In Switzerland with Mäkelä and Andsnes

Lucerne Festival Orchestra | December 16, 2024, 10:00 pm

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Klaus Mäkelä, dressed in a wool suit and brown turtleneck, gives a half smile while holding a conductor's baton
Klaus Mäkelä (Photo: Marco Borggreve, courtesy Oslo Philharmonic)

A journey to Switzerland with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra begins with the lush Hebrides Overture by Felix Mendelssohn. Then Leif Ove Andsnes tackles Grieg’s famous Piano Concerto before the program concludes with Schumann’s Symphony No. 2. The fast-rising Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä conducts.

Playlist

Felix Mendelssohn: The Hebrides Overture, Fingal’s Cave

Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op. 16
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 2, Op. 61