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Ryan Bancroft and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic’s brass shine in Bruckner

By David Karlin, 24 October 2024

The RSPO's Chief Conductor leads an impressive Bruckner 4. With Augustin Hagelich, Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto is lighter fare, but trips merrily.

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25 Oct 2024

Bancroft and the Royal Stockholm Phil brass shine in Bruckner

By David Karlin

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Music, people, planet: a triumphant celebration in music for Yo-Yo Ma

By Stephen Pritchard, 18 October 2022

The celebrated cellist becomes the first instrumentalist to be presented the Birgit Nilsson Prize by His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf at the official Award Ceremony in Stockholm.

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19 Oct 2022

Music, people, planet: a triumphant celebration in music for Yo-Yo Ma

By Stephen Pritchard

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Birgit Nilsson Prize: dazzling Dvořák from the ever-smiling Yo-Yo Ma

By Stephen Pritchard, 16 October 2022

Yo-Yo Ma's beatific serenity speaks volumes about his approach to life and music as he gives a performance in Stockholm's Konserthuset ahead of receiving the Birgit Nilsson Prize later in the week.

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17 Oct 2022

Birgit Nilsson Prize: dazzling Dvořák from the ever-smiling Yo-Yo Ma

By Stephen Pritchard

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Old works and new from Jukka-Pekka Saraste and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic

By Sandra Bowdler, 25 November 2021

An intriguing programming of old and new works, covering the time period 1893 to 1976, which themselves contain elements of old and new, beautifully performed.

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09 Dec 2021

Old works and new from Jukka-Pekka Saraste and the RSPO

By Sandra Bowdler

Stockholm

Grande Finale 4: Sakari Oramo and the RSPO conclude a majestic Sibelius cycle

By Roy Westbrook, 29 May 2021

In between the two symphonies, there was an extra Sibelius item, and this time it was a novelty.

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31 May 2021

Grande Finale 4: Oramo and the RSPO conclude a majestic Sibelius cycle

By Roy Westbrook

Stockholm

Grande Finale 3: Favourite Sibelius from Oramo

By Roy Westbrook, 26 May 2021

Oramo's structural insight ensures ideal tempo relations between sections, so crucial in Sibelius.

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Stockholm

27 May 2021

Grande Finale 3: Favourite Sibelius from Oramo

By Roy Westbrook

Stockholm

Grande Finale 2: Sibelius and Oramo in Stockholm

By Roy Westbrook, 22 May 2021

In this second of Oramo's farewell concerts, the RSPO play Sibelius' Third and Fourth Symphonies; Anu Komsi sings a compelling Luonnotar.

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Stockholm

23 May 2021

Grande Finale 2: Sibelius and Oramo in Stockholm

By Roy Westbrook

Stockholm

Curtain up on a Grand Finale: Sibelius and Oramo in Stockholm

By Roy Westbrook, 19 May 2021

The finale’s thrilling ardour was not diminished in the empty hall, as we approached the triumphant ending that Sibelius, despite being armed with bass drum, cymbal and triangle, omitted to write.

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20 May 2021

Curtain up on a Grand Finale: Sibelius and Oramo in Stockholm

By Roy Westbrook

Stockholm

Magic in Mahler, balance in Brahms: Peter Mattei and Manfred Honeck in Stockholm

By Alexander Hall, 29 April 2021

Peter Mattei excels in five songs by Mahler and Manfred Honeck guides the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra through an unruffled account of Brahms' First Symphony.

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29 Apr 2021

Magic in Mahler, balance in Brahms: Manfred Honeck in Stockholm

By Alexander Hall

Stockholm

Shostakovich's cinematic First Symphony too big for the small screen

By Stephen Pritchard, 22 April 2021

The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra's superb playing is constrained by the limits of streaming.

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26 Apr 2021

Shostakovich's cinematic First Symphony too big for the small screen

By Stephen Pritchard

Stockholm

It's that man again! More Weinberg, this time in Stockholm

By Alexander Hall, 15 April 2021

What other treasure might be hidden in the attic? One find is surely Weinberg’s Trumpet Concerto, as performed here by Håkan Hardenberger with Andris Nelsons and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Dvořák completes the bill.

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15 Apr 2021

It's that man again! More Weinberg, this time in Stockholm

By Alexander Hall

Stockholm

Dima Slobodeniouk exhilarating in Bartók and Prokofiev in Stockholm

By Chris Garlick, 09 April 2021

Excellent playing from The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and an interesting programme of less familiar works by familiar composers, made for an exhilarating musical experience.

