The spread of Gustav Mahler's symphonic oeuvre on international concert stages had already reached the rest of Europe and the USA, when it was first perceived in France. The taste of the Parisian audience - influenced strongly by Debussy, Ravel and Fauré - was a completely different one. Only a few months before Mahler's death in Vienna in 1911 were his compositions presented in Paris, amongst those the symphony n°4 with the vocal ending on the "Heavenly joys" which are now sung about by Kristiane Kaiser under the musical direction of Pedro Halffter, known both as successful conductor of opera and concert and as a composer. The concert will be held on 12 December 2014 at Le Corum in Montpellier together with the Orchestre national Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon.

With this concert, Kristiane Kaiser continues her examination of the oeuvre of both Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss whose compositions of the lied have also aroused the interest of the Austrian soprano. Recently, she created a furore in the role of Diemut in Strauss' Feuersnot in Vienna. An extract of this can be found among the audio clips of the artist.