It Residentie Orkest tonight, hear two refined and hopeful works by Gabriel Fauré from the French late romantic period: Pelléas et Mélisandre and Nocturne . They frame the lively Oboe Concerto by Richard Strauss. An ultimate work, in which soloist Roger Cramers lets the oboe shine in all its guises: singing in tender, drawn-out melodies, but also dancing and frolicking exuberantly.

The evening ends with Felix Mendelssohn's masterful Fifth Symphony - a tribute to the Reformation, which was initiated in Germany by Martin Luther. This work, like many of our orchestra's repertoire, is played less often but is nevertheless a classical heavyweight. Conductor James Feddeck takes the stage for this. This young American has previously won several prizes and is widely praised for the love of music that he radiates.