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In the second of pioneer Elfrida Andrée’s three-movement organ symphonies, we encounter a soloist who serves as the work’s sonic, symphonic hub rather than as a traditional counterpart to an orchestra—in this instance, an ensemble consisting entirely of brass instruments. The symphony emerges from the organ; it does not take the form of an interplay between soloist and winds. Instead, Andrée treats both as blocks of sound that are successively layered or stripped away in various strata. The organ becomes, in effect, the harmonic glue around which the music is organized. Andrée’s aesthetic bears the stamp of the National Romantic legacy, yet it is strikingly international, aligning itself with the prevailing Romantic music of Central Europe. A distinctive feature is the way dynamics shape the work’s structure; musical climaxes often emerge through gradual changes in organ registration rather than through the harmonic development of thematic material. In this process, we also become aware of Elfrida Andrée the organist: how her relationship with the instrument is audible in the work—the movement of her hands pulling drawstops, her feet pressing pedals, and her fingers shifting between manuals. We hear how she conjures up sonic spaces as organ pipes successively reveal themselves to our listening ears.

1. Montague and Capulet 2. Death of Tybalt 3. Romeo at the tomb of Juliet

The Gothenburg Symphony was formed in 1905 and today consists of 109 musicians. The orchestra's base is Gothenburg Concert Hall at Götaplatsen that has gathered music lovers since 1935. Since the 2019-2020 season, Barbara Hannigan is Principal guest conductor. We are also a proud partner of Barbara Hannigan's Equilibrium mentoring program focusing on young singers at the start of their careers. The title Principal Guest Conductor is shared by Pekka Kuusisto from 2025. Wilhelm Stenhammar was the orchestra's chief conductor from 1907 to 1922. He gave the orchestra a strong Nordic profile and invited colleagues Carl Nielsen and Jean Sibelius to the orchestra. Under the direction of conductor Neeme Järvi from 1982-2004, the orchestra made a series of international tours as well as a hundred disc recordings and established themselves among Europe's leading orchestras. In 1996, the Swedish Riksdag appointed the Gothenburg Symphony as Sweden's National Orchestra. In recent decades, the orchestra has had prominent chief conductors such as Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Mario Venzago and Gustavo Dudamel, following Kent Nagano as Principal Guest conductor. Anna-Karin Larsson is CEO and artistic director, Gustavo Dudamel honorary conductor and Neeme Järvi chief conductor emeritus. The orchestra's owner is the Västra Götaland Region. The Gothenburg Symphony works regularly with conductors such as Herbert Blomstedt, Joana Carneiro, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Christian Zacharias and Anja Bihlmaier.

Emilia Hoving has emerged as one of the most exciting young Finnish conductors today. In 2025/26, Hoving begins her three-year tenure as Associate Conductor with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, she makes her debut with the Bamberg Symphony and with the Hallé Orchestra, and returns to conduct the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony, Malmo Symphony, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. In 2025 she also made her mainstage opera debut, conducting Opera North in several performances of The Magic Flute. Emilia Hoving conducted the final concert at Side by Side in 2025 and 2024 and the school concert Bubblor at the Gothenburg Symphony in 2023. In the summer of 2022, she made her Tokyo debut at Suntory Hall as conductor of the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony and her UK debut at the Philharmonia, where she has now become a regular guest. Hoving has conducted many works by living (especially Finnish) composers and gave the Australian premiere of Missy Mazzoli's Procession at the Adelaide Festival. Hoving studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki with Sakari Oramo, Atso Almila and Jorma Panula. She received the Finnish Critics' Prize in 2021 as best newcomer and was an assistant to Hannu Lintu at Finnish Radio (2019) and to Mikko Franck at Radio France (2020-22).

Marjolein Vermeeren successfully made her professional conducting debut with the Gothenburg Wind Orchestra in 2022. She has worked as a guest conductor with several professional orchestras since then, such as Östgötamusiken, Gotlands Musikstiftelse, Marinens Musikkår and Norrköpings Symphony Orchestra. In the 2025-2026 season, she will return to the Gothenburg Wind Orchestra, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Marjolein Vermeeren is also a flutist in the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. She grew up in the southern Netherlands, where wind music is of great importance, and has worked with youth orchestras and participated for several years at the Side by Side music camp as a conductor and instructor for the oldest participants. Vermeeren is educated at the Tilburg Academy of Music, the Netherlands, and has studied flute at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She has also continued her conducting education by studying with Glenn Mossop in Stockholm.

Birgitta Mannerström-Molin is a choir conductor and singing teacher. She also teaches at the University of Stage and Music in Gothenburg and is involved as a course instructor and choir conductor at national level. She has also been involved in the development of El Sistema in Sweden and is the conductor and artistic advisor for Side by Side by El Sistema, which is performed every year by the Gothenburg Symphony. In 2016, Birgitta Mannerström-Molin was appointed Children's and Youth Choir leader of the Year. She is also a teacher at Hvitfeldtska Musikgymnasiet and project leader for young people at Sweden's Church Song Association.

