Meet the Music

"I’d like to recommend the concert in early November featuring music by Ravel and Lutosławski. As someone who’s still relatively new to the orchestra, there’s so much music I’ve yet to play for the first time – and this program includes pieces musicians truly long to perform! Both Mother Goose and Shéhérazade by Ravel are wonderful works with many beautiful woodwind passages. And we also get to perform Esa-Pekka’s exciting music. But above all, I’m looking forward to playing Lutosławski’s fantastic Concerto for Orchestra – winding, beautiful, yet also challenging and bombastic. That piece has it all!"

– Laura Michelin, flute

"Ligeti is a composer we in the Radio Choir have worked with a lot in recent years, especially diving deep into the piece Drei Hölderlinphantasien, which we also recently recorded. Now I’m looking forward to continuing with his Requiem, this time together with Esa-Pekka Salonen. Hopefully, we’ll also get to perform something written by the maestro himself!"

– Anna Graca, alto

"It’s incredibly hard to choose just one concert I’m most looking forward to, but if I had to pick, it would be Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 and Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor. Two of my absolute favorite works in one evening – that’s hard to beat. And I’m really looking forward to playing with Emelyanychev again. He brings a unique and vibrant energy, and I can’t wait to hear how he’ll put his mark on that music."

– Simon Landqvist, percussion