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Majestic swans in flight close Mäkelä's Sibelius cycle with the Oslo Philharmonic in Vienna

Klaus Mäkelä conducts the Oslo Philharmonic
© Lukas Beck
Klaus Mäkelä and the Oslo Philharmonic
© Lukas Beck
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“And the swans? They soared.”
Reviewed at Konzerthaus: Großer Saal, Vienna on 23 May 2022
Sibelius, Symphony no. 3 in C major, Op.52
Sibelius, Symphony no. 5 in E flat major, Op.82
Sibelius, Lemminkäinen's Return, Op.22 no.4
Oslo Philharmonic
Klaus Mäkelä, Conductor
Virtuosity and volume: Oslo Phil plays Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich
***11
Batiashvili, Mäkelä and the Oslo Philharmonic in Hamburg
****1
A high Klaus operation: Mäkelä and the Oslo Philharmonic
****1
Superstar performances from Yuja Wang and Klaus Mäkelä in Edinburgh
*****
Mäkelä leads his Oslo troops in a gripping Shostakovich 5
****1
With a fine Oslo Philharmonic, Yuja Wang wows the Proms
****1
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