Klaus Mäkelä en het Concertgebouworkest in Beethovens Symfonie nr. 7

Lisa Batiashvili & Klaus Mäkelä

Lisa Batiashvili has been one of the Concertgebouw Orchestra's most beloved guest soloists for 25 years – and for good reason! Be there as she throws herself wholeheartedly into Sibelius's enigmatic Violin Concerto . Klaus Mäkelä shares a close bond with this composer, who single-handedly put Finland on the musical map with his unique works, in which you can always hear the vastness of Finnish nature. Sibelius's Violin Concerto leaves no one unmoved. The solo part is so precise and you feel directly addressed.

Beethoven's Symphony No. 7

Klaus Mäkelä opens the concert with the dramatic Overture 'Manfred' , one of Schumann's finest orchestral works. And after the intermission, Beethoven's Seventh Symphony will be performed. The irresistibly rhythmic symphony radiates an unprecedented vitality. The premiere in 1813 was one of the greatest successes of Beethoven's life. The audience wanted to hear the second movement again immediately – it soon took on a life of its own and still pops up in films and TV series. Indeed, 200 years after his death, Beethoven is still everywhere, and we can't get enough of it.