Programme

Welcome to Nordiska Musikgymnasiet’s spring concert, which will present a selection of vocal and instrumental musical experiences in various chamber music constellations.

Music for string orchestra and choir will also be presented.

Nordiska Musikgymnasiet is a private upper secondary school with an emphasis on classical music. In its 20 years in existence, it has established itself as one of Sweden’s best upper secondary music schools. Young rising stars such as cellist Hanna Dahlkvist, conductor Emil Eliasson, organist Joakim Andersson, soprano Annie Ternström, violinist Johan Dalene, pianist Sebastian Iivonen and Konserthuset’s Summer Musicians Trio Conti all attended upper secondary school here.

In addition to a complete upper secondary education, the school provides professional classical music training. Nordiska Musikgymnasiet accepts students from all over Sweden as well as from the Nordic region and the rest of Europe. Students are admitted for all acoustic instruments, singing, composition and conducting.

Read more about Nordiska Musikgymnasiet here

How does an orchestra work? What instruments are included? What do notation and scores look like? What does the conductor do? 

In conjunction with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic's hour-long concerts on some Wednesdays, one of Konserthuset’s music guides or a musician from the orchestra will present an introduction of the orchestra and the music to be played at the evening’s concert. 

The introduction is held in Swedish. A vegetarian sandwich and a drink are included. 

Attend the concert after the meet-up! 

Remember to book a ticket separately to the concert for the same evening, which begins at 18.00. Youth tickets are available from SEK 55 (choir balcony). 

Since 2016, Elim Chan has been chief conductor of Norrlandsoperan and this is her debut with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. She grew up in Hong Kong and has previously served as assistant conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra.

We will hear British composer Anna Clyne’s dancing and darkly oppressive This Midnight Hour, inspired by the poetry of Spanish Juan Ramón Jiménez and French Charles Baudelaire, whose poetry collection Les fleurs du mal (The Flowers of Evil) is one of the most significant and influential collections of poetry ever published. Some parts were censored in French editions well into the twentieth century. 

There is also a story behind Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4, which is about his feelings after a short and catastrophic marriage to Antonina Miliukova. To the wealthy Nadezhda von Meck, who eventually became one of his patrons, he wrote: “The introduction has a theme in the brass section that recurs several times throughout the symphony. It is the core, the primary thought of the entire symphony. Like an annihilating power standing in the way of happiness.” Still, joy is not lost. Of the finale, he writes that there is still happiness, simple, naive happiness.  “Deriving happiness from others allows one to live longer.” This is also reflected in the effervescent and exhilarated music.

Konserthuset Play – Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6!
In Tchaikovsky’s sixth and final symphony, we hear light and passion, as well as concern and uncertainty. The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra plays under the leadership of Chief Conductor and Artistic Advisor Sakari Oramo. Listen

Konserthuset Play – Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5!
Conductor Peter Oundjian and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra highlight the tenderness and majesty of Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony. This powerful music is loaded with romantic fervour. Listen

Singer Behnam Bani is one of Iran’s most popular vocalists. He grew up in a musical family and began studying with his father at the age of 10. Soon he went on to begin professional studies as a teenager with Mohammad Nouri, legendary singer and a forerunner of Iranian pop music.

While studying, he came into contact with the band Rojans and later, his song Alagheh Khas became a megahit. His first major concert in Milad Tehran Hall was an enormous success: all 4,100 tickets sold out within a matter of fifteen minutes. He has subsequently performed to sold-out arenas in a lengthy list of cities. Don’t miss one of Iran’s absolute most significant and popular singers.

Spring concert with surprise guests!

Experience Caroline af Ugglas and her enormous Choir for Everyone in a dazzling, joyful concert with Christer Lindarw and a surprise guest artist. Also on stage will be Heinz Liljedahl and his band.

Profit from the concerts will be donated in full to a recreation centre for children in Kigali, Rwanda.

Spring concert with surprise guests!

Experience Caroline af Ugglas and her enormous Choir for Everyone in a dazzling, joyful concert with Christer Lindarw and a surprise guest artist. Also on stage will be Heinz Liljedahl and his band.

Profit from the concerts will be donated in full to a recreation centre for children in Kigali, Rwanda.

Music for string orchestra, big band, concert band, vocal and instrumental ensembles.

The music programme of Södra Latin will conclude the season with a large concert at Konserthuset Stockholm. Naturally, the concert will reflect the school’s overarching ensemble activities, with a jazz ensemble at one end and a symphony orchestra and choir at the other. In addition, we will offer music for string orchestra, big band, concert band, and singing and instrumental ensembles.

The music programme at Södra Latin is one of Sweden’s best known upper-secondary level music programmes. The school accepts students from all over the country and has 180 music students.

