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Live at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms: The Royal Concertgebouw conducted by Klaus Mäkelä with Berio Rendering and Mahler Symphony no.5

Presented by Petroc Trelawny, live from the Royal Albert hall, London

Berio Rendering

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Interval: Petroc Trelawny speaks to chief conductor-designate of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Klaus Mäkelä, and hears from the musicologist and conductor Nigel Simeone about the careers of internationally recognized conductors who travel the world to perform with and lead prestigious orchestras.

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Mahler Symphony No. 5

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Klaus Mäkelä conductor

‘Mahler that risks nothing is not worth hearing,’ Klaus Mäkelä has declared. Still in his twenties, the electrifying Finnish conductor already leads top orchestras in Oslo and Paris, with Chicago and Amsterdam soon to come. Hear him at the Proms for the first time as Chief Conductor Designate of the mighty Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

Mahler’s Fifth Symphony is a tumultuous journey from the darkness of a funeral march to brilliant light via the famous Adagietto – the tenderest musical love letter in the repertoire. It sits alongside Berio’s delicate ‘rendering’ of Schubert’s unfinished D major Symphony, a musical palimpsest and sonic fantasy.