Klaus Makela conducts Mahler 9th.

[John Kim]

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

[barryguerrero]

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.

[John Kim]

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

[barryguerrero]

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.

[akiralx]

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.