Genre: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Vocal music

The Young Mahler

A historic performance of a rarity and the world première of a newly written work.

The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra has never before performed Gustav Mahler’s major early work Das klagende Lied – The Song of Lamentation – for vocal soloists, choir and orchestra. Chief Conductor Ryan Bancroft is thrilled to finally take on Mahler’s youthful masterpiece. “It’s a rare and remarkable piece that should be a real draw for Mahler lovers out there,” says Bancroft.

Mahler began composing the work while still a student at the Vienna Conservatory. The composition took just over a year, and he was 20 when he completed it. However, it would be several decades before the music was performed, and Mahler made several revisions along the way. The text of Das klagende Lied is based on a folk tale collected by the Brothers Grimm.

The soloists are Swedish soprano Miah Persson, Irish mezzo-soprano Paula Murrihy, Welsh tenor Elgan Llŷr Thomas and Swedish baritone Arvid Fagerfjäll, together with the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.

The concert opens with the world premiere of a new work by this season’s composer, Tebogo Monnakgotla, followed by the imaginative Fairy Tale Poem by Sofia Gubaidulina (1931–2025). “Gubaidulina’s music has become something of an obsession for me. Fairy Tale Poem is a truly beautiful piece,” says Ryan Bancroft, who now begins his third season as Chief Conductor of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.

Read more about chief conductor Ryan Bancroft

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A historic performance of a rarity and the world première of a newly written work.

Saturday 20 September 2025 15.00

Ends approximately 17.00

Price:

250-490 SEK

The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra has never before performed Gustav Mahler’s major early work Das klagende Lied – The Song of Lamentation – for vocal soloists, choir and orchestra. Chief Conductor Ryan Bancroft is thrilled to finally take on Mahler’s youthful masterpiece. “It’s a rare and remarkable piece that should be a real draw for Mahler lovers out there,” says Bancroft.

Mahler began composing the work while still a student at the Vienna Conservatory. The composition took just over a year, and he was 20 when he completed it. However, it would be several decades before the music was performed, and Mahler made several revisions along the way. The text of Das klagende Lied is based on a folk tale collected by the Brothers Grimm.

The soloists are Swedish soprano Miah Persson, Irish mezzo-soprano Paula Murrihy, Welsh tenor Elgan Llŷr Thomas and Swedish baritone Arvid Fagerfjäll, together with the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.

The concert opens with the world premiere of a new work by this season’s composer, Tebogo Monnakgotla, followed by the imaginative Fairy Tale Poem by Sofia Gubaidulina (1931–2025). “Gubaidulina’s music has become something of an obsession for me. Fairy Tale Poem is a truly beautiful piece,” says Ryan Bancroft, who now begins his third season as Chief Conductor of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.

Read more about chief conductor Ryan Bancroft

***

Book before the tickets are released!

This concert is included in our series Lördag Stor. You can secure your place by purchasing a subscription right now – with 25 percent off the ticket price.

Read more about Lördag Stor

  • The music

    Approximate times
  • Tebogo Monnakgotla New Work (World Premiere)
  • Sofia Gubaidulina Fairytale Poem
    12 min
  • Intermission
    25 min
  • Gustav Mahler Das klagende Lied
    68 min
  • Participants

  • Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Ryan Bancroft conductor
  • Miah Persson soprano
  • Paula Murrihy alto
  • Elgan Llŷr Thomas tenor
  • Arvid Fagerfjäll baritone
  • Eric Ericson Chamber Choir

Saturday 20 September 2025 15.00

Ends approximately 17.00

Price:

250-490 SEK


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