British conductor Alasdair Neale returns to Omaha to introduce both Elgar’s Symphony No. 1 and rising cello phenom Oliver Herbert to the Holland.

British conductor Alasdair Neale returns to Omaha to introduce both Elgar’s Symphony No. 1 and rising cello phenom Oliver Herbert to the Holland.

The CCM Philharmonia performs works about women scorned, forgotten and a new work by a woman on the rise — the US premiere of Power Dressing by Aya Yoshida, winner of the 2019 Alexander Zemlinsky Prize for Composition. Also featuring the rarely heard suite from Richard Strauss’s masterwork, Die Frau ohne Schatten (“The woman without a shadow”).

Gustav Mahler’s colossal “Resurrection Symphony” explores themes of life and death, tragedy and triumph. This epic work creates a symphonic universe for the audience — from the tragic opening march, through pastoral dances and gentle songs to a final tableau of trumpet calls, percussive thunderbolts and the hymn of resurrection