The Oslo Philharmonic and its Chief Conductor Klaus Mäkelä perform two captivating works. The concert opens with the Epilogue from the oratorio Earth’s Song by Norwegian composer Rolf Gupta – a work that won the Critics Prize in 2020.

Gupta describes his piece Earth’s Song as ‘a reflection of the wonder, longing and joy of creation’. The atmospheric Epilogue is a spacious, spine-tingling orchestral movement that evokes the vastness of the cosmos itself.

Gustav Mahler and Jean Sibelius met and discussed their different visions of what a symphony should be, and their contrasting approaches are encapsulated here. Sibelius’s hypnotic Seventh Symphony is a concise yet profound statement in one continuous movement, while Mahler’s Fourth Symphony ends with a radiant vision of heaven.

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