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10 Apr 2021

Dima Slobodeniouk exhilarating in Bartók and Prokofiev in Stockholm

By Chris Garlick

Stockholm

Galumphing through Scotland – and Teutonia – with Antonello Manacorda and the RSPO

By Phillip Nones, 31 March 2021

Two symphonies composed in 1842 were an interesting programming premise but the execution was something of a letdown, with musical subtlety in short supply.

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01 Apr 2021

Galumphing through Scotland with Manacorda and the RSPO

By Phillip Nones

Stockholm

Bertrand Chamayou and Sakari Oramo deliver standout Ravel in Stockholm

By Phillip Nones, 25 March 2021

Four Ravel masterpieces shine anew in fresh, vibrant interpretations by Bertrand Chamayou, Sakari Oramo and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic.

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Stockholm

25 Mar 2021

Bertrand Chamayou and Sakari Oramo deliver standout Ravel in Stockholm

By Phillip Nones

Stockholm

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and Eric Lu say “So long!” to winter in Stockholm

By Linda Holt, 25 February 2021

Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto is programmed with two works by composers esteemed in their era, but largely forgotten by concert goers over the past half-century.

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26 Feb 2021

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and Eric Lu say “So long!” to winter in Stockholm

By Linda Holt

Stockholm

Miraculous Dvořák from Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Nathalie Stutzmann in Stockholm

By Laurence Vittes, 18 February 2021

Everything about Dvořák's Cello Concerto with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra was special.

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20 Feb 2021

Miraculous Dvořák from Kanneh-Mason and Stutzmann in Stockholm

By Laurence Vittes

Stockholm

Lorenzo Coppola and three historical clarinets seduce Orpheus Baroque Stockholm

By Laurence Vittes, 14 February 2021

Hosted by the roguish Italian clarinet virtuoso, a wonderful live-streamed concert turned into a brilliant entertainment experience that could be a model for concerts online – and live.

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Stockholm

17 Feb 2021

Lorenzo Coppola and three historical clarinets seduce Stockholm

By Laurence Vittes

Stockholm

Refined Elgar from Katarina Karnéus and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic

By Cameron Kelsall, 28 January 2021

Katarina Karnéus displayed sovereign English diction, elegant musicianship and a sense of dramatic scale in Sea Pictures.

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28 Jan 2021

Refined Elgar from Katarina Karnéus and the RSPO

By Cameron Kelsall

Stockholm

Alan Gilbert presents an exhilarating Roussel Bacchus et Ariane in Stockholm

By Phillip Nones, 21 January 2021

The Roussel Bacchus et Ariane was the standout performance in a trio of French orchestral works presented by Alan Gilbert and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Stockholm

22 Jan 2021

An exhilarating Roussel Bacchus et Ariane in Stockholm

By Phillip Nones

Stockholm

Nina Stemme reigns supreme in Wagner in Stockholm

By Ako Imamura, 05 November 2020

Karina Canellakis leads the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra in Wagner and Strauss with style and sophistication.

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06 Nov 2020

Nina Stemme reigns supreme in Wagner in Stockholm

By Ako Imamura

Stockholm

Singular gems in a traditional setting in Stockholm

By Edward Sava-Segal, 17 September 2020

Manze and the orchestra evoked with accuracy the shifting moods and the underlying tensions that mark the score of Les Illuminations.

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17 Sep 2020

Singular gems in a traditional setting in Stockholm

By Edward Sava-Segal

Stockholm

A tightly co-ordinated Messiah in Stockholm

By Marco Rep, 29 November 2017

Chief performers of the Swedish musical scene give a superb performance of Messiah at the Stockholm Concert Hall.

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01 Dec 2017

A tightly co-ordinated Messiah in Stockholm

By Marco Rep

Stockholm

Franz Welser-Möst conducts Beethoven and Shostakovich in Stockholm

By Marco Rep, 09 November 2017

The much anticipated Austrian conductor strikes home with Shostakovich and Beethoven as a side dish in Stockholm.

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17 Nov 2017

Franz Welser-Möst conducts in Stockholm

By Marco Rep

Stockholm

A mind-opening evening with the Borodin Quartet in Stockholm

By Marco Rep, 28 October 2017

How does an admirer of Shostakovich's symphonic works react to a performance of two of his string quartets? Well, if it's the Borodin Quartet that is playing, the experience will most definitely be a changing experience.

