24/25 Season

Igor Levit is the soloist in Robert Schumann’s most famous piece and one of the 19th century’s most popular solo concertos: Piano Concerto in A minor. Elim Chan also conducts music by Hector Berlioz, Noriko Koide, and Maurice Ravel.

• Hector Berlioz  Overture “Le Corsaire”
• Robert Schumann  Piano Concerto
• Noriko Koide  Swaddling Silk & Gossamer Rain
• Maurice Ravel  Daphnis & Chloe: Suite No. 2

• Elim Chan,  Conductor
• Igor Levit,  Piano

Julia Wolfe’s oratory Fire in my mouth is based on one of the largest tragedies in New York’s history: a factory fire in which 146 garment workers died. Grete Pedersen conducts the Oslo Philharmonic, The Norwegian Soloist Choir, Det Norwegian Girl Choir, and Brunnsbo Music Classes.

• Julia Wolfe  Fire in my mouth

• Grete Pedersen,  Conductor
• Det Norske Solistkor, 
• Den Norske Jentekor, 

Klaus Mäkelä conducts music by two composer giants of the 20th century: Divertimento for chamber orchestra and Concerto for Orchestra by Béla Bartók, and Benjamin Britten’s Cello Symphony with Gautier Capuçon as the soloist.

• Béla Bartók  Divertimento
• Benjamin Britten  Cello Symphony
• Béla Bartók  Concerto for Orchestra

• Klaus Mäkelä,  Conductor
• Gautier Capuçon,  Cello

Vasily Petrenko conducts Ung Filharmoni and the Oslo Philharmonic in atmospheric music that explores the mysteries of sea: Four Sea Interludes by Benjamin Britten, and La mer (The Sea) by Claude Debussy.

• Nikolaj Mjaskovskij  Sinfonietta Op. 68
• Benjamin Britten  Four Sea Interludes
• Claude Debussy  La Mer

• Vasily Petrenko,  Conductor
• Ung Filharmoni, 

Karol Szymanowski wrote the intense choral piece Stabat Mater in grief after losing his niece. Sergei Prokofiev wrote his magnificent Symphony No. 5 during the Second World War - marked by the ravages of war, but with hope for a better future.

• Karol Szymanowski  Stabat mater
• Sergei Prokofiev  Symphony No. 5

• Christian Măcelaru,  Conductor
• Sally Matthews,  Soprano
• Ingeborg Gillebo,  Mezzo-soprano
• Jóhann Kristinsson,  Baryton
• Øystein Fevang,  Choir conductor
• Oslo Philharmonic Choir,