25/26 Season

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• Mel,  Kursholder
• Mia Mjau,  Assistent

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)
• Steve Reich  Duet

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 in symphonic format—the only completed movement from Guillaume Lekeu’s Piano Quartet in B-flat major and César Franck’s monumental Piano Quintet in F minor.

• Guillaume Lekeu  Piano Quartet in B Major – Dans un emportement emportement douloureux
• 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