Klaus Mäkelä conducts Sibelius's Fourth and Mozart's Requiem - With Sabine Devieilhe, Sasha Cooke, Julian Prégardien, and Benjamin Appl : Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

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Though he will not officially take the reins of the world-renowned Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra until 2027, the brilliant Klaus Mäkelä is already making his mark on Amsterdam's gold-standard ensemble with impeccably chosen blockbuster programs like this one: Sibelius's deeply expressive Fourth Symphony, followed by Mozart's eternally haunting Requiem-with top vocalists Sabine Devieilhe, Sasha Cooke, Julian Prégardien, and Benjamin Appl joining the Nederlands Kamerkoor! Probing and tormented, Sibelius's gorgeous Symphony No. 4 has been explained as the reflection of various concerns: prewar terror in 1911 Europe, the composer's fear of a recurrence of cancer, and the contemporary prevalence of psychoanalysis (Sibelius himself called his Fourth a "psychological symphony.") Whatever the case may be, the work is a striking, introspective masterpiece, one of his most haunting achievements-nearly as haunting as Mozart's Requiem, which makes up the second half of the program. Famously unfinished at Mozart's death, the Requiem-completed by Franz Xaver Süssmayr-is nevertheless considered one of the Salzburg-born genius's finest achievements. Over two centuries later, it is riveting from the first inquisitive notes of the Introitus to the inexorable fury of the Dies Irae, the heart-stopping beauty of the Lacrimosa, and the piercing finality of the Lux aeterna. Sabine Devieilhe appears courtesy of Erato/Warner Classics. This is just one of over a thousand thrilling concerts available on medici.tv, the web's leading classical music streaming platform!.

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August 11, 2023

Julian Prégardien, tenor ; Benjamin Appl, baritone ; Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano ; Sabine Devieilhe, soprano.

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