We welcome superstar Yo-Yo Ma back to Konserthuset in an eagerly anticipated visit to Sweden, this time in the company of pianist Kathryn Stott. “Yo-Yo Ma has dedicated his virtuosity and his heart to journeys of musical exploration and discovery around the world. With a cello and curiosity in his wake, Yo-Yo Ma has in travelling routes like the Silk Road, united people from every continent. Yo-Yo Ma is living proof that music is communication, passion and the ability to share experience.” Thus began the statement when Yo-Yo Ma was presented the Polar Music Prize in 2012.

With his grand and warm tone, the Chinese-American cellist has a rare capacity to convey both the joyful and dramatic dimensions of music. We will hear examples of this at this concert, when together with award-winning British pianist Kathryn Stott, he tackles Stravinsky’s arrangements of various movements from the ballet music Pulcinella.

We will also hear Prokofiev’s subtle and elegant Sonata in C-Major and Rachmaninoff’s romantic and intimate Sonata in G-Minor. Rachmaninoff was himself a brilliant pianist, which is evident here when the piano next to the cello has the chance to spread its wings in masterful passages, refined chords and billowing accompaniment.

Konserthuset Play – Stravinsky Petrushka!
The music to the great ballets Rite of Spring, The Firebird and Petrushka are Stravinsky’s best known and most played works. In this concert video, with Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra plays the concert version of Petrushka. Listen

Konserthuset Play – Prokofiev Symphony No.5!
In recent years, Daniel Blendulf has established himself as one of Sweden’s most high-profile conductors. Here, he leads the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra in one of Prokofiev’s most popular and frequently played pieces: the Fifth Symphony. Listen

”Thank you for a fantastic concert!”

”One of the best performances I have ever heard – I am humbled!”

”What fantastic music, beautiful strings and wonderful vocals. I’m shivering with delight!”

”You just have to add some extra shows! Can we petition this!?!?!?”

These were just a handful of all the ecstatic response we got after the premiere of our fantasy themed concert SAGAS in 2015. Of course, things were looking good beforehand. The hype was enormous, and tickets sold out in record time. Still, with ten full minutes of standing ovations, six or seven (we lost count) curtain calls, and a roar that shook the very walls of the Stockholm Concert Hall, the high expectations were met. And then some.

In the four years that have passed, SAGAS has been performed by great orchestras around Scandinavia. Also, since 2015 vocalist Sabina Zweiacker has risen to fandom fame with celebrated performances with ensembles like the Swedish Radio Symphony, the Gothenburg Symphony and the Oslo Philharmonic. SAGAS is a concert by Orvar Säfström and Underscore Productions, who have also created WE COME IN PEACE (2013) and THE HORROR (2017) with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.

By public demand SAGAS now returns, in an updated format. In addition to music from Hayao Miyazaki’s anime adventure Princess Mononoke, the smash hit game series The Witcher and 80’s fairy tale classic The Princess Bride, this time we perform even more music from Game of Thrones, Harry Potter and Conan the Barbarian than we did last time. We’ve also included music from all three films in Peter Jackson’s original Lord of the Rings trilogy.

”The music we associate with greatest stories of our time is deeply rooted in our sense of identity. The soundtrack of our favorite films is in many ways also the soundtrack of our lives.” (Orvar Säfström, producer and host).

”Thank you for a fantastic concert!”

”One of the best performances I have ever heard – I am humbled!”

”What fantastic music, beautiful strings and wonderful vocals. I’m shivering with delight!”

”You just have to add some extra shows! Can we petition this!?!?!?”

These were just a handful of all the ecstatic response we got after the premiere of our fantasy themed concert SAGAS in 2015. Of course, things were looking good beforehand. The hype was enormous, and tickets sold out in record time. Still, with ten full minutes of standing ovations, six or seven (we lost count) curtain calls, and a roar that shook the very walls of the Stockholm Concert Hall, the high expectations were met. And then some.

In the four years that have passed, SAGAS has been performed by great orchestras around Scandinavia. Also, since 2015 vocalist Sabina Zweiacker has risen to fandom fame with celebrated performances with ensembles like the Swedish Radio Symphony, the Gothenburg Symphony and the Oslo Philharmonic. SAGAS is a concert by Orvar Säfström and Underscore Productions, who have also created WE COME IN PEACE (2013) and THE HORROR (2017) with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.

By public demand SAGAS now returns, in an updated format. In addition to music from Hayao Miyazaki’s anime adventure Princess Mononoke, the smash hit game series The Witcher and 80’s fairy tale classic The Princess Bride, this time we perform even more music from Game of Thrones, Harry Potter and Conan the Barbarian than we did last time. We’ve also included music from all three films in Peter Jackson’s original Lord of the Rings trilogy.

”The music we associate with greatest stories of our time is deeply rooted in our sense of identity. The soundtrack of our favorite films is in many ways also the soundtrack of our lives.” (Orvar Säfström, producer and host).