Friday night’s concert in Amsterdam, the first of a series of concerts with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (KCO) and their new Artistic Partner, Klaus Mäkelä conducting Mahler 6, was the hottest ticket in town.
Mäkelä seemed to have an encyclopaedic knowledge of the score, only looking down to turn the pages. The music just seemed to spring forth from every sinew of his being. As a cellist of some considerable stature himself, Mäkelä innately understands a musician’s need to just be a musician. This implicit trust in their musicianship was evident to all and the result was oh, so exciting.
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This concert was reviewed on 19th August, 2022 in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
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