From desolation to triumph: Mäkelä’s Vienna Sibelius cycle continues

Klaus Mäkelä

Klaus Mäkelä conducts the Oslo Philharmonic at the Wiener Konzerthaus

Von Mark Pullinger, 23 Mai 2022

Laden, bitte warten...

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“a gnarly, knotty work, bleak in tone, where light rarely penetrates”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Konzerthaus: Großer Saal, Wien, am 22 Mai 2022

Sibelius, Symphonie Nr. 4 in a-Moll, Op.63

Sibelius, Symphonie Nr. 2 in D-Dur, Op.43

Sibelius, Finlandia, symphonische Dichtung für Orchester, Op.26

Oslo Philharmonic

Klaus Mäkelä, Musikalische Leitung

Das Sichtbare und das Unsichtbare: Oslo Philharmonic und Klaus Mäkelä

Svenja Koch, 1st September

Triumph ohne Triumphalismus: Schostakowitschs Symphonie Nr. 5 begeistert das Publikum beim Musikfest Berlin.

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Feuerprobe teilweise bestanden: Klaus Mäkelä am Lucerne Festival

Thomas Schacher, 24th August

Nachdem der junge finnische Dirigent Klaus Mäkelä bereits eine aufsehenerregende Laufbahn zurückgelegt hat, gibt er nun sein Debüt am Lucerne Festival. Die Eindrücke gehen in verschiedene Richtungen.

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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.

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Coup double dans Chostakovitch pour Mäkelä et l'Orchestre d'Oslo

Jean-Pierre Rousseau, 20th January

Le chef finlandais et l'orchestre norvégien ont donné une interprétation admirable – mais presque trop belle – des Sixième et Huitième Symphonies de Chostakovitch.

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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.

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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.

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

From desolation to triumph: Mäkelä’s Sibelius cycle continues in Vienna