The choir was founded in 1917 by cousins Elsa and Wilhelm Stenhammar. Elsa Stenhammar was one of the driving forces in turn-of-the-century choir life in Gothenburg and became the choir's first rehearser. On December 8, 1917, the choir debuted in Beethoven's Choir Fantasy with Wilhelm Stenhammar as soloist at the grand piano. As the country's oldest symphonic choir, they were able to celebrate their 100th anniversary in 2017 with a big celebratory concert where Mozart and Brahms as well as Stenhammar, Elfrida Andrée and Björn & Benny were on the program. The Gothenburg Symphony Choir is a non-profit association that is linked to the Gothenburg Symphony. The choir participates in concerts and performances under both the orchestra's and its own auspices. The music is mixed and the repertoire extensive. The Gothenburg Symphony Choir has participated in concerts in, among other places, the Royal Albert Hall and Canterbury Cathedral in England, as well as participated with the Gothenburg Symphony in the annual music festival in the Canary Islands and on a tour to China.

The Gothenburg Symphony was formed in 1905 and today consists of 109 musicians. The orchestra's base is Gothenburg Concert Hall at Götaplatsen that has gathered music lovers since 1935. Since the 2019-2020 season, Barbara Hannigan is Principal guest conductor. We are also a proud partner of Barbara Hannigan's Equilibrium mentoring program focusing on young singers at the start of their careers. The title Principal Guest Conductor is shared by Pekka Kuusisto from 2025. Wilhelm Stenhammar was the orchestra's chief conductor from 1907 to 1922. He gave the orchestra a strong Nordic profile and invited colleagues Carl Nielsen and Jean Sibelius to the orchestra. Under the direction of conductor Neeme Järvi from 1982-2004, the orchestra made a series of international tours as well as a hundred disc recordings and established themselves among Europe's leading orchestras. In 1996, the Swedish Riksdag appointed the Gothenburg Symphony as Sweden's National Orchestra. In recent decades, the orchestra has had prominent chief conductors such as Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Mario Venzago and Gustavo Dudamel, following Kent Nagano as Principal Guest conductor. Anna-Karin Larsson is CEO and artistic director, Gustavo Dudamel honorary conductor and Neeme Järvi chief conductor emeritus. The orchestra's owner is the Västra Götaland Region. The Gothenburg Symphony works regularly with conductors such as Herbert Blomstedt, Joana Carneiro, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Christian Zacharias and Anja Bihlmaier.

Marjolein Vermeeren successfully made her professional conducting debut with the Gothenburg Wind Orchestra in 2022. She has worked as a guest conductor with several professional orchestras since then, such as Östgötamusiken, Gotlands Musikstiftelse, Marinens Musikkår and Norrköpings Symphony Orchestra. In the 2025-2026 season, she will return to the Gothenburg Wind Orchestra, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Marjolein Vermeeren is also a flutist in the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. She grew up in the southern Netherlands, where wind music is of great importance, and has worked with youth orchestras and participated for several years at the Side by Side music camp as a conductor and instructor for the oldest participants. Vermeeren is educated at the Tilburg Academy of Music, the Netherlands, and has studied flute at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She has also continued her conducting education by studying with Glenn Mossop in Stockholm.

The Gothenburg Symphony was formed in 1905 and today consists of 109 musicians. The orchestra's base is Gothenburg Concert Hall at Götaplatsen that has gathered music lovers since 1935. Since the 2019-2020 season, Barbara Hannigan is Principal guest conductor. We are also a proud partner of Barbara Hannigan's Equilibrium mentoring program focusing on young singers at the start of their careers. The title Principal Guest Conductor is shared by Pekka Kuusisto from 2025. Wilhelm Stenhammar was the orchestra's chief conductor from 1907 to 1922. He gave the orchestra a strong Nordic profile and invited colleagues Carl Nielsen and Jean Sibelius to the orchestra. Under the direction of conductor Neeme Järvi from 1982-2004, the orchestra made a series of international tours as well as a hundred disc recordings and established themselves among Europe's leading orchestras. In 1996, the Swedish Riksdag appointed the Gothenburg Symphony as Sweden's National Orchestra. In recent decades, the orchestra has had prominent chief conductors such as Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Mario Venzago and Gustavo Dudamel, following Kent Nagano as Principal Guest conductor. Anna-Karin Larsson is CEO and artistic director, Gustavo Dudamel honorary conductor and Neeme Järvi chief conductor emeritus. The orchestra's owner is the Västra Götaland Region. The Gothenburg Symphony works regularly with conductors such as Herbert Blomstedt, Joana Carneiro, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Christian Zacharias and Anja Bihlmaier.

