Mäkelä Conducts López & Mahler 5

May 4, 2025, 8:00 pm

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Klaus Mäkelä in a dark suit against a dark background with an open-armed gesture, baton in right hand.
Klaus Mäkelä (Photo: Marco Borggreve)

Zell Music Director Designate Klaus Mäkelä returns to the CSO podium to lead Mahler’s Fifth Symphony. The program includes Sibelius’ The Swan of Tuonela, and the U.S. premiere of Aino by Jimmy López, which the CSO co-commissioned. Opening the broadcast is Corigliano’s Tournaments Overture under Sir Georg Solti’s baton.

Playlist

All recordings feature Klaus Mäkelä as conductor except where otherwise stated. 

John Corigliano: Tournaments Overture
Sir Georg Solti, conductor
1984 (CSO First 100 Years)

Jean Sibelius: “The Swan of Tuonela” from Four Legends from the Kalevela, Op. 22

Jimmy López: Aino

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5
Klaus Mäkelä, conductor
February 2023