Summer Concert with Wagner

Lied Concert with Günther Groissböck

Bass singers are less common in the world lied singing, but an exception is the Austrian Günther Groissböck, who opens this season's popular lied concert series. Today, he is one of the leading basses in the opera world and a sought-after guest at all the major opera houses, including the Vienna State Opera, La Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, and the Bayreuth Festival. He has particularly excelled in operas by Richard Strauss and Richard Wagner.Concurrently, lied singing has always been a great passion. The album Nicht Wiedersehen! from 2022 includes songs by Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, and Hans Rott. Mahler returns here in his programme, alongside songs by Schubert, Strauss, and Carl Loewe.Magnus Svensson is the artistic director of Konserthuset’s Lied concerts. 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.

Summer Concert – Enigma Variations

Mozart's 27 piano concertos are all musical highlights. Here's a unique opportunity to hear the only one he composed for two pianos and orchestra. An exquisite dialogue unfolds between the two soloists, who are the young and increasingly acclaimed pianists Sebastian Iivonen and John Nalan, both from Sweden.We also hear Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations, one of classical music's most popular works. Elgar had entertained his wife one evening with musical caricatures of people in their circle of friends, which grew into a series of variations for orchestra. "At first, I worked in a humorous spirit and continued seriously", Elgar recounted.Between Mozart and Elgar, we hear new American music inspired by jazz, spirituals, hip-hop, and rock, while rooted in the classical tradition with a distinct American flavour. Jessie Montgomery was raised in Manhattan's Lower East Side in New York, an environment that strongly influenced her music.Lina González-Granados from Colombia makes her debut with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra in this concert. She is a super talent who has had great success in the Sir Georg Solti International Conducting Competition and has assisted Riccardo Muti at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Philharmonic Day – Sing-along with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

Have you always dreamt of singing in some of the greatest hits of classical music? This is your chance! With the help of our luxurious ”backing band”, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, it’s time for you to participate and sing along in well-known music pieces. We dare to promise you a powerful experience.The sing-along is led by Emilie Power, organist and choir leader of the Katarina parish. Lyrics will be handed out ahead of the concert.Strollers and prams cannot be brought into Konserthuset Stockholm and are best left at home. A designated stroller tent is set up outside the entrance, where prams can be left, subject to space availability.

Philharmonic Day – Concert with strings

A perfect opportunity to meet musicians of the string section. These members of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra play and tell us about the instruments.Strollers and prams cannot be brought into Konserthuset Stockholm and are best left at home. A designated stroller tent is set up outside the entrance, where prams can be left, subject to space availability.

Philharmonic Day – Concert with percussion

A perfect opportunity to meet musicians of the percussion section. These members of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra play and tell us about the instruments.Strollers and prams cannot be brought into Konserthuset Stockholm and are best left at home. A designated stroller tent is set up outside the entrance, where prams can be left, subject to space availability.

Philharmonic Day – Concert with woodwind

A perfect opportunity to meet musicians of the woodwind section. These members of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra play and tell us about the instruments.Strollers and prams cannot be brought into Konserthuset Stockholm and are best left at home. A designated stroller tent is set up outside the entrance, where prams can be left, subject to space availability.

Season Opening with Blomstedt

Herbert Blomstedt is Sweden's internationally most recognized conductor – ever. Among the orchestras he has worked with are the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Orchestre de Paris, and notably the San Francisco Symphony, where Blomstedt was chief conductor for ten years. Blomstedt has also conducted the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra on well over 200 occasions, and on the occasion of his 90th birthday in 2017, Konserthuset named its grand conductor's dressing room after him.It has been 70 years since Herbert Blomstedt first conducted the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra at a public concert, and already two years before that, in 1952, he conducted the orchestra during a radio broadcast.As he makes another cherished visit to the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, it is with two favorites, Franz Berwald and Brahms. Memories from the Norwegian mountains came to him after a visit to Norway, and Berwald described the Nordic-sounding music as orchestral tonal painting. The restlessly bustling Sinfonie capricieuse is surrounded by mystique, for shortly after Berwald's death, the score disappeared under mysterious circumstances. The music was later reconstructed by Nils Castegren based on Berwald's remaining sketches.Johannes Brahms's first symphony is undoubtedly a masterpiece. The symphony was crafted over many years, with Brahms at times almost paralyzed by the performance demands of his idol Beethoven. However, the end result is magnificent and shaped with precision, intense emotion, and great beauty.

Philharmonic Day – Concert with the brass

A perfect opportunity to meet musicians of the brass section. These members of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra play and tell us about the instruments.Strollers and prams cannot be brought into Konserthuset Stockholm and are best left at home. A designated stroller tent is set up outside the entrance, where prams can be left, subject to space availability.

Debussy Wagner Berlioz

Debussy Wagner Berlioz