A world-renowned orchestra
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The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1902 and its chief conductor since 2008 is Sakari Oramo.
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The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1902 and Konserthuset Stockholm has been its home since 1926. The orchestra gives around 100 concerts annually and participates in the festivities associated with the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony. Noted for its ambitious programming, composer festivals with contemporary music and pioneering work on a more gender balanced repertoire, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra is very much present in today’s music life.
Regular guest conductors include notable names such as Riccardo Muti, Andris Nelsons, Herbert Blomstedt, Nathalie Stutzmann, Gianandrea Noseda and Conductor Laureate Alan Gilbert. Recently, the acclaimed conductor Franz Welser-Möst was awarded the new title Eric Ericson Honorary Chair from the orchestra. He joins the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra for two weeks each season starting 2020/21.
Finnish Sakari Oramo has been Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic since 2008. 2020/21 will be his final season in this capacity. Sakari Oramo and the orchestra has carried out several successful tours. The German newspaper Die Welt recently concluded that the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic is “one of the world’s best orchestras”.
The orchestra has also received considerable attention for several recordings with Sakari Oramo; among them Carl Nielsen’s symphonies were critically acclaimed internationally and the recording of Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3 received a BBC Music Magazine Award 2016. The CD Sirens, with music by Anders Hillborg, won a 2016 Swedish Grammy Award. The CD Distant Light, with the world-renowned American soprano Renée Fleming, was released by Decca in 2017.
KonserthusetPlay.se is the orchestra’s online concert hall. Launched in 2013 it offers a large selection of filmed performances with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, available for free streaming anywhere in the world.
”The Konserthuset Play platform offers a digital showcase of the orchestra’s recent outings at home, under both its chief conductor, Sakari Oramo, and others, from Karina Canellakis to Herbert Blomstedt. For an invigorating reminder of what a truly world-class band this is, try Brahms’s Second Symphony conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado. It’s a comparatively clean-shaven reading of the piece – stylish rather than high-Romantic – in which the lower strings are velvety, woodwind solos beguile and the brass provide irresistibly high-shine climaxes.” Flora Willson/The Guardian (20 April 2020)
Concerts with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
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Genre: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Kids & family, EducationalA concert about the orchestra's many different instruments, with texts by Lennart Hellsing.
Wednesday 10 March 2021 09.30
Illustration: Ane Gustavsson
Genre: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Kids & family, EducationalWebstream: Trills and Dragon Ears
A concert about the orchestra's many different instruments, with texts by Lennart Hellsing.
Wednesday 10 March 2021 09.30
Ends approximately 10.30Price:
Free webstreamThe 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.
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Is it possible to see music, and hear a picture? Yes: if you listen carefully in Trills and Dragon Ears, the double bass can be heard growling like a bear and the oboe gets a cobra to dance in Samarkand.
Lennart Hellsing is one of Sweden's most beloved children’s book authors and his creations include Krakel Spektakel (“Noisy Spectacle”), Kusin Vitamin (“Cousin Vitamin”), Bagar Bengtsson (“Bengtsson the Baker”), Petronella från Plaskeby (“Petronella from Plaskeby”) and Herr Gurka (“Mr. Cucumber”).
Hellsing’s wonderful story Trills and Dragon Ears helps us to become familiar with the many different instruments of the symphony orchestra. In the verses, we encounter everything from a knight’s tower to expansive beaches, dragon’s caves and the seasons, all set to the music of Mozart, Beethoven, Debussy and Alfvén. Trills and Dragon Ears is a wonderfully playful presentation by the orchestra. Swedish narrator: Ayla Kabaca.
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The music
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Trills and Dragon Ears
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart From Divertimento in D major KV 1364 min
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Ludwig van Beethoven From Symphony No. 92 min
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Claude Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune4 min
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Hugo Alfvén Midsummer Vigil2 min
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Jean Sibelius From Karelia Suite3 min
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Edward Elgar From Variations on an Original Theme "Enigma"1 min
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky From Symphony No. 40.25 min
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Camille Saint-Saëns Danse bacchanale from Samson and Delilah3 min
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Richard Wagner Prelude to Act II from Siegfried3 min
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Edvard Grieg Dance of the Mountain King’s Daughter from Peer Gynt2 min
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Camille Saint-Saëns From The Carnival of the Animals3 min
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Modest Musorgsky From Pictures at an Exhibition arr Maurice Ravel3 min
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Participants
- Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
- Emilia Hoving conductor
- Ayla Kabaca host
Wednesday 10 March 2021 09.30
Ends approximately 10.30Price:
Free webstreamThe 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
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Genre: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Kids & familyA symphonic saga by Yoko Shimomura. This concert is cancelled, but will be filmed for Konserthuset Play and launched this spring.
Saturday 13 March 2021 14.00
Genre: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Kids & familyCancelled: Merregnon – Land of Silence
A symphonic saga by Yoko Shimomura. This concert is cancelled, but will be filmed for Konserthuset Play and launched this spring.
Saturday 13 March 2021 14.00
Ends approximately 15.00The 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.
