Mäkelä Conducts Rite of Spring

On this week’s broadcast, Zell Music Director Designate Klaus Mäkelä leads the CSO in Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, Gershwin’s An American in Paris, and Milhaud’s Le Boeuf sur le toit. Opening the broadcast is Seventh music director Jean Martinon conducting Roussel’s Bacchus and Ariadne and Ravel’s Pavane for a Dead Princess.

Broadcast available through August 2, 2027

Albert Roussel Bacchus and Ariadne Suite No. 2
1964 (RCA)
Maurice Ravel Pavane for a Dead Princess 
1967 (RCA)
Jean Martinon conductor

Darius Milhaud Le Boeuf sur le toit, Op. 58
George Gershwin An American in Paris
Igor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
Klaus Mäkelä conductor
March 2026 

Production
Brian Wise series producer
Charlie Post music producer and audio engineer
Lisa Simeone host

26-32

This broadcast was produced by Brian Wise, with assistance from Jiwon Sun, Frank Villella, and Logan Goulart. Music production was by Charlie Post. Vanessa Moss is the executive producer. Lisa Simeone is the series host. 

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