Tarmo Peltokoski conducts Schoenberg, Strauss, and Wagner — With Renaud Capuçon

Already a star and still on the rise, the phenomenal young Finnish conductor Tarmo Peltokoski—who will officially take the reins as their Music Director in 2024—leads the world-class Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse in a program of thrilling favorites, joined by French violin virtuoso Renaud Capuçon!

The violinist gets things started with Schoenberg's diabolically difficult Violin Concerto, which the legendary Jascha Heifetz purportedly told the composer would require an extra finger to play, making it all the more incredible what Renaud Capuçon does with five. Next up, Peltokoski conducts perhaps the most beloved of Richard Strauss's tone poems: Also sprach Zarathustra, guaranteed to grab you with its iconic opening—one of the only classical motifs to rival the opening of Beethoven's Fifth in notoriety—and keep you hooked through all nine of its evocative sections. They finish off in grand style with the famed Overture from Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, an expansive and majestic encapsulation of the only comedy among Wagner's greatest operas.

This program is only available live—be sure to tune in during the broadcast!

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