Guide to the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

Sakari Oramo conducting the RSPO at the Stockholm Concert Hall

Stockholm Concert Hall © David Karlin | Bachtrack Ltd

Stockholm International Composer Festival

Discovery and drama: Thea Musgrave at 90

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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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StockholmEd Gardner conducts the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic

Konserthuset Stockholm: Stora Salen, Apr 25 19:00, Apr 27 15:00

Clyne, Rachmaninov, Lutosławski

Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Gardner; Alexander Gavrylyuk

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Konserthuset Stockholm: Stora Salen, May 09, 10 at 19:00

Martinů, Smyth

Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Sakari Oramo; Paulina Pfeiffer; Catriona Morison; Michael Weinius; Tuomas Pursio

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Konserthuset Stockholm: Stora Salen, May 16 19:00, May 18 15:00

Mahler: Symphony no. 7

Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Sakari Oramo

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Konserthuset Stockholm: Stora Salen, May 23 19:00, May 25 15:00

Mozart, Börtz

Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Patrik Ringborg; Daniel Carlsson; Johanna Rudström; Karl-Magnus Fredriksson

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Believing in the music: Martin Fröst and the RSPO

Sarah Batschelet, 20 Mar

Works by Rolf Liebermann, Mozart and Mahler recently brought down the house at Zurich’s Tonhalle Maag, in no small part because of Martin Fröst’s illuminating performance.

*****

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.

*****