2018/2019

Klaus Mäkelä ends the season’s Shostakovich triptych in magnificent spirit with the monumental Leningrad Symphony, which was written and premièred in direct opposition to the Nazi ravages.

The siblings, Carolin and Jörg Widmann, are frequently also colleagues – composer Jörg has written several pieces for his younger sister, award-winning...

The pacifist, Benjamin Britten, wrote Sinfonia da requiem as an expression of his opposition to the great war that unfolded across the...

The madrigal as a musical form emerged during the Renaissance in Italy. Madrigals were characterised by the emotional emphasis on each phrase,...

The list of acclaimed collaborations is almost endless. Time and time again, established patterns are broken, new constellations are formed, and expectations...

Johann Strauss II was a much admired and incredibly sought-after composer, a true crowd-pleaser that even Brahms admired. Kaiser-Waltzer is one of...

Two wood doves appear in the concert, both foreboding ruin and sorrow. In Dvořák’s beautiful but tragic symphonic poem Die Waldtaube as...

Writing for the piano is in itself nothing new for the curious and highly topical Alfred Schnelzer. But it is the first...

After his fifth symphony had re-established Shostakovich’s official position, Symphony No. 6, came out as a more personal reflection of the magnificent...

When the political fluctuations become stronger and lean towards the extremes, it requires courage to put one’s foot down and take a...

Even though Sergei Prokofiev’s first symphony and first violin concerto were both created during the same period, they show completely different sides...

Klaus Mäkelä meets violinist Leonidas Kavakos

After struggling for years with the shadow of Beethoven looming over him, Brahms was freed from his ghosts after the success of...

Artists such as Ann-Louise Hanson and Owe Thörnqvist, Petra Marklund and Kristin Amparo will take us on a musical tour through the...

Felix Mendelssohn’s dramatic cantata Die erste Walpurgisnacht, after a ballad by Goethe, depicts mountain druids who use craft and creativity to defy...

Join the Radio Monkey on amazingly monkeyed musical adventures at Berwaldhallen. Explore new and exciting worlds with Niklas Riesbeck, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and all his friends, of course!

Listen to the 86-year-old Plasson, talk about the meeting with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra during the rehearsals of the week’s French...

The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra’s leader, Malin Broman, highlights the most talented brother and sister of the 19th century, both of great musical talent, in a beautiful and important concert.

Twelfth Day at Berwaldhallen means gala, glamour and classical entertainment across a generous array of genres. Feast on the cream of the...

Take a break from the stress and excitement during the last days before Christmas together with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Swedish...

It was Jonathan Biss himself who commissioned Sally Beamish to write City Stanzas, in which she extracts stanzas from Beethoven’s first piano...

Nacka Musikklasser (Nacka Music Classes) comes to Berwaldhallen to present a traditional Lucia procession for the whole family. The concert hall will...

Since 2011, the Children’s and Youth Choir Association, UNGiKÖR, has run the national youth choir, the Swedish Youth Choir, which consists of...