25/26 Season

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
• Jörg Widmann  Violin Concerto No. 2
• Ludwig van Beethoven  Symphony No. 7

• Jörg Widmann,  Conductor
• Carolin Widmann,  Violin

Take a break from the hectic everyday life with classical music.

• Geirr Tveitt  Velkomne med æra (Eng: Welcome with honour)
• Edmund Finnis  Hymn
• Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre  Sarabande
• Unico Wilhelm Wassenaer  Grave Sostenuto og Largo Andante (from Concerto Armonico No. 3)
• Sufjan Stevens  Year of Our Lord
• Robert Schumann  Widmung
• Max Richter  The Four Seasons Recomposed: Summer 2
• Béla Bartók  Three Hungarian Folksongs
• Johann Sebastian Bach  Air
• Sten Erland Hermundstad  Feel
• Mel Bonis  La toute petite s'endort
• Giuseppe Tartini  Largo andanta (from Violin Concerto in A Major, D. 96)
• Max Richter  The Four Seasons Recomposed: Spring 3

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

Musicians from the Oslo Philharmonic perform two chamber works written by composers at opposite ends of their careers–the single-movement Piano Quartet in A minor, composed by the 16-year-old Gustav Mahler, and César Franck’s monumental Piano Quintet in F minor.

• Gustav Mahler  Piano Quartet in A minor
• César Franck  Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 14

• Patrycja Błaszak-Bieńkuńska,  Violin
• Mariam Maghradze,  Violin
• Nanna Ikutomi Sørli,  Viola
• Katharina Hager-Saltnes,  Cello
• Alex Taylor,  Piano

Vi inviterer til foredrag med Are Sandbakken om Johan Svendsens vei til verdenstoppen.

• Are Sandbakken,  Foredragsholder

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,