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VFO / MÄKELÄ / FRAY
Bach, Mahler
Klaus Mäkelä and the VFO present a pair of works by two of classical music’s most toweringly influential figures, French pianist David Fray joining them for JS Bach’s powerful D minor Keyboard Concerto, after which they jump to the dawn of the 20th century for Mahler’s much-loved Fifth Symphony.
Programme
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
Piano concerto No. 1 in D Minor BWV 1052
Interval
GUSTAV MAHLER (1860-1911)
Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor
Distribution
- Verbier Festival Orchestra
- Klaus Mäkelä conductor
- David Fray piano
Mahler wrote his Fifth Symphony in the summers of 1901 and 1902, just after meeting his wife-to-be, Alma. Its first movement is a funeral march punctuated by two trio sections, one shrilly swirling, the other more sober; the first trio then forms the basis of the second movement, which builds to a triumphant brass chorale. Next come a Scherzo featuring folk and city waltzes, and a strings-and-harp-only Adagietto, conceived as a love declaration to Alma. The joyful Rondo-Finale then reimagines the Adagietto theme, before climaxing on the second movement chorale.
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