philharmonic, which will be conducted by Michael Sanderling. Immediately on the following day, 29 September, the Prague Philharmonic Choir with Czech choirs and the Czech Philharmonic will celebrate the Year of Czech Music with the concert “Let Us Rejoice, Let’s Be Merry”.