24/25 Season

Klaus Mäkelä conducts Dmitri Shostakovich' multifaceted Symphony No. 5, featured in his and the Oslo Philharmonic's first album in our new Shostakovich Series.

• Einojuhani Rautavaara  Cantus Arcticus–Concerto for Birds and Orchestra
• Dmitri Shostakovich  Symphony No. 5

• Klaus Mäkelä,  Conductor

Alpesh Chauhan is the conductor at the Oslo Philharmonic’s folk festival at The Palace Square. The orchestra has a tradition of concerts outdoors, almost as long as the orchestra itself. They have performed at Holmenkollen, The City Hall Square, and Myraløkka more recently, before the first Palace Square concert in 2017. This is our sixth concert in front of the Royal Palace; you do not need a ticket. Welcome!

• Johan Svendsen  Fête Polonaise
• Ludwig van Beethoven  Symphony No. 7, 3rd movement
• Antonio Vivaldi  Summer
• Harald Sæverud  Småfuglvals, Op. 14 No. 2
• Anna Clyde  Masquerade
• Dmitri Shostakovich  Tahiti Trot (Tea for two)
• Marcus Paus  Himmelbrief
• Ole Paus  Det begynner å bli et liv (arr. Marcus Paus)
• Lillebjørn Nilsen  Crescendo i gågata (arr. Eivind Buene)
• Lillebjørn Nilsen  God natt Oslo (arr. Eivind Buene)

• Alpesh Chauhan,  Conductor
• Sarah Christian,  Violin
• Tuva Syvertsen,  Vocals

For the first time since 2000, Oslo Philharmonic returns to Salzburger Festspiele. This also marks chief conductor Klaus Mäkelä's debut at the festival, and Lisa Batiashvili is the soloist in Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto.

• Pyotr Tchaikovsky  Violin Concerto
• Dmitri Shostakovich  Symphony No. 5

• Klaus Mäkelä,  Conductor
• Lisa Batiashvili,  Violin

Leif Ove Andsnes, Klaus Mäkelä, and the Oslo Philharmonic open the orchestra season with Beethoven's fifth piano concerto, "The Emperor Concerto." The orchestral piece Play from 2013 established Andrew Norman as an important voice in the American contemporary music scene.

• Andrew Norman  Play Level 1
• Ludwig van Beethoven  Pianokonsert nr. 5

• Klaus Mäkelä,  Conductor
• Leif Ove Andsnes,  Piano

Leif Ove Andsnes, Klaus Mäkelä, and the Oslo Philharmonic open the orchestra season with Beethoven's fifth piano concerto, "The Emperor Concerto." The orchestral piece Play from 2013 established Andrew Norman as an important voice in the American contemporary music scene.

• Ludwig van Beethoven  Piano Concerto No. 5
• Andrew Norman  Play Level 1, 2 & 3

• Klaus Mäkelä,  Conductor
• Leif Ove Andsnes,  Piano

The Oslo Philharmonic and chief conductor Klaus Mäkelä performs at Musikfest Berlin.

• Einojuhani Rautavaara  Cantus Arcticus–Concerto for Birds and Orchestra
• Kaija Saariaho  Vista
• Dmitri Shostakovich  Symphony No. 5

• Klaus Mäkelä,  Conductor