25/26 Season

Chief conductor Klaus Mäkelä and the Oslo Philharmonic open the season with Gustav Mahler’s enigmatic and multifaceted Symphony No. 7 and Anders Hillborg’s new orchestral work Hell Mountain – a tribute to Mahler, inspired by one of his sources of inspiration in nature.

• Anders Hillborg  Hell Mountain
• Gustav Mahler  Symphony No. 7

• Klaus Mäkelä,  Conductor

Dalia Stasevska conducts music that, in different ways, gives voice to the longing for freedom in times of war. Thomas de Hartmann, Aaron Copland, and Benjamin Britten composed their works during World War II, while Bohdana Frolyak wrote hers amid the ongoing war in Ukraine. American violinist Joshua Bell is the soloist in Hartmann’s Violin Concerto.

• Aaron Copland  Fanfare for the Common Man
• Thomas de Hartmann  Violin Concerto
• Bohdana Frolyak  Let There Be Light
• Benjamin Britten  Sinfonia da Requiem

• Dalia Stasevska,  Conductor
• Joshua Bell,  Violin

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The legendary conductor Herbert Blomstedt began his collaboration with the Oslo Philharmonic in the 1960s, and his return as a guest conductor is always a special occasion. On the program is Anton Bruckner’s final work—the unfinished yet remarkably complete Symphony No. 9.

• Anton Bruckner  Symphony No. 9

• Herbert Blomstedt,  Conductor

The German composer, conductor, and clarinetist Jörg Widmann leads the Oslo Philharmonic in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 and two of his own works at this year’s Ultima concert. In his orchestral piece Con brio, Widmann playfully explores Beethoven’s musical devices. His sister, Carolin Widmann, is the soloist in his Violin Concerto No. 2.

• Jörg Widmann  Con brio
• Ludwig van Beethoven  Symphony No. 7

• Jörg Widmann,  Conductor
• Carolin Widmann,  Violin

Kazuki Yamada conducts a program of French orchestral music with vocal elements: Maurice Duruflé’s Gregorian-inspired Requiem, Maurice Ravel’s Shéhérazade, and Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé. The concert also marks the beginning of choral conductor Simon Halsey’s tenure as the Oslo Philharmonic’s Choral Director and Artistic Advisor.

• Maurice Duruflé  Requiem
• Maurice Ravel  Shéhérazade
• Maurice Ravel  Daphnis & Chloé: Suite No. 2

• Kazuki Yamada,  Conductor
• Aigul Akhmetshina,  Mezzo-soprano
• Konstantin Krimmel,  Baritone
• Oslo Filharmoniske Kor, 
• Simon Halsey,  Choral director and artistic advisor