Marjolein Vermeeren successfully made her professional conducting debut with the Gothenburg Wind Orchestra in 2022. She has worked as a guest conductor with several professional orchestras since then, such as Östgötamusiken, Gotlands Musikstiftelse, Marinens Musikkår and Norrköpings Symphony Orchestra. In the 2025-2026 season, she will return to the Gothenburg Wind Orchestra, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Marjolein Vermeeren is also a flutist in the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. She grew up in the southern Netherlands, where wind music is of great importance, and has worked with youth orchestras and participated for several years at the Side by Side music camp as a conductor and instructor for the oldest participants. Vermeeren is educated at the Tilburg Academy of Music, the Netherlands, and has studied flute at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She has also continued her conducting education by studying with Glenn Mossop in Stockholm.

The Gothenburg Symphony was formed in 1905 and today consists of 109 musicians. The orchestra's base is Gothenburg Concert Hall at Götaplatsen that has gathered music lovers since 1935. Since the 2019-2020 season, Barbara Hannigan is Principal guest conductor. We are also a proud partner of Barbara Hannigan's Equilibrium mentoring program focusing on young singers at the start of their careers. The title Principal Guest Conductor is shared by Pekka Kuusisto from 2025. Wilhelm Stenhammar was the orchestra's chief conductor from 1907 to 1922. He gave the orchestra a strong Nordic profile and invited colleagues Carl Nielsen and Jean Sibelius to the orchestra. Under the direction of conductor Neeme Järvi from 1982-2004, the orchestra made a series of international tours as well as a hundred disc recordings and established themselves among Europe's leading orchestras. In 1996, the Swedish Riksdag appointed the Gothenburg Symphony as Sweden's National Orchestra. In recent decades, the orchestra has had prominent chief conductors such as Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Mario Venzago and Gustavo Dudamel, following Kent Nagano as Principal Guest conductor. Anna-Karin Larsson is CEO and artistic director, Gustavo Dudamel honorary conductor and Neeme Järvi chief conductor emeritus. The orchestra's owner is the Västra Götaland Region. The Gothenburg Symphony works regularly with conductors such as Herbert Blomstedt, Joana Carneiro, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Christian Zacharias and Anja Bihlmaier.

Marjolein Vermeeren successfully made her professional conducting debut with the Gothenburg Wind Orchestra in 2022. She has worked as a guest conductor with several professional orchestras since then, such as Östgötamusiken, Gotlands Musikstiftelse, Marinens Musikkår and Norrköpings Symphony Orchestra. In the 2025-2026 season, she will return to the Gothenburg Wind Orchestra, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Marjolein Vermeeren is also a flutist in the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. She grew up in the southern Netherlands, where wind music is of great importance, and has worked with youth orchestras and participated for several years at the Side by Side music camp as a conductor and instructor for the oldest participants. Vermeeren is educated at the Tilburg Academy of Music, the Netherlands, and has studied flute at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She has also continued her conducting education by studying with Glenn Mossop in Stockholm.

The Gothenburg Symphony was formed in 1905 and today consists of 109 musicians. The orchestra's base is Gothenburg Concert Hall at Götaplatsen that has gathered music lovers since 1935. Since the 2019-2020 season, Barbara Hannigan is Principal guest conductor. We are also a proud partner of Barbara Hannigan's Equilibrium mentoring program focusing on young singers at the start of their careers. The title Principal Guest Conductor is shared by Pekka Kuusisto from 2025. Wilhelm Stenhammar was the orchestra's chief conductor from 1907 to 1922. He gave the orchestra a strong Nordic profile and invited colleagues Carl Nielsen and Jean Sibelius to the orchestra. Under the direction of conductor Neeme Järvi from 1982-2004, the orchestra made a series of international tours as well as a hundred disc recordings and established themselves among Europe's leading orchestras. In 1996, the Swedish Riksdag appointed the Gothenburg Symphony as Sweden's National Orchestra. In recent decades, the orchestra has had prominent chief conductors such as Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Mario Venzago and Gustavo Dudamel, following Kent Nagano as Principal Guest conductor. Anna-Karin Larsson is CEO and artistic director, Gustavo Dudamel honorary conductor and Neeme Järvi chief conductor emeritus. The orchestra's owner is the Västra Götaland Region. The Gothenburg Symphony works regularly with conductors such as Herbert Blomstedt, Joana Carneiro, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Christian Zacharias and Anja Bihlmaier.

