25/26 Season

To celebrate the start of the new year, this program traces the musical evolution of Vienna—from late Romanticism to modernism—through three iconic composers.

• Alban Berg  Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano
• Arnold Schönberg  Chamber Symphony No. 1
• Johann Strauss d.y.  Kaiser-Walzer

• Ting-Wei Chen,  Flute
• Pierre Xhonneux,  Clarinet
• Guro Asheim,  Violin
• Louisa Tuck,  Cello
• Kristoffer Hyldig,  Piano

Before the orchestra’s European tour with Chief Conductor Klaus Mäkelä and violin soloist Lisa Batiashvili, you can hear Klaus conduct Jean Sibelius’ four tone poems about Lemminkäinen, one of the heroes of Finnish mythology.

• Jean Sibelius  Lemminkäinen Suite

• Klaus Mäkelä,  Conductor

Before the orchestra’s European tour with Chief Conductor Klaus Mäkelä and violin soloist Lisa Batiashvili, you’ll have the opportunity to hear the music that the Oslo Philharmonic will perform on tour.

• Pjotr Tsjaikovskij  Violin Concerto
• Dmitrij Sjostakovitsj  Symphony No. 8

• Klaus Mäkelä,  Conductor
• Lisa Batiashvili,  Violin

We welcome music lovers of all ages to a concert hall filled with music, creativity, and joy! The foyer will be buzzing with life, with activities in every corner. Try out instruments, conduct an ensemble, compose your own music, meet the musicians, and get to know the instruments!

• George Kleinsinger  Pee-Wee the Piccolo

• Kolbjørn Holthe,  Conductor
• Mathias Luppichini,  Host

Mari Eriksmoen is the soloist in Ludvig Irgens-Jensen’s song cycle Japanischer Frühling, with texts drawn from a collection of Asian poetry. Honorary Conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste also leads the Oslo Philharmonic in Anton Bruckner’s monumental Symphony No. 8.

• Ludvig Irgens-Jensen  Japanischer Frühling
• Anton Bruckner  Symphony No. 8

• Jukka-Pekka Saraste,  Conductor
• Mari Eriksmoen,  Soprano

Roberto González-Monjas conducts music by two Vienna-based composers who excelled both as musicians and composers: Piano Concerto No. 21 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, featuring Mao Fujita as soloist, and Symphony No. 2 by Franz Schmidt.

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  Piano Concerto No. 21
• Franz Schmidt  Symphony No. 2

• Roberto González-Monjas,  Conductor
• Mao Fujita,  Piano