KLAUS MÄKELÄ — ORCHESTRE DE PARIS #2

ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
GUSTAV MAHLER Symphony No. 4 in G Major

After a first evening devoted to ‘Parisian’ symphonic masterpieces, the second one to be given by the Orchestre de Paris and Klaus Mäkelä as an anchor for the week-end of 14 July is devoted this time to two illustrious works representative of German late romanticism, both composed in 1899: firstly, with the Fourth Symphony it extends the ‘Mahler cycle’ which the Festival has been presenting for several years with the greatest conductors and the most prestigious orchestras; and secondly, it celebrates the 150^th anniversary of the birth of Schönberg with the precocious masterpiece Transfigured Night (Verklärte Nacht), one of his most popular works.