Orchestre de Paris / Wiener Singverein / Klaus Mäkelä

• Classical Music

The Orchestre de Paris and its chief conductor Klaus Mäkelä bring the flair of early 20th century Paris to Hamburg. They explore the tension between Impressionism and Modernism with works by Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel and Igor Stravinsky.

Debussy and Ravel are the figureheads of musical Impressionist music – their works are marked by ingenious orchestration and shimmering tone colour. Debussy found inspiration for his »Nocturnes«, in which the Vienna Singverein makes an appearance, in Impressionist painting. Ravel, on the other hand, combined Baroque dances with his own style in »Le tombeau de Couperin«.

»Le sacre du printemps» triggered one of the most famous performance scandals in music history. The time was not yet ripe for Stravinsky’s pounding rhythms and sharp sounds, which he used to depict a pagan sacrificial ritual. Today »The Rite of Spring« is one of the most frequently performed works in the orchestral repertoire.

PERFORMERS

Orchestre de Paris orchestra

Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien choir

Klaus Mäkelä conductor

PROGRAM

Maurice Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin (orchestral version)

Claude Debussy
Nocturnes

- Interval -

Igor Strawinsky
Le sacre du printemps