Fri 21 Aug 2026

• 19:00

  Mahler’s ‘Song of the Earth’

  Royal Albert Hall

  Star mezzo Jamie Barton joins Anja Bihlmaier and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra for Mahler’s epic collision of symphony and song. The first half sees the witty musical parting of Haydn’s ‘Farewell’ Symphony and Bushra El-Turk’s meditative Mosaic

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  Star mezzo Jamie Barton joins Anja Bihlmaier and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra for Mahler’s epic collision of symphony and song. The first half sees the witty musical parting of Haydn’s ‘Farewell’ Symphony and Bushra El-Turk’s meditative Mosaic

  Programme

  • • • Bushra El-Turk
      • Mosaic(8 mins)
    • • Joseph Haydn
      • Symphony No. 45 in F sharp minor, ‘Farewell’(28 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Gustav Mahler
      • Das Lied von der Erde(68 mins)

  Performers

  • Jamie Barton

    mezzo-soprano
    mezzo-soprano
  • Clay Hilley

    tenor
    tenor
  • BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Anja Bihlmaier

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Bushra El-Turk
  • Joseph Haydn
  • Gustav Mahler

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  Also part of

  Choral music and opera