Guide to the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

Sakari Oramo conducting the RSPO at the Stockholm Concert Hall

Stockholm Concert Hall © David Karlin | Bachtrack Ltd

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RSPO Chief Conductor

Leading from the front with Sakari Oramo

Bachtrack, 28 Feb

The Finnish conductor talks about feeling a part of the orchestra and which Nordic country performs the best Nielsen.

The blue concert hall at Hötorget (the Haymarket) in central Stockholm is one of Sweden’s great architectural masterpieces. Opened in 1926, it was designed by architect Ivar Tengbom during a period of expansion in the capital. The Stockholm Concert Hall was built to house The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra – founded in 1902 – and to serve as an arena for the Nobel Prize Ceremony. Besides the main hall, the building also contains two chamber music halls: the beautiful Grünewald Hall and the smaller Aulin Hall. The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra’s chief conductor Sakari Oramo was appointed in 2008, with his present contract lasting until 2020

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StockholmStrauss and Wagner 1

Konserthuset Stockholm: Stora Salen, Wed 20 Feb at 18:00

Wagner, Strauss R.

Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Nathalie Stutzmann

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Konserthuset Stockholm: Stora Salen, Thu 21 Feb at 18:00

Wagner, Strauss R.

Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Nathalie Stutzmann

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Gothenburg Concert Hall, Fri 22 Feb at 18:00

Wagner, Strauss R.

Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Nathalie Stutzmann; François Leleux

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Radu Lupu with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic

Konserthuset Stockholm: Stora Salen, Mar 13, 14 at 19:00

Liebermann, Mozart, Sibelius

Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Sakari Oramo; Radu Lupu

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Franz Welser-Möst conducts in Stockholm

Franz Welser-Möst conducts the RSPO © Urban Wedin

Marco Rep, 09 Nov

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

***11

Sakari Oramo conducts the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra © BBC | Mark Allan

David Truslove, 30 Aug

An eclectic programme from this Swedish orchestra which gave sharply defined performances in repertoire that, at first glance, had seemingly little in common.

*****

Nicolas Nguyen, 28 Aug

Renée Fleming sings Barber and Strauss at the Concertgebouw.

****1

Marco Rep, 10 May

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.

***11

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