Klaus Mäkelä conducts Ravel, Liszt, and Sibelius — With Yuja Wang

The concert begins with Ravel’s suite for solo piano, Le Tombeau de Couperin, composed between 1914 and 1917. Structured in six movements, the composition imitates a traditional Baroque dance suite, but also represents a moving homage to the victims of World War I—each movement is dedicated to the memory of a loved one killed in battle. Liszt’s singular Piano Concerto No. 1 follows, described by Bartók as “the first perfect realization of cyclic sonata form, with common themes being treated on the variation principle”. The concerto was completed in 1849 and premiered in 1855 in Weimar by the composer himself, under the baton of Hector Berlioz. Sibelius’s Symphony No. 3 brings the evening to a perfect end—“classical” in character and structurally simple, yet striking and boldly expressive.

Credits

Photo: Yuja Wang © Kirk Edwards

Klaus Mäkelä appears courtesy of Decca Classics.
Yuja Wang appears courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon.

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