Performances of National Youth Choir of Scotland at BBC Orchestras and Choirs

Thu 27 Aug 2026

• 19:30

  EIF: Runnicles conducts Mahler’s Das klagende Lied

  Usher Hall, Edinburgh

  Seize a rare chance to hear Mahler’s cantata Das klagende Lied, performed by the Edinburgh Festival Chorus, BBC SSO and soloists under Sir Donald Runnicles.

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  Seize a rare chance to hear Mahler’s cantata Das klagende Lied, performed by the Edinburgh Festival Chorus, BBC SSO and soloists under Sir Donald Runnicles.

  Programme

  • • • Franz Schubert
      • Symphony No. 8 in B minor, ‘Unfinished’
    • • Gustav Mahler
      • Das klagende Lied (original version, 1880)

  Performers

  • Kathleen O'Mara

    soprano
    soprano
  • Catriona Morison

    mezzo-soprano
    mezzo-soprano
  • John Findon

    tenor
    tenor
  • Nicholas Brownlee

    baritone
    baritone
  • James Grossmith

    chorus director
    chorus director
  • Christopher Bell

    chorus director
    chorus director
  • National Youth Choir of Scotland

    choir
    choir
  • Edinburgh Festival Chorus

    choir
    choir
  • Donald Runnicles

    Conductor
    Conductor
  • BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

  Composers

  • Franz Schubert
  • Gustav Mahler

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  Part of

  BBC SSO at Edinburgh International Festival 2026