Konserthuset Stockholm

The Aurora Music Festival 2019 in Stockholm is the third festival in Stockholm and the 45th Aurora Festival in Sweden. At this opening concert, we will experience two of Sweden’s most prominent international star soloists: soprano Camilla Tilling and legendary cellist Frans Helmerson. Also participating will be the Aurora Chamber Orchestra under the baton of violinist and conductor Daniel Bard.  

The concert features a versatile programme, beginning with Benjamin Britten’s bubbling and playful Simple Symphony, music to which Britten himself returned and conducted throughout his life. Franz Schubert is the great master of classical song. He composed over 600 lieds, most of which were accompanied by piano and here, we will hear some of the most beautiful in an arrangement for soprano and string orchestra.

Dvorák’s Cello Concerto is on the repertoire of all great cellists. But he also composed the extremely beautiful Waldesruhe, inspired by his home region of Bohemia, and it is a piece composed directly from the heart. Tchaikovsky’s popular Serenade for Strings is also a piece that comes from the heart. Enormous passion is found here, spiced with a dash of melancholy and a hearty dose of joy. 

Since 2006, the Aurora Music Festival has gathered thousands of musicians, artists and global stars to perform classical music for over 100,000 listeners.

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The Aurora Music Festival 2019 in Stockholm is the third festival in Stockholm and the 45th Aurora Festival in Sweden. At this concert, we will get to experience star soprano Camilla Tilling in arias from operas by Mozart and Gluck. We will also hear Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, one of the world’s most beloved and played classical pieces, which is no surprise, because this music has a uniquely special power of attraction. The familiar, hammering fate theme begins the symphony and opens the door to a dizzying musical experience.

Johannes Gustavsson will be conducting the Aurora Symphony Orchestra. In 2003, he was the first winner of the Swedish Conductor's Prize and in 2008, he received the Herbert Blomstedt Conductor's Award from the Royal Swedish Academy of Music  

Since 2006, the Aurora Music Festival has gathered thousands of musicians, artists and global stars to perform classical music for over 100,000 listeners.

In cooperation with Aurora Music Festival.

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Package – Purchase at least two concerts in the festival and get 10% off

The Aurora Music Festival 2019 in Stockholm is the third festival in Stockholm and the 45th Aurora Festival in Sweden.  At this concert,we will get to experience Swedish international star soprano Camilla Tilling in Villa-Lobos’ magical Bachianas Brasileiras for soprano and eight cellos. This music is inspired by Bach and by Villa-Lobos’ homeland of Brazil. We will also hear one of the great figures of Baroque besides Bach and Handel: Heinrich Biber.

Aulis Sallinen is considered one of the great Finnish composers after Sibelius. His third string quartet, entitled Some Aspects of Peltoniemi Hintrik's Funeral March, is a series of variations based on a Finnish folk melody. Tchaikovsky’s lovely Nocturne is from his collection of piano pieces, Opus 19. Here, we will hear it in an arrangement for cello and string orchestra. In conclusion,the Aurora Chamber Orchestra will perform Bartók’s joyful Divertimento for strings.  

Since 2006, Aurora has gathered thousands of musicians, artists and international stars to perform classical music for over 100,000 listeners.

In cooperation with Aurora Music Festival.

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Package – Purchase at least two concerts in the festival and get 10% off

The Aurora Music Festival 2019 in Stockholm is the third festival in Stockholm and the 45th Aurora Festival in Sweden. At this year’s major finale concert, we will see Jukka-Pekka Saraste lead the Aurora Symphony Orchestra once again. He was a major success at last year’s festival, when he conducted Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2. This year he will lead the orchestra in Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 and Korngold’s Violin Concerto with Leonidas Kavakos as the soloist. Kavakos is among the foremost violin soloist in the world and regularly appears with orchestras such as the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and many more.

Here, we will hear him in Korngold’s beautiful Violin Concerto, which is dedicated to the widow of Gustav Mahler, Alma, and was premiered by Jascha Heifetz.

Since 2006, Aurora has gathered thousands of musicians, artists and international stars to perform classical music for over 100,000 listeners.

In cooperation with Aurora Music Festival.

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Package – Purchase at least two concerts in the festival and get 10% off