December 14
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