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30 Oct 2017

A mind-opening evening with the Borodin Quartet

By Marco Rep

Stockholm

French Baroque in Stockholm: the Orfeus Barockensemble plays Rameau

By Laura Servidei, 14 May 2017

Anders Dahlin's haute-contre shines in in a concert led by Mariangiola Martello in the Grünewaldsalen.

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15 May 2017

French Baroque in Stockholm

By Laura Servidei

Stockholm

French night in Stockholm with Stéphane Denève

By Marco Rep, 10 May 2017

Twenty-first century Stockholm or fin de siècle Paris? Works by Ravel, Debussy and Schmitt take the audience back to the times of the French avant-garde.

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11 May 2017

French night in Stockholm with Stéphane Denève

By Marco Rep

Stockholm

Iréne Theorin shines in Strauss at the Stockholm Konserthuset

By Laura Servidei, 04 May 2017

Iréne Theorin gives a powerful interpretation of Salome and Elektra's mad scenes in a concert including Also sprach Zarathustra and a contemporary composition.

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08 May 2017

Iréne Theorin shines in Strauss

By Laura Servidei

Stockholm

Strauss' Don Quixote shines alongside a peace message in Stockholm

By Marco Rep, 28 April 2017

Last night in Sweden: Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra make a performance of Strauss' Don Quixote to remember at the Stockholm Concert Hall.

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29 Apr 2017

Don Quixote shines in Stockholm

By Marco Rep

Stockholm

Depth and brilliance in Mahler's Third in Stockholm

By Marco Rep, 23 March 2017

A night of interesting contrasts and slight imbalances with Mahler's Third Symphony played by the Kungliga Hovkapellet (Royal Swedish Orchestra) and soloist Bernarda Fink under the baton of Lawrence Renes.

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24 Mar 2017

Depth and brilliance in Mahler's Third

By Marco Rep

Stockholm

A majestic Boris Godunov at the Konserthuset in Stockholm

By Laura Servidei, 08 March 2017

The Stockholm Concert Hall hosts the Göteborg Symphonic Orchestra and Opera Chorus for a concert performance of Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov.

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10 Mar 2017

A majestic Boris Godunov in Stockholm

By Laura Servidei

Stockholm

Songs of the Heart: Iréne Theorin makes Stockholm Konserthuset debut

By Laura Servidei, 18 January 2017

A programme of songs by Wolf, Strauss, and Scandinavian composers, with Iréne Theorin and Ulrika Tenstam.

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19 Jan 2017

Iréne Theorin makes Stockholm Konserthuset debut

By Laura Servidei

Stockholm

Tchaikovsky on Twelfth Night rings in the New Year in Stockholm

By Laura Servidei, 05 January 2017

Mika Eichenholz led the Kungliga Filharmonikerna and Malin Byström in the first concert of 2017 at the Stockholm Concert Hall.

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06 Jan 2017

Tchaikovsky on Twelfth Night rings in the New Year

By Laura Servidei

Stockholm

Shakespeare doesn't quite meet Goethe: a Liederabend in Stockholm

By Laura Servidei, 30 November 2016

An evening of songs by Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Quilter, and several Scandinavian composers.

Stockholm

01 Dec 2016

A Liederabend in Stockholm

By Laura Servidei

Stockholm

The brass has it: Bruckner 5 in Stockholm

By David Karlin, 27 October 2016

The RSPO's brass section is outstanding in Sakari Oramo's clear, detailed and particularly Nordic reading of Bruckner 5.

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28 Oct 2016

The brass has it: Bruckner 5 in Stockholm

By David Karlin

Stockholm

A Bridled Ride with Brooklyn Rider

By Sofia Nyblom, 26 April 2014

New York-based string quartet Brooklyn Rider epitomizes the new movement within classical music which advocates ‘unfettered’ performances and a contemporarly look, and has built a following on this image.

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02 May 2014

A Bridled Ride with Brooklyn Rider

By Sofia Nyblom

Stockholm

The Return of Master Blomstedt

By Sofia Nyblom, 22 February 2014

Sixty years after his debut with the Swedish Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, 87 year old Herbert Blomstedt conducted the orchestra in the very same programme in a sold out Stockholm Concert Hall.

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24 Feb 2014

The Return of Master Blomstedt

By Sofia Nyblom