25/26 Season

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

Nathalie Stutzmann conducts Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5, which he composed shortly after he met Edvard Grieg.

• Pyotr Tchaikovsky  Symphony No. 5

• Nathalie Stutzmann,  Conductor

Edvard Grieg and Pyotr Tchaikovsky met on New Year’s Day in 1888. They admired each other’s music and quickly became close friends. Nathalie Stutzmann conducts Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5, which he composed shortly after his meeting with Grieg, while Nikolai Lugansky is the soloist in Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor.

• Richard Wagner  The Mastersingers of Nuremberg: Overture
• Edvard Grieg  Piano Concerto
• Pyotr Tchaikovsky  Symphony No. 5

• Nathalie Stutzmann,  Conductor
• Nikolai Lugansky,  Piano