Overview
The Mahler Players open our 2025/26 season with the continuation of our journey through Wagner’s Parsifal, this time with two concert performances of Act 2. Alongside this Act will be Matthew King’s new orchestration of a beautiful piano piece by Wagner, the Albumblatt für Betty Schott, and opening the concert Boulez’s striking fanfare for brass, Initiale.
Joining the orchestra will be old friends, including Sir John Tomlinson making his debut in role of Klingsor and Magdalena Anna Hofmann taking the role of Kundry.
In December we continue with Bruckner; the Third Symphony will be presented, following our sold-out performance of the Fourth Symphony last year.
The September programme will be performed in the atmospheric surroundings of Inverness Cathedral and Strathpeffer Pavilion, with the December concert a one-off performance in Inverness Cathedral.
Parsifal Act 2
Saturday 20th September 2025, 8pm at Inverness Cathedral
Sunday 21st September 2025, 3pm at Strathpeffer Pavilion
Programme
Boulez Initiale
Wagner Albumblatt für Betty Schott (orch. Matthew King)
Wagner Parsifal Act 2 (chamber orchestra version by Matthew King)
Klingsor Sir John Tomlinson
Kundry Magdalena Anna Hofmann
Parsifal TBA
Flowermaidens Catriona Clark, Jessica Leary and Laura Margaret Smith
The Mahler Players, conducted by Tomas Leakey
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Bruckner’s Third
Sunday 7th December, 4pm at Inverness Cathedral
Programme
Bruckner Symphony No. 3 in D minor
The Mahler Players
Conductor Tomas Leakey
Please note as we are only announcing the first half of the season at this time we will not be offering season passes for 2025/26.
These concerts are generously supported by the Inverness Common Good Fund, HRI-Munro Architecture, Culture & Business Scotland, the Wagner Society and the members of The Mahler Circle.
