Beethoven: Symphony No 2

Hear an entire lifetime of work and passion shaped into music as two stars shine together: Beethoven in the score and Blomstedt on the podium.

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Gubaidulina: Pari e Dispari

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Schubert: Minuet in A Major

Experience a unique recording with pianist Christian Ihle Hadland in a rarely performed work by Schubert.

”I had never heard anything as beautiful”

Listen as Christian Ihle Hadland talks about how he discovered Schubert's Minuet in A Major.

Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra

Here, the orchestra has an opportunity to showcase the skills of all its soloists. Each movement is full of ingenuity and a rich offering of musical influences from an entire life.

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2

Longing and romance are present in Rachmaninoff’s second piano concerto. This piece is known to history for its moving melodies and virtuosic playing.

Smetana: Haakon Jarl

Smetana's Haakon Jarl offers drama from the first note. Dark themes reflect Haakon's ruthless rule, while bright melodies depict the budding faith in a new era.

“It’s the sound that fascinates me. And the surprises.”

Herbert Blomstedt talks to the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra's CEO Anna-Karin Larsson about what makes Beethoven so special:

Beethoven: Symphony No 7

This restless, rhythmic rondo is one of Beethovens most explosive creations. The esteemed conductor Herbert Blomstedt leads the orchestra.

Beethoven: Symphony No 2

Hear an entire lifetime of work and passion shaped into music as two stars shine together: Beethoven in the score and Blomstedt on the podium.

Prokofiev: Death of Tybalt from Romeo & Juliet

Hear Death of Tybalt from Romeo and Juliet. Pekka Kuusisto conducts in a recording from January 2023. 

Chief Conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali

Gubaidulina: Pari e Dispari

In Pari e Dispari, we carefully step into the enchanted world of Gubaidulina, where living rhythms and exotic sounds pass by so close you can almost touch them.

Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra

Here, the orchestra has an opportunity to showcase the skills of all its soloists. Each movement is full of ingenuity and a rich offering of musical influences from an entire life.

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2

Longing and romance are present in Rachmaninoff’s second piano concerto. This piece is known to history for its moving melodies and virtuosic playing.

Smetana: Haakon Jarl

Smetana's Haakon Jarl offers drama from the first note. Dark themes reflect Haakon's ruthless rule, while bright melodies depict the budding faith in a new era.

Polar Prize winner Barbara Hannigan

Gershwin: ”Bess, You Is My Woman Now” from Porgy and Bess

Enjoy one of the well-known hits from Gershwin's drama Porgy and Bess. With Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor Barbara Hannigan.

Roussel: Spider’s Feast

Let yourself be tickled by drama when the Gothenburg Symphony breaks loose in Spider’s Feast. The work was written by Albert Roussel over 100 years ago.

Beethoven

“It’s the sound that fascinates me. And the surprises.”

Herbert Blomstedt talks to the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra's CEO Anna-Karin Larsson about what makes Beethoven so special:

Beethoven: Symphony No 7

This restless, rhythmic rondo is one of Beethovens most explosive creations. The esteemed conductor Herbert Blomstedt leads the orchestra.

Beethoven: Symphony No 2

Hear an entire lifetime of work and passion shaped into music as two stars shine together: Beethoven in the score and Blomstedt on the podium.

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Beethoven: Symphony No 7

This restless, rhythmic rondo is one of Beethovens most explosive creations. The esteemed conductor Herbert Blomstedt leads the orchestra.

Holst: Mars from The Planets

Enjoy "March" - a piece from Gustav Holst’s colorful suite The Planets - a musical adventure and one of the world’s most beloved symphonic works.

Mahler: Finale from Symphony No. 2

Conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada leads the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in the powerful final part of movement 5 in Mahler’s Symhony No. 2,

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4, Andantino

Enjoy the second movement of the Fourth Symphony  - where the pain cannot be ignored.

Elgar: From Enigma Variations, “Nimrod” 

Enjoy the beautiful piece Nimrod from Elgar's Enigma Variations.

Interviews & features

”I had never heard anything as beautiful”

Listen as Christian Ihle Hadland talks about how he discovered Schubert's Minuet in A Major.

“It’s the sound that fascinates me. And the surprises.”

Herbert Blomstedt talks to the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra's CEO Anna-Karin Larsson about what makes Beethoven so special:

“Music can give you comfort”

Watch the interview with Lisa Streich where she talks about the thoughts behind the piece Ice heart, which was performed in February 2025.

“Don’t let your life pass without hearing Mahler’s Second Symphony”

Listen to conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada describe his first encounter with Mahler's Symphony No. 2 and how the work  evokes greater thoughts about life and death.

“It’s my life partner”

Hear our Artist in Residence Ava Bahari talk about her new violin, the unique Stradivarius Ovcharov from 1694.

Discover the glass harmonica with Philipp Marguerre

Have you ever wondered what a glass harmonica sounds like and how it works? Now is your chance to learn.

A tribute to Maestro Blomstedt

It was at the Concert Hall in Gothenburg that everything once started - when a young Herbert discovered the wonderful world of classical music!