24/25 Season

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. Rolf Gupta conducts the Oslo Philharmonic, The Norwegian Soloist Choir and the Norwegian Girl Choir. 

• Julia Wolfe  Fire in my mouth

• Rolf Gupta,  Conductor
• Det Norske Solistkor, 
• Den Norske Jentekor, 
• Solistkoret Ung, 
• Anne Kauffman,  Director
• Jeff Sugg,  Scenic, lighting, video and production designer
• Márion Talán,  Costume designer
• Kenny Savelson,  Executive producer
• Asher Lloyd Ehrenberg,  Associate director
• Mike Higgs,  Associate lighting designer
• Andrew Cotton,  Sound engineer
• Produced by Bang on a Can, 

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

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

Pianokvartetten er en besetning mange komponister forbeholdt noen av sine mest kraftfulle idéer i kammermusikkformatet. I dette programmet skal vi først bli kjent med franske Mélanie, eller Mel Bonis, som stilmessig befant seg mellom romantikken og impresjonismen. Hennes karriere var, som for så mange andre kvinnelige kunstnere, preget av tidens begrensede muligheter — men i 1876 ble hun blant de aller første som fikk innpass i det svært høytstående Paris-konservatoriet. Desto mer spennende er det å grave frem skatter som Soir et Matin i dag, en to-satsig pianokvartett fra 1907.

• Mélanie "Mel" Bonis  Soir et Matin, op. 76
• Gabriel Fauré  Pianokvartett nr. 1 i c-moll, op. 15

• Eileen Siegel,  Fiolin
• Catherine Bullock,  Bratsj
• Kari Ravnan,  Cello
• Marina Kan Selvik,  Piano

The week gets off to an explosive start when Klaus Mäkelä returns to conduct Tchaikosvky’s Fourth Symphony. This colorful and emotionally charged symphony opens with a theme that Tchaikovsky later said represented Fate.

• Pyotr Tchaikovsky  Symphony No. 4

• Klaus Mäkelä,  Dirigent