Name: Release Concert Klaus Mäkelä
Start: 2024-08-14T19:00:00
Location: Oslo Concert Hall

Klaus Mäkelä

Oslo Philharmonic

The premiere of the ballet The Rite of Spring was one of the most legendary scandals of the 20th century, but Igor Stravinsky’s music has endured as one of the century’s masterpieces. Håkan Hardenberger is the soloist in Jörg Widmann’s trumpet concerto Towards Paradise, conducted by Alain Altinoglu.

Alain Altinoglu Håkan Hardenberger

Oslo Concert Hall

Truls Mørk is the soloist in Antonín Dvořák’s Cello Concerto as the Oslo Philharmonic and Chief conductor Klaus Mäkelä bring the concert season to a close. Finnish composer Magnus Lindberg made his international breakthrough as an orchestral composer with the massive work Kraft, scored for soloist ensemble, electronics, and orchestra.

Season Finale Klaus Mäkelä

Paris and Vienna were Europe’s musical capitals in the 19th century, inspiring each other with elegant dance music and lively operettas. François-Xavier Roth conducts the Oslo Philharmonic in a New Year’s program that combines Strauss waltzes with French composers who refined and extended Vienna’s influence.

New Year’s Concert François-Xavier Roth

Klaus Mäkelä conducts Dmitri Shostakovich' multifaceted Symphony No. 5, featured in his and the Oslo Philharmonic's first album in our new Shostakovich Series.