The 20th century offered composers endless possibilities, and the Karajan Academy's concert shows that the sounds and concepts of this era also unfold their full effect in smaller ensembles. Here, the elegantly sparkling Tombeau de Couperin by Maurice Ravel contrasts with the expressive urgency in Gustav Mahler's Rückert Lieder. Paul Hindemith's Chamber Music No. 1 shows yet other facets, blithely mixing tradition with jazz and dance music. And Sergei Prokofiev also offers a good-humoured mix of old and new art in his Symphonie classique.
Karajan Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker
Kent Nagano conductor (replacing Christian Thielemann)
Camilla Nylund soprano
Maurice Ravel
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Gustav Mahler
Rückert-Lieder
Camilla Nylund soprano
Paul Hindemith
Chamber Music No. 1, op. 24 No. 1
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 1 in D major, op. 25 “Symphonie classique”