Oslo Philharmonic / Mäkelä

Performers:

Oslo Philharmonic
Klaus Mäkelä, conductor

Shostakovich and Sibelius
The music of Dmitri Shostakovich runs like a common thread through Klaus Mäkelä's work. The Finnish conductor regularly devotes himself to the works of the Russian composer. Last year, Mäkelä recorded Symphonies 4, 5 & 6 with the Oslo Philharmonic to rave reviews: »According to BR-Klassik, »the short and crisp Sixth in particular convinces with a rarely heard freshness and vitality. In addition to this symphony, we also hear the colourfully orchestrated Lemminkäinen Suite by Jean Sibelius. The four-part tone poem is based on episodes from the Finnish national epic Kalevala and is considered a key work of Finnish symbolism.

programme

Dmitri Schostakowitsch
Symphonie Nr. 6 h-moll op. 54 (1939)
-Pause-
Jean Sibelius
Lemminkäis-sarja »Lemminkäinen Suite« op. 22 (1895/1897/1900/1939)