Second evening with the Orchestre national du Capitole conducted by Tarmo Peltokoski! And the return to the festival of the young violin prodigy Daniel Lozakovich with one of the greatest "hits" of the repertoire: Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto (1878). A luminous work of breathtaking virtuosity, nourished by the thousand and one facets of the Slavic soul, it alone sums up the genius of Tchaikovsky.

As for the "Titan" Symphony (1888-1903), its nickname says enough about the ambitions Mahler had for it: a worldly work, gigantic in its proportions as well as in its humanistic scope, it established Mahler as the greatest symphonist of his generation.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major, known as "Titan