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Klaus Mäkelä and the Oslo Philharmonic at the Edinburgh International Festival

Klaus Mäkelä conducts the Oslo Philharmonic in Sibelius's Symphony No 7, Mahler's Symphony No 4 and Gupta's Epilogue from Earth’s Song at the 2023 Edinburgh International Festival.

Since becoming the youngest ever appointed conductor to the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra aged 22, Klaus Mäkelä has taken the classical music world by storm. Not yet 30 and now Chief Conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic, he conducts Sibelius’ Seventh symphony, described by musicologist Donald Tovey as achieving ‘The power of moving like aircraft’. The concert opens with prize-winning music by Rolf Gupta reflecting ‘The wonder, longing and joy of creation’, the Epilogue from his oratorio Earth’s Song. After the interval Swedish soprano Johanna Wallroth (a ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3 New Generation Artist) sings poetry depicting a child’s vision of heaven in Mahler’s fourth symphony.

Rolf Gupta: Epilogue from Earth’s Song
Sibelius: Symphony No 7

20:15 Interval - a selection of songs by Mahler inspired by Des Knaben Wunderhorn, in a recording by Austrian bass Gunther Groissbock and pianist Malcolm Martineau.

20:35
Mahler: Symphony No 4

Oslo Philharmonic
Klaus Makela - Conductor
Johanna Wallroth - Soprano

Donald Macleod - presenter
Laura Metcalfe - producer

2 hours, 28 minutes

Music Played

  • Rolf Gupta

    Earth's Song: Epilogue

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony no. 7 in C major, Op.105

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Nicht wiedersehen (Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit)

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Günther Groissböck.
    • Nicht Wiedersehen!.
    • Gramola Records.
    • 11.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Revelge (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Günther Groissböck.
    • Nicht Wiedersehen!.
    • Gramola Records.
    • 12.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Zu Strassburg auf der Schanz (Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit)

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Günther Groissböck.
    • Nicht Wiedersehen!.
    • Gramola Records.
    • 13.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Der Tambourg'sell (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Günther Groissböck.
    • Nicht Wiedersehen!.
    • Gramola Records.
    • 14.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no. 4 in G major

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Singer: Johanna Wallroth. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Ballade in F sharp minor, Op 19

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • DG.
  • Howard Ferguson

    Overture for an Occasion, Op. 16

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Ferguson: Orchestral & Choral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Wed 13 Sep 2023 19:30