Symphonie Nr.3

Of the six powerful movements, the slow fourth asks for an alto solo alongside the large orchestra to perform Zarathustra's night-wandering song "O Mensch! Gib acht!" from Friedrich Nietzsche's poetic-philosophical book "Also sprach Zarathustra", the daring fifth alto solo, boys' and women's choir for the song "Es sungen drei Engel" from "Des Knaben Wunderhorn". The symphony is an enormous challenge for all performers. BR also provided the first cast for the concerts in December 2010: Mariss Jansons conducts his choir and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Tölzer Knabenchor and Nathalie Stutzmann performs the solo part.