This series of concerts will commence on May 4 at the Jesús Guridi Conservatory in Vitoria-Gasteiz, followed by performances on May 5 at the Baluarte Auditorium in Pamplona, May 6 at the Euskalduna Bilbao Palace, and on May 7 and 8 at the Kursaal Auditorium in Donostia. All sessions are scheduled to begin at 7:30 PM, with tickets available from 10 euros.

The program will open with Johann Sebastian Bach's cantata Ich habe genug, offering a profound reflection on death and salvation. This work, widely disseminated since its premiere, has become a significant repertoire piece, particularly valued by bass singers. Approximately 20 minutes in length, it will be performed with a unique staging: a bass soloist and several instruments will play standing, arranged in a semicircle.

Subsequently, with the full orchestra on stage, the Euskadi Orchestra will perform Richard Strauss's symphonic poem Death and Transfiguration. Composed in 1889 and premiered in 1890, this work confronts the hour of death, depicting the moment the soul leaves the body to find perfection in the eternal cosmos. The initial calm and reflective music sets the overall tone, interspersed with passages of great intensity.

In the second half of the concerts, the Donostia Orfeón, mezzo-soprano Sophie Harmsen, tenor Werner Güra, and baritone Florian Boesch will join the orchestra to perform Felix Mendelssohn's pagan cantata The First Walpurgis Night. Based on a libretto by Goethe, this work evokes the pagan tradition of Walpurgis Night, celebrated between April 30 and May 1 in much of northern and central Europe.

The Donostia Orfeón will play a central and leading role in this work, actively participating in the dramatic and musical action, both as a pagan people celebrating spring rituals and as superstitious forces (demons and spirits) warding off Christian invaders.