24/25 Season

The Oslo Philharmonic held its first Christmas concerts in 1969, and since then they have become a cherished tradition for many in the run-up to Christmas.

• Trond Husebø,  Conductor
• Bror Magnus Tødenes,  Soloist
• Haddy Njie,  Host
• Oslo Philharmonic Choir,  Øystein fevang, choir conductor
• Åshild Breie Nyhus,  Nyckelharpa

It will be a Viennese New Year’s concert with a Hungarian twist when Gergely Madaras conducts the Oslo Philharmonic in “New Year on the Danube.” He brings along to of Hungary’s most skilled musicians: Lajos Sárközy Jr. on the violin and Jenő Lisztes på cimbalom.

• Johann Strauss jr.  Die Fledermaus Overture
• Franz Lehár  Gold und Silber, Walzer
• Johannes Brahms  Hungarian Dances No. 4
• Johann Strauss jr.  Im Krapfenwaldl, polka
• Johann Strauss jr.  Annen-Polka
• Franz Liszt  Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
• Johann Strauss jr.  Kaiserwaltzer
• Johannes Brahms  Hungarian Dances No. 5
• Johann Strauss jr.  Pizzicato-Polka
• Johann Strauss jr.  Unter Donner und Blitz, polka
• Johann Strauss jr.  An der schönen blauen Donau
• Johann Strauss sr.  Radetzky March

• Gergely Madaras,  Conductor
• Lajos Sárközy Jr.,  Violin
• Jenő Lisztes,  Cimbalom

Klaus Mäkelä conducts Dmitri Shostakovich’ first and last symphony, written 45 years apart. Symphony No. 1 was Shostakovich's international breakthrough. Symphony No. 15 is an ambiguous look back at the history of music and his own music.

• Dmitri Shostakovich  Symphony No. 1
• Dmitri Shostakovich  Symphony No. 15

• Klaus Mäkelä,  Conductor

rancesco Piemontesi is the soloist in Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 and Joana Mallwitz is the conductor.

• Sergei Rachmaninoff  Piano Concerto No. 3

• Joana Mallwitz,  Conductor
• Francesco Piemontesi,  Piano

Sergei Rachmaninoff, Paul Hindemith and Maurice Ravel lived through dramatic upheavals in Europe. Francesco Piemontesi is the soloist in Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3, and Joana Mallwitz conducts Ravel’s La Valse and Hindemith’s Mathis der Maler.

• Sergei Rachmaninoff  Piano Concerto No. 3
• Paul Hindemith  Mathis der Maler
• Maurice Ravel  La Valse

• Joana Mallwitz,  Condcutor
• Francesco Piemontesi,  Piano

Marta Gardolińska conducts the Oslo Philharmonic in Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, nicknamed the Pastoral Symphony, where the composer expresses his great love of nature. Jeneba Kanneh-Mason is the soloist in Florence Price’ Piano Concerto in One Movement.

• Joseph Haydn  The Creation: Prelude
• Florence Price  Piano Concerto in One Movement
• Ludwig van Beethoven  Symphony No. 6

• Marta Gardolińska,  Conductor
• Jeneba Kanneh-Mason,  Piano