Overview
The Mahler Players open our 2026/27 season with music by Mendelssohn and Brahms. Mendelssohn’s music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream includes one of the most astonishing examples of a mature work by a young composer, with the sparkling overture written by Mendelssohn when he was only seventeen years old. Alongside the overture will be excerpts from the incidental music including the famous wedding march. In the second half we present Brahms’ Second Symphony, a work of great warmth and richness.
In November we continue with our work on Bruckner; the Fifth Symphony will be presented, following our recent performances of the Third and Fourth.
The Mendelssohn and Brahms programme will be performed twice, in Inverness Cathedral on Saturday 19th and Strathpeffer Pavilion on Sunday 20th September, with the Bruckner concert a one-off performance in Inverness Cathedral on Sunday 22nd November.
Saturday 19th September 2025, 8pm at Inverness Cathedral
Sunday 20th September 2025, 3pm at Strathpeffer Pavilion
Programme
Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Incidental Music, op. 61: Excerpts
Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 73
The Mahler Players
Conductor Tomas Leakey
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Bruckner’s Fifth
Sunday 22nd November, 4pm at Inverness Cathedral
Programme
Bruckner Symphony No. 5 in Bb major
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 2026/27.
These concerts are generously supported by HRI-Munro Architecture and the members of The Mahler Circle.