Marjolein Vermeeren successfully made her professional conducting debut with the Gothenburg Wind Orchestra in 2022. She has worked as a guest conductor with several professional orchestras since then, such as Östgötamusiken, Gotlands Musikstiftelse, Marinens Musikkår and Norrköpings Symphony Orchestra. In the 2025-2026 season, she will return to the Gothenburg Wind Orchestra, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Marjolein Vermeeren is also a flutist in the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. She grew up in the southern Netherlands, where wind music is of great importance, and has worked with youth orchestras and participated for several years at the Side by Side music camp as a conductor and instructor for the oldest participants. Vermeeren is educated at the Tilburg Academy of Music, the Netherlands, and has studied flute at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She has also continued her conducting education by studying with Glenn Mossop in Stockholm.

The Gothenburg Symphony was formed in 1905 and today consists of 109 musicians. The orchestra's base is Gothenburg Concert Hall at Götaplatsen that has gathered music lovers since 1935. Since the 2019-2020 season, Barbara Hannigan is Principal guest conductor. We are also a proud partner of Barbara Hannigan's Equilibrium mentoring program focusing on young singers at the start of their careers. The title Principal Guest Conductor is shared by Pekka Kuusisto from 2025. Wilhelm Stenhammar was the orchestra's chief conductor from 1907 to 1922. He gave the orchestra a strong Nordic profile and invited colleagues Carl Nielsen and Jean Sibelius to the orchestra. Under the direction of conductor Neeme Järvi from 1982-2004, the orchestra made a series of international tours as well as a hundred disc recordings and established themselves among Europe's leading orchestras. In 1996, the Swedish Riksdag appointed the Gothenburg Symphony as Sweden's National Orchestra. In recent decades, the orchestra has had prominent chief conductors such as Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Mario Venzago and Gustavo Dudamel, following Kent Nagano as Principal Guest conductor. Anna-Karin Larsson is CEO and artistic director, Gustavo Dudamel honorary conductor and Neeme Järvi chief conductor emeritus. The orchestra's owner is the Västra Götaland Region. The Gothenburg Symphony works regularly with conductors such as Herbert Blomstedt, Joana Carneiro, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Christian Zacharias and Anja Bihlmaier.

Marjolein Vermeeren successfully made her professional conducting debut with the Gothenburg Wind Orchestra in 2022. She has worked as a guest conductor with several professional orchestras since then, such as Östgötamusiken, Gotlands Musikstiftelse, Marinens Musikkår and Norrköpings Symphony Orchestra. In the 2025-2026 season, she will return to the Gothenburg Wind Orchestra, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Marjolein Vermeeren is also a flutist in the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. She grew up in the southern Netherlands, where wind music is of great importance, and has worked with youth orchestras and participated for several years at the Side by Side music camp as a conductor and instructor for the oldest participants. Vermeeren is educated at the Tilburg Academy of Music, the Netherlands, and has studied flute at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She has also continued her conducting education by studying with Glenn Mossop in Stockholm.

The Gothenburg Symphony was formed in 1905 and today consists of 109 musicians. The orchestra's base is Gothenburg Concert Hall at Götaplatsen that has gathered music lovers since 1935. Since the 2019-2020 season, Barbara Hannigan is Principal guest conductor. We are also a proud partner of Barbara Hannigan's Equilibrium mentoring program focusing on young singers at the start of their careers. The title Principal Guest Conductor is shared by Pekka Kuusisto from 2025. Wilhelm Stenhammar was the orchestra's chief conductor from 1907 to 1922. He gave the orchestra a strong Nordic profile and invited colleagues Carl Nielsen and Jean Sibelius to the orchestra. Under the direction of conductor Neeme Järvi from 1982-2004, the orchestra made a series of international tours as well as a hundred disc recordings and established themselves among Europe's leading orchestras. In 1996, the Swedish Riksdag appointed the Gothenburg Symphony as Sweden's National Orchestra. In recent decades, the orchestra has had prominent chief conductors such as Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Mario Venzago and Gustavo Dudamel, following Kent Nagano as Principal Guest conductor. Anna-Karin Larsson is CEO and artistic director, Gustavo Dudamel honorary conductor and Neeme Järvi chief conductor emeritus. The orchestra's owner is the Västra Götaland Region. The Gothenburg Symphony works regularly with conductors such as Herbert Blomstedt, Joana Carneiro, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Christian Zacharias and Anja Bihlmaier.

Marjolein Vermeeren successfully made her professional conducting debut with the Gothenburg Wind Orchestra in 2022. She has worked as a guest conductor with several professional orchestras since then, such as Östgötamusiken, Gotlands Musikstiftelse, Marinens Musikkår and Norrköpings Symphony Orchestra. In the 2025-2026 season, she will return to the Gothenburg Wind Orchestra, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Marjolein Vermeeren is also a flutist in the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. She grew up in the southern Netherlands, where wind music is of great importance, and has worked with youth orchestras and participated for several years at the Side by Side music camp as a conductor and instructor for the oldest participants. Vermeeren is educated at the Tilburg Academy of Music, the Netherlands, and has studied flute at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She has also continued her conducting education by studying with Glenn Mossop in Stockholm.

The Gothenburg Symphony was formed in 1905 and today consists of 109 musicians. The orchestra's base is Gothenburg Concert Hall at Götaplatsen that has gathered music lovers since 1935. Since the 2019-2020 season, Barbara Hannigan is Principal guest conductor. We are also a proud partner of Barbara Hannigan's Equilibrium mentoring program focusing on young singers at the start of their careers. The title Principal Guest Conductor is shared by Pekka Kuusisto from 2025. Wilhelm Stenhammar was the orchestra's chief conductor from 1907 to 1922. He gave the orchestra a strong Nordic profile and invited colleagues Carl Nielsen and Jean Sibelius to the orchestra. Under the direction of conductor Neeme Järvi from 1982-2004, the orchestra made a series of international tours as well as a hundred disc recordings and established themselves among Europe's leading orchestras. In 1996, the Swedish Riksdag appointed the Gothenburg Symphony as Sweden's National Orchestra. In recent decades, the orchestra has had prominent chief conductors such as Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Mario Venzago and Gustavo Dudamel, following Kent Nagano as Principal Guest conductor. Anna-Karin Larsson is CEO and artistic director, Gustavo Dudamel honorary conductor and Neeme Järvi chief conductor emeritus. The orchestra's owner is the Västra Götaland Region. The Gothenburg Symphony works regularly with conductors such as Herbert Blomstedt, Joana Carneiro, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Christian Zacharias and Anja Bihlmaier.

Marjolein Vermeeren successfully made her professional conducting debut with the Gothenburg Wind Orchestra in 2022. She has worked as a guest conductor with several professional orchestras since then, such as Östgötamusiken, Gotlands Musikstiftelse, Marinens Musikkår and Norrköpings Symphony Orchestra. In the 2025-2026 season, she will return to the Gothenburg Wind Orchestra, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Marjolein Vermeeren is also a flutist in the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. She grew up in the southern Netherlands, where wind music is of great importance, and has worked with youth orchestras and participated for several years at the Side by Side music camp as a conductor and instructor for the oldest participants. Vermeeren is educated at the Tilburg Academy of Music, the Netherlands, and has studied flute at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She has also continued her conducting education by studying with Glenn Mossop in Stockholm.

The Gothenburg Symphony was formed in 1905 and today consists of 109 musicians. The orchestra's base is Gothenburg Concert Hall at Götaplatsen that has gathered music lovers since 1935. Since the 2019-2020 season, Barbara Hannigan is Principal guest conductor. We are also a proud partner of Barbara Hannigan's Equilibrium mentoring program focusing on young singers at the start of their careers. The title Principal Guest Conductor is shared by Pekka Kuusisto from 2025. Wilhelm Stenhammar was the orchestra's chief conductor from 1907 to 1922. He gave the orchestra a strong Nordic profile and invited colleagues Carl Nielsen and Jean Sibelius to the orchestra. Under the direction of conductor Neeme Järvi from 1982-2004, the orchestra made a series of international tours as well as a hundred disc recordings and established themselves among Europe's leading orchestras. In 1996, the Swedish Riksdag appointed the Gothenburg Symphony as Sweden's National Orchestra. In recent decades, the orchestra has had prominent chief conductors such as Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Mario Venzago and Gustavo Dudamel, following Kent Nagano as Principal Guest conductor. Anna-Karin Larsson is CEO and artistic director, Gustavo Dudamel honorary conductor and Neeme Järvi chief conductor emeritus. The orchestra's owner is the Västra Götaland Region. The Gothenburg Symphony works regularly with conductors such as Herbert Blomstedt, Joana Carneiro, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Christian Zacharias and Anja Bihlmaier.

Marjolein Vermeeren successfully made her professional conducting debut with the Gothenburg Wind Orchestra in 2022. She has worked as a guest conductor with several professional orchestras since then, such as Östgötamusiken, Gotlands Musikstiftelse, Marinens Musikkår and Norrköpings Symphony Orchestra. In the 2025-2026 season, she will return to the Gothenburg Wind Orchestra, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Marjolein Vermeeren is also a flutist in the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. She grew up in the southern Netherlands, where wind music is of great importance, and has worked with youth orchestras and participated for several years at the Side by Side music camp as a conductor and instructor for the oldest participants. Vermeeren is educated at the Tilburg Academy of Music, the Netherlands, and has studied flute at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She has also continued her conducting education by studying with Glenn Mossop in Stockholm.