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The link has been copied https://www.konserthuset.se/en/programme/calendar/concert/2021/merregnon--land-of-silence/20210313-1400/Merregnon: Land of Silence is the story of the orphan Miru, who embarks on an unforgettable adventure with her childhood friend Hikito and the trusty dog Mako. Their goal is to find out what is plaguing the Land of Silence, Merregnon.
The fantastical world is painted with beautiful images projected onto a big screen, captivating melodies and symphonic sounds. The story is by German author Frauke Angel and the music is composed by Yoko Shimomura, one of the most prominent video game music composers of our time. She composed the music for internationally best-selling games like Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy XV.
German producer Thomas Böcker is behind the idea. His past endeavours include the incredibly successful concerts of video game music such as Final Symphony and Symphonic Fantasies. He has said that Merregnon: Land of Silence is a symphonic tale of courage, perseverance, solidarity and above all, freedom.
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The music
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Yoko Shimomura Merregnon – The Land of Silence. A Symphonic Tale by Yoko Shimomura arr Jonne Valtonen45 min
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Participants
- Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
- Halldis Rønning conductor
- Sofia Wilhelmina Mustaniemi host
Saturday 13 March 2021 14.00
Ends approximately 15.00The 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 planOther occasions
Ends approximately 17.00
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
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Genre: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Kids & family
A symphonic saga by Yoko Shimomura. This concert is cancelled, but will be filmed for Konserthuset Play and launched this spring.
Saturday 13 March 2021 16.00
Genre: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Kids & familyCancelled: Merregnon – Land of Silence
A symphonic saga by Yoko Shimomura. This concert is cancelled, but will be filmed for Konserthuset Play and launched this spring.
Saturday 13 March 2021 16.00
Ends approximately 17.00The 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.
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The link has been copied https://www.konserthuset.se/en/programme/calendar/concert/2021/merregnon--land-of-silence/20210313-1600/Merregnon: Land of Silence is the story of the orphan Miru, who embarks on an unforgettable adventure with her childhood friend Hikito and the trusty dog Mako. Their goal is to find out what is plaguing the Land of Silence, Merregnon.
The fantastical world is painted with beautiful images projected onto a big screen, captivating melodies and symphonic sounds. The story is by German author Frauke Angel and the music is composed by Yoko Shimomura, one of the most prominent video game music composers of our time. She composed the music for internationally best-selling games like Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy XV.
German producer Thomas Böcker is behind the idea. His past endeavours include the incredibly successful concerts of video game music such as Final Symphony and Symphonic Fantasies. He has said that Merregnon: Land of Silence is a symphonic tale of courage, perseverance, solidarity and above all, freedom.
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The music
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Yoko Shimomura Merregnon – The Land of Silence. A Symphonic Tale by Yoko Shimomura arr Jonne Valtonen45 min
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Participants
- Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
- Halldis Rønning conductor
- Sofia Wilhelmina Mustaniemi host
Saturday 13 March 2021 16.00
Ends approximately 17.00The 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 planOther occasions
Ends approximately 15.00
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
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Genre: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Vocal musicAward-winning soprano soloist sings Barber and Stravinsky.
Thursday 18 March 2021 12.15
Johanna Wallroth. Photo: Heikki Tuuli
Sakari Oramo. Photo: Jan-Olav Wedin
Members from Kungliga Filharmonikerna. Photo: Mats Lundquist
Genre: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Vocal musicLivestream: Summer of 1915
Award-winning soprano soloist sings Barber and Stravinsky.
Thursday 18 March 2021 12.15
Ends approximately 14.15Price:
Free livestreamThe 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.
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After winning the prestigious Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition in 2019, Swedish soprano Johanna Wallroth quickly became established as one of the most in-demand young singers.
Here, together with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and chief conductor Sakari Oramo, she will perform American composer Samuel Barber’s atmospheric Knoxville: Summer of 1915. It is one of his most popular and frequently performed pieces, and depicts an idyllic summer with the flavours of vanilla and strawberries, peaceful porch swings and rattling streetcars. We will also hear her perform an aria from Stravinsky’s Neoclassical masterpiece The Rake’s Progress.
Music is a force of nature that can completely fulfil a person and transform an entire life, according to Finnish composer Outi Tarkiainen. In 2019, the BBC Philharmonic commissioned a piece by her for one of the Proms concerts and her Saxophone Concerto has been praised for its powerful charge and richly colourful orchestral movement. Here, we will hear the world premiere of her orchestral piece The Ring of Fire and Love.
Antonín Dvorák composed the Seventh Symphony after hearing Brahms’ Third Symphony, which he experienced as a musical vitamin boost. But even if Dvorák was inspired his mentor Brahms, who was eight years his senior, this symphony is utterly unique and brilliant, with elements of exhilaration, joyful outbursts, sadness and contemplation.
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The music
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Outi Tarkiainen The Ring of Fire and Love10 min
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Igor Stravinsky Anne Truelove ’s Aria, Recitative and Cabaletta from The Rake’s Progress8 min
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Samuel Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915 for sopran and orchestra16 min
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Intermission25 min
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Antonín Dvorák Symphony No. 736 min
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Participants
- Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
- Sakari Oramo conductor
- Johanna Wallroth soprano
Thursday 18 March 2021 12.15
Ends approximately 14.15Price:
Free livestreamThe 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
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