25/26 Season

Vasily Petrenko and Nobuyuki Tsujii perform Sergei Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2 – the concerto that was lost in a fire and had to be rewritten.

• Sergei Prokofiev  Piano Concerto No. 2

• Vasily Petrenko,  Conductor
• Nobuyuki Tsujii,  Piano

Vasily Petrenko conducts two works by Sergei Prokofiev that, in their own way, rose from the ashes: Piano Concerto No. 2, which was lost in a fire and had to be rewritten, and Symphony No. 3, based on the abandoned opera The Fiery Angel.

• Sergej Prokofjev  Piano Concerto No. 2
• Sergej Prokofjev  Symphony No. 3

• Vasily Petrenko,  Conductor
• Nobuyuki Tsujii,  Piano

With his grand and multifaceted cantata Carmina Burana, Carl Orff created a unique gateway to classical music that has captivated new audiences since its premiere in 1937. Santtu-Matias Rouvali conducts the Oslo Philharmonic alongside soloists and choir.

• Carl Orff  Carmina Burana

• Santtu-Matias Rouvali,  Conductor
• Beate Mordal,  Soprano
• Brett Sprague,  Tenor
• Audun Iversen,  Baritone
• Oslo Philharmonic Choir, 
• Håkon Matti Skrede,  Choirmaster

Chief conductor Klaus Mäkelä conducts the work Dmitri Shostakovich described as his requiem: Symphony No. 8, written during the Second World War and under Stalin’s reign of terror.

• Dmitrij Sjostakovitsj  Symfoni nr. 8

• Klaus Mäkela,  Dirigent

For the first time, we are presenting a Classical Hour concert on a Friday. At this concert, you will hear Chief Conductor Klaus Mäkelä conduct Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 6 — a symphony that begins dark and introspective, but whose mood gradually transforms into a rousing and energetic finale.

• Dmitry Shostakovich  Symphony No. 6

• Klaus Mäkelä,  Conductor

In this chamber concert featuring musicians from the Oslo Philharmonic, you will hear two piano trios written at vastly different points in their composers’ lives: Richard Strauss was only 13 years old when he composed his first trio, while Dmitri Shostakovich wrote his Piano Trio No. 2 during one of the darkest and most demanding periods of his life.

• Richard Strauss  Piano Trio No. 1
• Dmitry Shostakovich  Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor

• Gudrun Klakegg,  Piano
• Svein Skretting,  Violin
• Toril Syrrist-Gelgota,  Cello