Mäkelä et l’ONCT : un prodige finlandais au service du style français

By Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer, 26 May 2019

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“La magie musicale de Messiaen a fait son œuvre, remarquablement servie par le chef d’orchestre”

Reviewed at Centre Méridien: Le Parvis, Ibos on 24 May 2019

Messiaen, Les Offrandes oubliées

Saint-Saëns, Cello Concerto no. 1 in A minor, Op.33

Debussy, Images, for orchestra

Ravel, Boléro

Ravel, Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose): 5. Le jardin féerique

Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse

Klaus Mäkelä, Conductor

István Várdai, Cello

Caesar’s Gallic Wars at home: Norma in Toulouse

David Karlin, 26th March

Although Karine Deshayes role change from Adalgisa to Norma is a work in progress, Luciano Ganci and Roberto Scandiuzzi shine in a staging charged with mythic symbolism.

****1

Prokofiev’s colourful scores well served by Karabits in Toulouse

David Truslove, 13th March

Two popular Prokofiev works were given vivid accounts by the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse at the opening concert of the Franco-russes Festival.

****1

A flat finish for Prague Spring

Frank Kuznik, 4th June

Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse lets the air out of a promising program and a Czech classic.

**111

Return to the harem: Ravel's Shéhérazade in Paris

Mark Pullinger, 20th May

With barely time for coffee and baklava after the Orchestre Pasdeloup's Arabian matinee, I stepped boldly back into the harem for a rendezvous with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse.

*****

Boris Godunov at Salle Pleyel

Constance Clara Guibert, 5th February

Mussorgsky’s rich, complex music and Boris Godunov’s tragic story is told with very original vision in Tugan Sokhiev’s concert version. The Salle Pleyel made no mistake about it: this Boris will stay in our memories for a while.

*****

Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse in Cardiff

Verity Quaite, 29th March

St David’s Hall’s International Concert Series continued tonight, transporting the audience on a journey around Europe. This was the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse’s debut performance in Cardiff, and their first tour of the UK.

***11

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Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer

Maître de conférences en histoire ancienne à l'Institut Catholique de Toulouse, Arnaud enseigne également à l'Université Toulouse II et à l'Institut National Universitaire d'Albi. Passionné de musique, violoniste et pianiste, il a poursuivi en parallèle de ses études en histoire un cursus au Conservatoire de Toulouse et y a obtenu plusieurs prix. Ses recherches portent sur l’histoire des religions antiques et notamment sur l’utilisation de la musique dans le cadre des cultes polythéistes.