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

Klaus Mäkelä

Klaus Mäkelä conducts the Oslo Philharmonic at the Wiener Konzerthaus

Por Mark Pullinger, 23 mayo 2022

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

Crítica hecha desde Konzerthaus: Großer Saal, Viena el 22 mayo 2022

Sibelius, Sinfonía núm. 4 en la menor, Op.63

Sibelius, Sinfonía núm. 2 en re mayor, Op.43

Sibelius, Finlandia, poema sinfónico para orquesta, Op.26

Oslo Philharmonic

Klaus Mäkelä, Dirección

Noche hipnótica con Trpčeski y Petrenko

Tatiana Aráez, 31st January

La Orquesta Filarmónica de Oslo, con el laureado Vasily Petrenko a la batuta, en Madrid, un concierto remarcable en el que el solista, Simon Trpčeski, demostró una técnica y claridad pianística abrumadora.

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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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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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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