The Gothenburg Symphony was formed in 1905 and today consists of 109 musicians. The orchestra's base is Gothenburg Concert Hall at Götaplatsen that has gathered music lovers since 1935. Since the 2019-2020 season, Barbara Hannigan is Principal guest conductor. We are also a proud partner of Barbara Hannigan's Equilibrium mentoring program focusing on young singers at the start of their careers. The title Principal Guest Conductor is shared by Pekka Kuusisto from 2025. Wilhelm Stenhammar was the orchestra's chief conductor from 1907 to 1922. He gave the orchestra a strong Nordic profile and invited colleagues Carl Nielsen and Jean Sibelius to the orchestra. Under the direction of conductor Neeme Järvi from 1982-2004, the orchestra made a series of international tours as well as a hundred disc recordings and established themselves among Europe's leading orchestras. In 1996, the Swedish Riksdag appointed the Gothenburg Symphony as Sweden's National Orchestra. In recent decades, the orchestra has had prominent chief conductors such as Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Mario Venzago and Gustavo Dudamel, following Kent Nagano as Principal Guest conductor. Anna-Karin Larsson is CEO and artistic director, Gustavo Dudamel honorary conductor and Neeme Järvi chief conductor emeritus. The orchestra's owner is the Västra Götaland Region. The Gothenburg Symphony works regularly with conductors such as Herbert Blomstedt, Joana Carneiro, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Christian Zacharias and Anja Bihlmaier.

Marjolein Vermeeren successfully made her professional conducting debut with the Gothenburg Wind Orchestra in 2022. She has worked as a guest conductor with several professional orchestras since then, such as Östgötamusiken, Gotlands Musikstiftelse, Marinens Musikkår and Norrköpings Symphony Orchestra. In the 2025-2026 season, she will return to the Gothenburg Wind Orchestra, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Marjolein Vermeeren is also a flutist in the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. She grew up in the southern Netherlands, where wind music is of great importance, and has worked with youth orchestras and participated for several years at the Side by Side music camp as a conductor and instructor for the oldest participants. Vermeeren is educated at the Tilburg Academy of Music, the Netherlands, and has studied flute at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She has also continued her conducting education by studying with Glenn Mossop in Stockholm.

The Gothenburg Symphony was formed in 1905 and today consists of 109 musicians. The orchestra's base is Gothenburg Concert Hall at Götaplatsen that has gathered music lovers since 1935. Since the 2019-2020 season, Barbara Hannigan is Principal guest conductor. We are also a proud partner of Barbara Hannigan's Equilibrium mentoring program focusing on young singers at the start of their careers. The title Principal Guest Conductor is shared by Pekka Kuusisto from 2025. Wilhelm Stenhammar was the orchestra's chief conductor from 1907 to 1922. He gave the orchestra a strong Nordic profile and invited colleagues Carl Nielsen and Jean Sibelius to the orchestra. Under the direction of conductor Neeme Järvi from 1982-2004, the orchestra made a series of international tours as well as a hundred disc recordings and established themselves among Europe's leading orchestras. In 1996, the Swedish Riksdag appointed the Gothenburg Symphony as Sweden's National Orchestra. In recent decades, the orchestra has had prominent chief conductors such as Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Mario Venzago and Gustavo Dudamel, following Kent Nagano as Principal Guest conductor. Anna-Karin Larsson is CEO and artistic director, Gustavo Dudamel honorary conductor and Neeme Järvi chief conductor emeritus. The orchestra's owner is the Västra Götaland Region. The Gothenburg Symphony works regularly with conductors such as Herbert Blomstedt, Joana Carneiro, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Christian Zacharias and Anja Bihlmaier.

Marjolein Vermeeren successfully made her professional conducting debut with the Gothenburg Wind Orchestra in 2022. She has worked as a guest conductor with several professional orchestras since then, such as Östgötamusiken, Gotlands Musikstiftelse, Marinens Musikkår and Norrköpings Symphony Orchestra. In the 2025-2026 season, she will return to the Gothenburg Wind Orchestra, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Marjolein Vermeeren is also a flutist in the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. She grew up in the southern Netherlands, where wind music is of great importance, and has worked with youth orchestras and participated for several years at the Side by Side music camp as a conductor and instructor for the oldest participants. Vermeeren is educated at the Tilburg Academy of Music, the Netherlands, and has studied flute at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She has also continued her conducting education by studying with Glenn Mossop in Stockholm.

The Gothenburg Symphony was formed in 1905 and today consists of 109 musicians. The orchestra's base is Gothenburg Concert Hall at Götaplatsen that has gathered music lovers since 1935. Since the 2019-2020 season, Barbara Hannigan is Principal guest conductor. We are also a proud partner of Barbara Hannigan's Equilibrium mentoring program focusing on young singers at the start of their careers. The title Principal Guest Conductor is shared by Pekka Kuusisto from 2025. Wilhelm Stenhammar was the orchestra's chief conductor from 1907 to 1922. He gave the orchestra a strong Nordic profile and invited colleagues Carl Nielsen and Jean Sibelius to the orchestra. Under the direction of conductor Neeme Järvi from 1982-2004, the orchestra made a series of international tours as well as a hundred disc recordings and established themselves among Europe's leading orchestras. In 1996, the Swedish Riksdag appointed the Gothenburg Symphony as Sweden's National Orchestra. In recent decades, the orchestra has had prominent chief conductors such as Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Mario Venzago and Gustavo Dudamel, following Kent Nagano as Principal Guest conductor. Anna-Karin Larsson is CEO and artistic director, Gustavo Dudamel honorary conductor and Neeme Järvi chief conductor emeritus. The orchestra's owner is the Västra Götaland Region. The Gothenburg Symphony works regularly with conductors such as Herbert Blomstedt, Joana Carneiro, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Christian Zacharias and Anja Bihlmaier.

