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Klaus Mäkelä and the Orchestre de Paris bring violent Stravinsky to Carnegie Hall

Klaus Mäkelä conducts the Orchestre de Paris in Carnegie Hall
© Fadi Kheir
Klaus Mäkelä conducts the Orchestre de Paris
© Fadi Kheir
Klaus Mäkelä and the Orchestre de Paris
© Fadi Kheir
By David Wolfson, 17 March 2024
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“crescendo–diminuendo tremolo passages from the strings had the energy of a caged wild animal”
Reviewed at Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium, New York City on 16 March 2024
Programme
Stravinsky, The Firebird
Stravinsky, Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)
Performers
Orchestre de Paris
Klaus Mäkelä, Conductor
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David Wolfson
David Wolfson
David Wolfson holds a PhD in composition from Rutgers University, and has taught at Rutgers University, Montclair State University and Hunter College. He is enjoying an eclectic career, having composed opera, musical theatre, touring children’s musicals, and incidental music for plays; choral music, band music, orchestral music, chamber music, art songs, and music for solo piano; comedy songs, cabaret songs and one memorable score for an amusement park big-headed-costumed-character show. You can find more information here.