| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 1-Nov-2012 Oslo Concert Hall (Konserthus) | Rachmaninov and Nielsen with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra |
 Thursday’s concert with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra started not with music, but with an award ceremony. It was the Norwegian Sibelius Society that gave away its annual award for the strengthening of cultural ties between Norway and Finland. Present were the Sibelius Society’s chair Stephan Barratt-Due, Finland’s ambassador to Norway Maimo Henriksson, and the recipient of the award, Sinikka Langeland. After she received the award, she sang a traditional Forest Finnish song, accompanying herself on the kantele, a traditional Finnish instrument.Read full review... | |
| 8-Sep-2012 Oslo Opera House, Main Stage | The Oslo Philharmonic and Jukka-Pekka Saraste play Schubert and Mahler |
 What do Schubert’s Third Symphony and Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde have in common? Not a whole lot, which is why it came across as rather puzzling that the two pieces should be programmed together. Yet, in the Oslo Philharmonic’s September 6 and 8 concerts, they were. The result was a mixed bag of two wildly different works, written almost a century apart.
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| 12-Aug-2012 Royal Albert Hall | Prom 41: Schoenberg's Gurrelieder |
| In a castle in mediaeval Denmark, King Waldemar and Tove sing rapturously of their love. But dark deeds are afoot: a Wood Dove tells us that Tove has been murdered by Waldemar's jealous queen, Waldemar berates God, he and his men are condemned to rise from their graves every night and ride in a wild hunt - all this to the accompaniment of a giant, brass-laden orchestra playing a lush, opulent symphonic score filled with repeated and transformed motifs.
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| 13-Oct-2011 De Doelen: Grote Zaal | RPHO's Fantastic Tchaikovksy |
| This fall the Rotterdam Philharmonic have a series of concerts under the title of “Russische Herfst” (“Russian Autumn”) – with music from some of the great Russian composers such as Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Prokofiev and Shostakovich. The opening night revolved around Pjotr Ilyich Tchaikovksy – the orchestra played two pieces, the First Piano Concerto and Fourth Symphony and ensured a great beginning to the series.
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