In his final program as San Francisco Symphony Music Director, Esa-Pekka Salonen leads Mahler’s Second Symphony—a San Francisco Symphony staple. Reinforcing its theme of spiritual transcendence, Mahler wrote his own text for the finale: “Rise again . . . What you have conquered, will bear you to God!”
Finale: Salonen Conducts Mahler 2
Esa-Pekka Salonen (Photo: Minna Hatinen for Finnish National Opera and Ballet)
Playlist
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor
San Francisco Symphony; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Heidi Stober, soprano; Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano; SFS Chorus
