Rattle and the NYO play Mahler’s eighth symphony 'Symphony of a Thousand'

Katie Derham introduces another stellar performance from the BBC Proms archive, this week from the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle in 2002. No fewer than five choirs as well as soloists including Christine Brewer, John Relyea and Jane Henschel join them on stage for Mahler’s colossal Eighth Symphony, his ‘Symphony of a Thousand’. National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Rosemary Joshua soprano Christine Brewer soprano Sir Simon Rattle Conductor John Relyea bass David Wilson-Johnson baritone Jon Villars tenor Soile Isokoski soprano Birgit Remmert mezzo-soprano Jane Henschel mezzo-soprano City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus London Symphony Chorus (pre-1976, London Symphony Orchestra Chorus) Toronto Children's Chorus Sydney Philharmonia Choirs City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus