25/26 Season

The clarinet was still a relatively new instrument when Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his famous Clarinet Concerto. Tonight’s soloist is Martin Fröst, who has expanded and redefined the expressive possibilities of the clarinet in our time. Finnish composer Sauli Zinovjev explores the sound, taste, and weight of metal in his symphony Taste of Metal. Osmo Vänskä conducts.

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  Clarinet Concerto
• Sauli Zinovjev  Taste of Metal

• Osmo Vänskä,  Conductor
• Martin Fröst,  Clarinet

At this chamber concert with musicians from the Oslo Philharmonic, you’ll hear music spanning more than 300 years – from the 17th-century works of Henry Purcell, through 20th-century composers like Igor Stravinsky and Amy Beach, to contemporary music by Thomas Adès.

• Henry Purcell  Fantasia No. 5 for String Quartet
• Thomas Adès  Arcadiana: VI. O Albion
• Igor Stravinskij  Concertino for String Quartet
• Amy Beach  Piano Quintet, op. 67

• Eileen Siegel,  Violin
• Marit Egenes,  Violin
• Nanna Ikutomi Sørli,  Viola
• Cecilia Götestam,  Cello
• Alex Taylor,  Piano

Arvid Engegård conducts symphonies by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Robert Schumann, each of which reshaped the symphonic genre with deeper, darker undertones: Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 and Schumann’s Symphony No. 4. Between the symphonies, Arne Nordheim’s reflective memorial piece Nachruf for strings will be performed.

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  Symphony No. 40
• Arne Nordheim  Nachruf
• Robert Schumann  Symphony No. 4

• Arvid Engegård,  Conductor

Maxim Emelyanychev dirigerer Pjotr Tsjaikovskijs avskjedsverk Symfoni nr. 6.

• Pyotr Tchaikovsky  Symphony No. 6 «Pathétique»

• Maxim Emelyanychev,  Conductor

Maxim Emelyanychev conducts two of the 19th century’s most beloved orchestral works: Johannes Brahms’ orchestral debut, Piano Concerto No. 1, and Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s farewell work, Symphony No. 6. Alexander Melnikov is the soloist in Brahms’ piano concerto.

• Johannes Brahms  Piano Concerto No. 1
• Pjotr Tsjaikovskij  Symphony No. 6 «Pathétique»

• Maxim Emelyanychev,  Conductor
• Alexander Melnikov,  Piano

The premiere of the ballet The Rite of Spring was one of the most legendary scandals of the 20th century, but Igor Stravinsky’s music has endured as one of the century’s masterpieces. Håkan Hardenberger is the soloist in Jörg Widmann’s trumpet concerto Towards Paradise, conducted by Alain Altinoglu.

• Jörg Widmann  Towards Paradise (Labyrinth VI)
• Igor Stravinskij  Vårofferet

• Alain Altinoglu,  Dirigent
• Håkan Hardenberger,  Trompet