Concertgebouw Orchestra Essentials: Klaus Mäkelä conducts Dvořák's Symphony No. 7
About the event
Essentials introduces you to Dvořák’s emotionally charged Seventh Symphony, performed by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and its chief conductor designate, Klaus Mäkelä. Concertgebouw Orchestra Essentials The Essentials series introduces you to the masterpieces you will be happy to know, performed by the world-famous Concertgebouw Orchestra and complete with a lively introduction by the incomparable Thomas Vanderveken. At Essentials we welcome a new generation of music lovers, and the concerts typically have a pleasant informal atmosphere. Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7 Chief conductor designate Klaus Mäkelä is conducting Antonín Dvořák’s Seventh Symphony, a first-rate symphony brimming with dark drama in which the Bohemian master once more tips his hat to Johannes Brahms, who had done so much for him. Folk influences are few and far between here. The composer’s message in this work is more universal, one aimed at the entire world. After an eventful emotional journey, a glorious light breaks through at the end. Essentials starts at 9 p.m. with an imaginative introduction to the programme (in Dutch).
