Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5

Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 is bursting with big emotions and musical concepts. Enjoy the ride with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and conductor Kristian Sallinen.

“Everyone can be affected by it”

Tomas von Brömssen talks about the comfort he finds in Lars-Erik Larsson’s God in Disguise, an iconic work in Swedish music history.

Larsson: God in Disguise

Tomas von Brömssen narrates the story of Lars-Erik Larsson’s Swedish classic, performed by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, choir and vocal soloists. Conductor Johannes Gustavssson.

“I was a little scared before we started rehearsing”

Principal Guest Conductor Pekka Kuusisto talks about his relationship with Mikael Karlsson's music.

Karlsson: So We Will Vanish

Join Principal Guest Conductor Pekka Kuusisto and mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter on a musical journey of discovery where people and nature are in focus.

“It’s Ellen Reid’s fault that I’m a conductor”

Principal Guest Conductor Pekka Kuusisto talks about his relationship with composer Ellen Reid and why her music means so much to him.

Reid: Body Cosmic

Experience American composer Ellen Reid pay tribute to the power of the female body and its ability to create new life. With Principal Guest Conductor Pekka Kuusisto.

Pekka Kuusisto about Carl Nielsen

First guest conductor Pekka Kuusisto talks about Carl Nielsen's Fourth Symphony and the orchestra's long relationship with the piece.

Nielsen: Symphony No 4

Experience Nielsen's Fourth Symphony, where both energy and recovery find space, with first guest conductor Pekka Kuusisto.

“They wrote into a void”

Pekka Kuusisto discusses why female composers remain underrepresented in concert halls and what responsibility orchestras have to broaden the musical narrative.

Three stars shine

Don’t miss a unique moment when Principal Guest Conductor Pekka Kuusisto, Ava Bahari and Andreas Brantelid set the Great Hall vibrating

“The violin and the cello belong to the same team”

Listen as soloists Ava Bahari and Andreas Brantelid share their thoughts on Brahms' Double Concerto and how they got to know each other.

Brahms: Double Concerto

The beautiful and powerful Double Concerto by Brahms, with Gothenburg’s own supernova Ava Bahari and cellist Andreas Brantelid.

Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1

Enjoy the fast-paced rhapsody that secured Romanian George Enescu’s place on the music map. Principal Guest Conductor Pekka Kuusisto leads the orchestra.

Farrenc: Symphony No. 3

Enjoy Louise Farrenc's third symphony that carries, among other things, one of the most magnificent finales in the orchestral repertoire.

“I have to ask, is it difficult?”

In a close and inspiring interview, Anders Hillborg and Eldbjørg Hemsing talk about how a concert develops like a puzzle without a finished form.

Beethoven: Symphony No 6 “Pastoral”

In Beethoven’s lush Pastoral Symphony, we experience the thunderstorms, streams and birds, and finally the calm after the storm. Conductor Dinis Sousa leads the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. 

“It was something he felt very deeply”

Enjoy an exciting interview with conductor Dinis Sousa who talks about one of Beethoven's most famous works, the Pastoral Symphony.

Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes

Join us on a dramatic journey in Benjamin Britten’s opera Peter Grimes together with conductor Dinis Sousa and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.

“You feel death lurking around the corner”

Hear conductor Dinis Sousa talk about his thoughts behind Britten's Four Seas Interlude from Peter Grimes