Un morceau d'éternité : Mäkelä et Oslo dans la Troisième de Mahler

Klaus Mäkelä et l'Orchestre philharmonique d'Oslo à la Philharmonie de Paris

By Augustin Javel, 13 May 2022

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“Mäkelä paraît ne plus tout à fait habiter sur terre”

Reviewed at Philharmonie de Paris: Grande salle Pierre Boulez, Paris on 10 May 2022

Mahler, Symphony no. 3 in D minor

Jennifer Johnston, Mezzo-soprano

Oslo Philharmonic

Klaus Mäkelä, Conductor

Chœur de femmes de l'Orchestre de Paris

Ingrid Roose, Choirmaster / chorus director

Chœur d'enfants d'Oslo

Edle Stray-Pedersen, Choirmaster / chorus director

David Maiwald, Choirmaster / chorus director

Virtuosity and volume: Oslo Phil plays Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich

Chanda VanderHart, 22nd January

Batiashvili’s account of the Tchaikovsky concerto confirms why she remains one of the most compelling violinists of her generation.

***11

Batiashvili, Mäkelä and the Oslo Philharmonic in Hamburg

Mengguang Huang, 18th January

A last-minute programme change doubles Batiashvili’s Tchaikovsky at the Elbphilharmonie, but repetition is transformed into fresh revelation.

****1

A high Klaus operation: Mäkelä and the Oslo Philharmonic

David Karlin, 23rd October

In their home concert hall under their Chief Conductor, the Oslo Philharmonic produce a high quality performance of Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony.

****1

Superstar performances from Yuja Wang and Klaus Mäkelä in Edinburgh

David Smythe, 22nd August

Yuja Wang plays both Ravel piano concertos with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra at the Edinburgh International Festival.

*****

Mäkelä leads his Oslo troops in a gripping Shostakovich 5

Mark Pullinger, 25th May

Leif Ove Andsnes joins the Oslo Philharmonic in dynamic Rachmaninov before high-energy Shostakovich closes the season.

****1

With a fine Oslo Philharmonic, Yuja Wang wows the Proms

David Karlin, 12th August

Yuja Wang lives up to her superstar status in Liszt and a couple of operatic encores, while the Oslo Philharmonic show icy clarity in Sibelius and orchestral colour aplenty in Strauss.

****1

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Augustin Javel

Étudiant à l’IEP de Lyon, Augustin Javel est aussi hautboïste amateur, étudiant au CRR de Lyon. Passé par le Maroc, l’Espagne et la Pologne, il se passionne pour la musique et ses interprètes, facilitateurs d’échanges entre les cultures. Également passionné par le cinéma, il porte un grand intérêt aux compositeurs de musique de film. Gustav Mahler, Olivier Messiaen, Maurice Ravel ou Nino Rota font partie de ses compositeurs préférés.