Santtu-Matias Rouvali was Chief Conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony in the years 2017-2025. Since 2021, he is Chief conductor of Philharmonia Orchestra and also honorary conductor of the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra back home in Finland. He collaborates with top-level orchestras and soloists across Europe, including the Münchner Philharmoniker, Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchester Philharmonique de Radio France, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. He also works with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic. International soloists with whom Rouvali plays are Bruce Liu, Lisa Batiashvili, Seong-Jin Cho, Nicola Benedetti, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Nemanja Radulovic, Stephen Hough, Augustin Hadelich, Nikolai Lugansky, Christian Tetzlaff, Gil Shaham, Baiba Skride, Ava Bahari and Arabella Steinbacher. During his long tenure with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Rouvali performed over 100 concerts in the Great Hall and made over 30 recordings and live concerts for the digital concert hall GSOplay. His collaboration with the orchestra included successful tours in the Nordic countries, Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as a six-volume Sibelius recording with the Alpha Classics label. The releases have been acclaimed with awards such as the Gramophone Editor's Choice award, Choc de Classica, the prestigious French Diapason d'Or 'Découverte', and the Radio Classiques 'TROPHÉE'. Santtu-Matias Rouvali also has an extensive record label with Philharmonia Records.

Cathrine Winnes is one of Norway’s most innovative conductors, working throughout the Nordic region. Her opera engagements include productions at the Norwegian National Opera & Ballet, the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen, and the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm. She has conducted several televised concerts with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. She has also conducted the Nordic Council Music Prize gala (broadcast via the EBU) and the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Highlights of the past season included Mozart’s *Don Giovanni* at the Danish National Opera, as well as two German orchestral debuts with the Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra and the Magdeburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Winnes is a dedicated communicator of music—on radio, television, and the concert stage. She served for seven years as artistic director of The Swedish Wind Ensemble, has been artistic director of Båstad Chamber Music Festival, and was part of the artistic leadership team for Risør Chamber Music Festival. She has been on the faculty of the Norwegian Academy of Music since 2008.

The Gothenburg Symphony was formed in 1905 and today consists of 109 musicians. The orchestra's base is Gothenburg Concert Hall at Götaplatsen that has gathered music lovers since 1935. Since the 2019-2020 season, Barbara Hannigan is Principal guest conductor. We are also a proud partner of Barbara Hannigan's Equilibrium mentoring program focusing on young singers at the start of their careers. The title Principal Guest Conductor is shared by Pekka Kuusisto from 2025. Wilhelm Stenhammar was the orchestra's chief conductor from 1907 to 1922. He gave the orchestra a strong Nordic profile and invited colleagues Carl Nielsen and Jean Sibelius to the orchestra. Under the direction of conductor Neeme Järvi from 1982-2004, the orchestra made a series of international tours as well as a hundred disc recordings and established themselves among Europe's leading orchestras. In 1996, the Swedish Riksdag appointed the Gothenburg Symphony as Sweden's National Orchestra. In recent decades, the orchestra has had prominent chief conductors such as Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Mario Venzago and Gustavo Dudamel, following Kent Nagano as Principal Guest conductor. Anna-Karin Larsson is CEO and artistic director, Gustavo Dudamel honorary conductor and Neeme Järvi chief conductor emeritus. The orchestra's owner is the Västra Götaland Region. The Gothenburg Symphony works regularly with conductors such as Herbert Blomstedt, Joana Carneiro, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Christian Zacharias and Anja Bihlmaier.

This Italian opera is about the girl Manon Lescaut who is deported from France to the United States in the late 18th century. A love drama with complications, and here we hear the symphonic intermezzo between the second and third act.

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) Flute Concerto Nielsen tailored the music to the intended musician, and since the flutist Holger Gilbert-Jespersen was a tasteful and elegant man with a Gallic temperament, his concert was bright and chamber-musical, but with unexpected outbursts. The music is characterized by vitality and good mood. In a typical Nielsen way, the music eventually finds its way to the right key. Originally it was in D major, but immediately after the premiere on 21 October 1926 at the Salle Gaveau in Paris, the composer reworked the concerto and had it end in E major. The flute has then been out on many tonal excursions and now seems to have difficulty finding home; by chance, the boozy bass trombone enters the game and happens to be right - and therefore also takes credit from the soloist. One readily agrees with the Swiss composer Arthur Honegger, who was present at the premiere of the concert: "It has small dimensions but is filled with beautiful combinations, such as the dialogues between flute and timpani or bassoon. It is piquant, flowing and not without humor."

