Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Accompanied by the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra, conducted by Paavo Järvi, French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet performs the rare ‘Concerto in D flat major, Op. 38’ by Aram Khachaturian (1903–1978), who was one of the Soviet Union’s ‘official’ composers, alongside Prokofiev. Also on the programme: “Vesper” by the Estonian composer Ester Mägi, who passed away in 2021.

Discovering the world’s most prestigious orchestras. In this episode: founded in 1888, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra continues to inspire its young conductor, Klaus Mäkelä. Before him, great composers worked closely with the orchestra, including Richard Strauss, Claude Debussy, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Igor Stravinsky and Gustav Mahler.