Orchestra of the month at Mezzo
This month we are Orchestra of the month by Mezzo Live! Throughout the month December, Mezzo broadcasts concerts by the Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Klaus Mäkelä, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla en Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
Rouvali with Thorvaldsdottir, Morricone and Shostakovich
Broadcasts on Mezzo Live:
- Saterday December 7 at 9 pm (CET)
- Thursday December 12 at 2 am (CET)
- Friday December 13 december at 4:20 pm (CET)
- Saterday December 14 at 9:30 am (CET)
Performers:
- Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor
- Omar Tomasoni, principal trumpet
Concert programme:
- Anna Thorvaldsdottir - Metacosmos
- Ennio Morricone - UT (trumpet concerto)
- Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 15
Klaus Mäkelä with Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn, Beethoven
Broadcasts on Mezzo Live:
- Thursday December 12 at 3:25 am (CET)
- Friday December 13 december, 5:45 am (CET)
- Saterday December 14, 10:55 am (CET)
Performers:
- Klaus Mäkelä, chief conductor designate
- Chen Reiss, soprano
Concert programme:
- Felix Mendelssohn - The Hebrides (Fingal's cave)
- Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn - Hero und Leander
- Felix Mendelssohn - Scherzo from ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
- Felix Mendelssohn - Infelice
- Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 'Eroica'
Klaus Mäkelä with Sibelius and Mozart
Broadcasts on Mezzo Live:
- Sunday December 22 at 1:00 pm (CET)
- Tuesday December 24 at 9:00 pm (CET)
- Monday December 30 at 02:15 am (CET)
Performers:
- Klaus Mäkelä, chief conductor designate
- Sabine Devieilhe, soprano
- Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
- Julian Prégardien, tenor
- Benjamin Appl, bass
- Nederlands Kamerkoor, choir
Concert programme:
- Jean Sibelius - Symphony No. 4
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem, KV 626
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla with Šerkšnytė, Tchaikovsky and Weinberg
Broadcasts on Mezzo Live:
- Sunday December 22 at 2:25 pm (CET)
- Tuesday December 24 at 10:25 pm (CET)
- Monday December 30 at 03:45 am (CET)
Performers:
- Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla, conductor
- Gabriela Montero, piano
Concert programme:
- Raminta Šerkšnytė, De Profundis
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1
- Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Symphony No. 3