The Gothenburg Symphony was formed in 1905 and today consists of 109 musicians. The orchestra's base is Gothenburg Concert Hall at Götaplatsen that has gathered music lovers since 1935. Since the 2019-2020 season, Barbara Hannigan is Principal guest conductor. We are also a proud partner of Barbara Hannigan's Equilibrium mentoring program focusing on young singers at the start of their careers. The title Principal Guest Conductor is shared by Pekka Kuusisto from 2025. Wilhelm Stenhammar was the orchestra's chief conductor from 1907 to 1922. He gave the orchestra a strong Nordic profile and invited colleagues Carl Nielsen and Jean Sibelius to the orchestra. Under the direction of conductor Neeme Järvi from 1982-2004, the orchestra made a series of international tours as well as a hundred disc recordings and established themselves among Europe's leading orchestras. In 1996, the Swedish Riksdag appointed the Gothenburg Symphony as Sweden's National Orchestra. In recent decades, the orchestra has had prominent chief conductors such as Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Mario Venzago and Gustavo Dudamel, following Kent Nagano as Principal Guest conductor. Anna-Karin Larsson is CEO and artistic director, Gustavo Dudamel honorary conductor and Neeme Järvi chief conductor emeritus. The orchestra's owner is the Västra Götaland Region. The Gothenburg Symphony works regularly with conductors such as Herbert Blomstedt, Joana Carneiro, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Christian Zacharias and Anja Bihlmaier.

Attire of the Rose Cavalier and Duet Ochs-Walzes Tenor Aria Breakfast scene Terzett Closing Duet Richard Strauss's opera Der Rosenkavalier (1910) is a tribute to an idealized Vienna, where 18th-century elegance meets late-Romantic waltzes with generous orchestral sound. The libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal is an exuberant tangle of love intrigues and confusions, reminiscent of Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro. We meet the young nobleman Octavian, lover of the elderly Marschallin. When he is commissioned to deliver a silver rose as an engagement gift to Sophie, who is to marry the buffoonish Baron Ochs, the two young people fall in love with each other. Plots and complications follow, but in the end the Marschallin lets her young lover go - with sadness, insight and dignity. The suite opens with the intense horns depicting the love meeting between the Marshallin and Octavian. We are led on to the famous scene where Octavian presents the silver rose to Sophie, shimmeringly embodied by harp, flute and celesta. Baron Ochs' clumsy intrusion breaks the mood and the waltzes begin, full of charm and comedy. Towards the end, the emotional climax of the opera is anticipated, where young love triumphs and the music finally culminates in the iconic Rosenkavalier Waltz – a glittering reflection of Vienna's golden age.

The famous intermezzo comes from the mini-opera Cavalleria rusticana (previously called “På Sicilien” in Swedish). It is a jealousy drama that takes place in a small Sicilian village on Easter Sunday. Pietro Mascagni won an opera competition with Cavalleria rusticana and it became his biggest hit. The rumor must have spread quickly, because the Swedish premiere was held at the Stockholm Opera the same year as the first performance, in December 1890.

The Gothenburg Symphony was formed in 1905 and today consists of 109 musicians. The orchestra's base is Gothenburg Concert Hall at Götaplatsen that has gathered music lovers since 1935. Since the 2019-2020 season, Barbara Hannigan is Principal guest conductor. We are also a proud partner of Barbara Hannigan's Equilibrium mentoring program focusing on young singers at the start of their careers. The title Principal Guest Conductor is shared by Pekka Kuusisto from 2025. Wilhelm Stenhammar was the orchestra's chief conductor from 1907 to 1922. He gave the orchestra a strong Nordic profile and invited colleagues Carl Nielsen and Jean Sibelius to the orchestra. Under the direction of conductor Neeme Järvi from 1982-2004, the orchestra made a series of international tours as well as a hundred disc recordings and established themselves among Europe's leading orchestras. In 1996, the Swedish Riksdag appointed the Gothenburg Symphony as Sweden's National Orchestra. In recent decades, the orchestra has had prominent chief conductors such as Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Mario Venzago and Gustavo Dudamel, following Kent Nagano as Principal Guest conductor. Anna-Karin Larsson is CEO and artistic director, Gustavo Dudamel honorary conductor and Neeme Järvi chief conductor emeritus. The orchestra's owner is the Västra Götaland Region. The Gothenburg Symphony works regularly with conductors such as Herbert Blomstedt, Joana Carneiro, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Christian Zacharias and Anja Bihlmaier.