THIS CONCERT HAS BEEN CANCELLED - Shostakovich’s Ninth Symphony DECEMBER 4

After their victory over Nazi Germany, the Soviet regime expected a monumental, celebratory work from Dmitri Shostakovich. What they got instead was harsh, biting criticism hidden behind what initially sounds like cheery, easy listening music. The concert also features the orchestra’s own Bengt Rosengren and Lisa Viguier Vallgårda as soloists in Witold Lutosławski’s Double Concerto for Oboe, Harp and Chamber Orchestra.

The concert has been cancelled.

SWEDISH RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

2020/2021

Participants

Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra is a multiple-award-winning ensemble renowned for its high artistic standard and stylistic breadth, as well as collaborations with the world’s finest composers, conductors, and soloists. It regularly tours all over Europe and the world and has an extensive and acclaimed recording catalogue.

Daniel Harding has been Music Director of the SRSO since 2007, and since 2019 also its Artistic Director. His tenure will last throughout the 2024/2025 season. Two of the orchestra’s former chief conductors, Herbert Blomstedt and Esa-Pekka Salonen, have since been named Conductors Laureate, and continue to perform regularly with the orchestra.

The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra performs at Berwaldhallen, concert hall of the Swedish Radio, and is a cornerstone of Swedish public service broadcasting. Its concerts are heard weekly on the Swedish classical radio P2 and regularly on national public television SVT. Several concerts are also streamed on-demand on Berwaldhallen Play and broadcast globally through the EBU.

Anja Bihlmaier, conductor

Bengt Rosengren, oboe

Bengt Rosengren, oboe, är solooboist vid Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester sedan 1983. Han examinerades vid Kungliga Musikhögskolan i Stockholm, där han sedan början av 2000-talet är lektor i oboe. Bengt har framträtt som solist med Radiosymfonikerna bl.a. i oboekonserter av Strauss, Mozart och Martinů liksom i Salonens Mimo II. Han var solooboist i Stockholms Nya Kammarorkester fram till 2019 då orkestern upplöstes. Bengt är en flitig kammarmusiker, medlem i blåskvintetten Amadé och förekommer på ett stort antal skiv- och radioinspelningar både som solist och kammarmusiker.