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General Category => Gustav Mahler and Related Discussions => Topic started by: John Kim on June 12, 2022, 06:04:48 PM
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The 26 year old newly appointed RCO chief conductor Klaus Makela conducts Mahler Ninth!
https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/100250-000-A/klaus-maekelae-conducts-symphony-n-9-by-mahler/
John
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Interesting to see a French orchestra use German rotary valve trumpets and a Wuhan tam-tam (18:30). Now it's only in England where they don't use Wuhans, but those crappy sounding Paistes instead.
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This is an outstanding Mahler Ninth by all accounts.
I like Makela's Mahler more than Makela's Sibelius.
Let's have some confidence in him becoming the chief conductor in Amsterdam.
John
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I'll hold my opinion for when more results appear. I'm skeptical. But then again, it's the Concertgebouw - they already know their Mahler backwards and forwards. I'm just hoping it won't be more neutral, inoffensive, vanilla Mahler like the Concertgebouw made with Jansons. I get the impression the Dutch don't like anyone to ruffle-up their feathers. I've been sort of shocked to find just how even Haitink was considered sort of a controversial figure there. That's gratitude for you. Personally, I like Rotterdam better.
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I get the impression the Dutch don't like anyone to ruffle-up their feathers. I've been sort of shocked to find just how even Haitink was considered sort of a controversial figure there. That's gratitude for you. Personally, I like Rotterdam better.
Haitink did say that being a big success can offend many Dutch people as if it’s somehow unseemly - something to do with a Calvinist mindset.