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Suave and sophisticated: Mäkelä’s Rachmaninov hits all the right notes

16 November 2024Posted inMusic
Klaus Mäkelä conducting the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Klaus Mäkelä and the Royal Concertgebouw hit all the right notes with Rachmaninov's Second Symphony, and Lisa Batiashvili

Chailly reigns supreme with Fujita and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

12 March 2023Posted inMusic
Chailly and Fujita backstage after the concert discussing the importance of the recurring Dies irae theme in the symphony © Clare Varney
This was a reading full of the innocence of youth in very intimate moments and the ethereal cadenza with perfectly placed tenuto notes  
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