Klaus Mäkelä & Concertgebouw Orchestra in Stravinsky's Sacre

Stravinsky's Rite of Spring

Klaus Mäkelä conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in two twentieth-century classics. In 1913, Igor Stravinsky’s ballet music for The Rite of Spring shook the world of music to its core. After a famously riotous concert in Paris, this innovative work quickly assumed its rightful place on the concert stage. Stravinsky’s bold sound collages, pounding, angular rhythms and sharp contrasts were not only ultramodern but also very catchy. And The Rite of Spring continues to capture the hearts of successive generations of music lovers.

Jean-Yves Thibaudet

The French master pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet is back to perform his compatriot Camille Saint-Saëns’s Fifth Piano Concerto. Composed in Luxor, this ‘Egyptian’ piano concerto is brimming with the impressions made on the composer by his many travels. Hailing from Iceland, Anna Thorvaldsdóttir is fast becoming one of the most successful composers of the century. Her music is of an unearthly, mystical beauty.