Wednesday 12/18/24 European Broadcasting Union!
11:00 PM
In Switzerland with Mäkelä and Andsnes
A journey to Switzerland with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra begins with the lush Hebrides Overture by Felix Mendelssohn. Then Leif Ove Andsnes tackles Grieg’s famous Piano Concerto before the program concludes with Schumann’s Symphony No. 2. The fast-rising Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä conducts.
ORCHESTRA Lucerne Festival Orchestra
CONDUCTOR Klaus Mäkelä
SOLOIST Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Felix Mendelssohn The Hebrides Overture, Fingal’s Cave
Edvard Grieg Piano Concerto, Op. 16
Robert Schumann Symphony No. 2, Op. 61