25/26 Season

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

Pekka Kuusisto conducts the Oslo Philharmonic and Ung Filharmoni in a concert featuring two musical interpretations of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet—Johan Svendsen’s Concert Overture and Sergei Prokofiev’s ballet music. Tine Thing Helseth is the soloist in a new trumpet concerto written for her by Nico Muhly.

• Johan Svendsen  Romeo and Juliet
• Nico Muhly  Doom Painting (Trumpet Concerto)
• Sergei Prokofiev  Romeo & Juliet: Suite No. 2: I. Montagues and Capulets
• Sergei Prokofiev  Romeo & Juliet: Suite No. 1
• Sergei Prokofiev  Romeo & Juliet: Suite No. 2: VII. Romeo at Juliet's Grave

• Pekka Kuusisto,  Conductor
• Tine Thing Helseth,  Trumpet
• Ung Filharmoni, 

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts Mieczysław Weinberg’s Symphony No. 21. Weinberg lost his family in the concentration camps, and fifty years later, he composed this symphony in memory of the Holocaust victims from his hometown, Warsaw.

• Mieczysław Weinberg  Symphony No. 21

• Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla,  Conductor

Mieczysław Weinberg lost his family in the concentration camps. Fifty years later, he composed Symphony No. 21 in memory of the Holocaust victims from his hometown, Warsaw. Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts the symphony along with Suite No. 4 from The Golden Key. Marie-Ange Nguci is the piano soloist in Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.

• Mieczysław Weinberg  The Golden Key: Suite No. 4
• Sergej Rachmaninoff  Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
• Mieczysław Weinberg  Symphony No. 21

• Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla,  Conductor
• Marie-Ange Nguci,  Piano