Klaus Mäkelä conducts Richard Strauss’ “Alpine Symphony”
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He is a rising star among conductors: Klaus Mäkelä is just 29 years old, and already chief conductor designate of Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw Orchestra. With Richard Strauss’ Alpine Symphony, he will be able to open a magnificent panorama of sound.
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The work takes through a day in the mountains, across flowery meadows, through thunderstorms and storms.
Wolfgang Rihm also favours lush sounds in Transitus III. “I love the intricate web of orchestral possibilities,” says our Composer in Residence, “the creation of states, and of transformations.”