Janine Jansen and the Royal Stockholm
Philharmonic Orchestra perform a new
violin concerto by Britta Byström.
Spanish conductor Jaime Martín also
leads the orchestra in Brahms’ Serenade No. 1.
Thursday 16 May 19.00
Saturday 18 May 15.00
External organiser: Adolf Fredrik’s Music School
Tuesday 14 May 2024 19.00
External organiser: Adolf Fredrik’s Music School
The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planJoin us for the concluding concert of Adolf Fredrik’s Music School. All 240 students in year 9 will finish off their time at the now two schools with a joint concert at Konserthuset Stockholm.
Adolf Fredrik’s Music School is a specialised school with a focus on choral singing. Music is part of all operations at the school and all students participate in active and outward-oriented concert activities. With music as a language and choral singing as a method, Adolf Fredrik’s Music School educates choral singers for tomorrow’s Swedish choirs.
The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating plan
German soprano returns for the finale of this season's Lied series.
Wednesday 15 May 2024 19.00
Dorothea Röschmann. Photo: Harald Hoffmann
Magnus Svensson. Photo: Nadja Sjöström
German soprano returns for the finale of this season's Lied series.
The Grünewald Hall has capacity for up to 460 people, spread across the stalls and gallery. Both floors can be accessed by lift and the stairs. The hall has two wheelchair places.
German soprano Dorothea Röschmann entered the international opera scene in 1995, in a performance of Susanna in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro at the festival in Salzburg. Since then, she has been considered one of Europe’s elite singers. She won a Grammy for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album and was appointed Kammersängerin at the Berlin State Opera.
Dorothea Röschmann appeared in her first lied concert at Konserthuset in 2021, which can be seen on Konserthuset Play. Since then, she debuted with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance in autumn 2022 of Wagner’s Wesendonck songs. Since first collaborating at Konserthuset, Röschmann and pianist Magnus Svensson have performed together elsewhere in the world.
Magnus Svensson has served as artistic director of Lied Evenings for several seasons. In addition to concerts in the Nordic region and elsewhere in Europe, he has also performed in Russia and the US. Since 2012, he has also worked at the Royal Swedish Academy of Music with re-publishing older Swedish music.
The Grünewald Hall has capacity for up to 460 people, spread across the stalls and gallery. Both floors can be accessed by lift and the stairs. The hall has two wheelchair places.
A youthful Brahms and the world premiere of a new violin concerto. Executive and Artistic Director Stefan Forsberg hosts and introduces the concert.
Thursday 16 May 2024 19.00
Janine Jansen. Photo: Rouven Steinke
Jaime Martin
Members from the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Photo: Yanan Li
A youthful Brahms and the world premiere of a new violin concerto. Executive and Artistic Director Stefan Forsberg hosts and introduces the concert.
The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planDutch violinist Janine Jansen is a beloved and frequent performer at Konserthuset. With such empathy and intensity, few can captivate an audience like Jansen. At this concert, Janine Jansen and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra perform a new violin concerto by Britta Byström.
Byström comments, “In this violin concerto, the soloist moves between ‘day music’ and ‘night music.’ The swirling and light day music becomes shorter and shorter as the night music lengthens – we hear all of the orchestral sounds that emerge as darkness falls. Composing for Janine Jansen has always been a dream for me and this piece is inspired by her expressive style.”
Spanish conductor Jaime Martín also leads the orchestra in Brahms’ Serenade No. 1. It would take time before Brahms presented a symphony, but the 25-year-old’s growing mastery of the orchestral form is evident here in this lyrical and heartfelt music. Jaime Martín was chief conductor of the Gävle Symphony Orchestra until recently and is now chief conductor of both the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland.
The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating planThe Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
The Main Hall seating plan
Philharmonic musicians with soprano Alexandra Büchel.
Friday 17 May 2024 12.15
Photo: Nadja Sjöström
Philharmonic musicians with soprano Alexandra Büchel.
The Grünewald Hall has capacity for up to 460 people, spread across the stalls and gallery. Both floors can be accessed by lift and the stairs. The hall has two wheelchair places.
A trio from the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra welcomes soprano Alexandra Büchel. She is celebrated for her crystal-clear high notes and appears regularly in concert and opera settings. She has become established as a leading performer of modern music. At this soup concert, Büchel gives the world premiere of a piece by American-Swedish Molly Kien.
All works at this concert are for voice in various combinations with instruments. Maurice Karkoff was one of the great Swedish composers of the post-war era, with an oeuvre that included twelve symphonies. But he is still best known for his songs, and we hear one example from Three Chinese Songs for soprano and harp here. Finnish Kaija Saariaho’s delicate Il Pleut was composed for the same combination, to text by Guillaume Apollinaire. French André Jolivet’s beautifully melancholy Suite Liturgique from 1942 finishes the programme and gathers the entire ensemble.
Oboist Jesper Harryson has been a member of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra since 1993. Mikael Sjögren is alternate solo cellist and a member of the orchestra since 1984, and Laura Stephenson has been the orchestra’s harpist since 1992.
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Menu: Asparagus soup with leek and white wine. The soup comes with sourdough bread, crisp bread and whipped butter, as well as a beverage, coffee/tea and a piece of chocolate. All soups are lactose- and gluten-free. Notify us of any special dietary requests when making your booking.
The Grünewald Hall has capacity for up to 460 people, spread across the stalls and gallery. Both floors can be accessed by lift and the stairs. The hall has two wheelchair places.
