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Hillborg: The Sax Concerto
Enjoy the Season opening from September 2026. We are thrown into the magical world of composer Anders Hillborg, together with Theo Hillborg. Pekka Kuusisto is conducting.
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Mahler: Symphony No 1
From the season opening with Pekka Kuusisto. The evening ends with Mahler's powerful First Symphony.
Hillborg: The Sax Concerto
From the season opening with Pekka Kuusisto and Theo Hillborg. We were thrown into the magical sound world of Swedish composer Anders Hillborg.
Moberg: Orchestral Suite – Sunrise
From the season opening with Pekka Kuusisto. The evening began with the first part of the orchestral suite by Finnish-Swedish composer Ida Moberg.
“A joy to be part of this journey”
Pekka Kuusisto on cooperating with composer Anders Hillborg on the new sax concerto.
“Moberg’s music is like a hug”
Sunrise, movement and rest - all emotions are contained in Finnish Ida Moberg's orchestral suite. Pekka Kuusisto leads us through a musical masterpiece.
Francesca Tandoi Trio
Italian pianist Francesca Tandoi heads up her own trio and has the entire world at her feet. Join us for an evening of memorable jazz songs in thought-provoking arrangements.
Scriabin: Poème de l’Extase
Hear dazzling music by Alexander Scriabin. Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the orchestra.
Salonen: Sinfonia concertante
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts his own composition, Sinfonia Concertante – a concerto for organ and orchestra.
Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the orchestra through Wagner's Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde.
“It’s a physical experience”
Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen about his Sinfonia Concertante.
Hillborg: The Sax Concerto
From the season opening with Pekka Kuusisto and Theo Hillborg. We were thrown into the magical sound world of Swedish composer Anders Hillborg.
Moberg: Orchestral Suite – Sunrise
From the season opening with Pekka Kuusisto. The evening began with the first part of the orchestral suite by Finnish-Swedish composer Ida Moberg.
“A joy to be part of this journey”
Pekka Kuusisto on cooperating with composer Anders Hillborg on the new sax concerto.
“Moberg’s music is like a hug”
Sunrise, movement and rest - all emotions are contained in Finnish Ida Moberg's orchestral suite. Pekka Kuusisto leads us through a musical masterpiece.
Scriabin: Poème de l’Extase
Hear dazzling music by Alexander Scriabin. Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the orchestra.
Salonen: Sinfonia concertante
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts his own composition, Sinfonia Concertante – a concerto for organ and orchestra.
Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the orchestra through Wagner's Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde.
“It’s a physical experience”
Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen about his Sinfonia Concertante.
“The most monumental climax in the repertoire”
Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen talks about Scriabin's powerful Le Poème de l'Extase.
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
With soft melodies and technical challenges, this Violin Concerto by Max Bruch is beloved, Nikolaj Znaider, conducts and performs the solo.
Elgar: Enigma Variations
Elgar’s infinitely beautiful Enigma Variations with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in all its splendour.
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel
Richard Strauss’s symphonic poem is one of the great masterpieces of the orchestral repertoire.
“Elgar and Strauss go extremely well together”
Nikolaj Znaider tells us why he believes Strauss's Till Eulenspiegel and Elgar's Enigma Variations go so well together in the same concert program.
We call it to “make” music
It's been 28 years since star conductor Nikolaj Znaider first played with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Hear him talk about the collaboration and Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1.
Hillborg: Violin concerto no 2
Anders Hillborg’s second Violin Concerto from 2016 contains a mysterious sound, resembling the sound of birds. Experience the charismatic Norwegian violin soloist Eldbjørg Hemsing.
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.
Copland: Dance Symphony
Copland, called “the father of American music,” has had an enormous influence on film music, not least his way of balancing the grand with the intimate.
Beethoven: Symphony No 4
On the Season opening of 2025, Beethoven's beautiful piece was performed - lean back and be enchanted by his fourth symphony.
Berlioz: Le Carnaval Romain
Principal Guest Conductor Barbara Hannigan opened the season of 2025-2026 with musical fireworks.
Rodgers: Carousel Waltz
Carousel was named the 20th century’s biggest musical by Time Magazine. The incredibly beautiful waltz in the introduction spans the entire emotional spectrum.
Barnes: At the Fair (arr Elliott and Hannigan)
Hear the classic I Stayed Too Long at the Fair in a totaly fresh arrangement by Barbara Hannigan and Bill Elliott, performed for the first time in Sweden.
“A joy to be part of this journey”
Pekka Kuusisto on cooperating with composer Anders Hillborg on the new sax concerto.
“Moberg’s music is like a hug”
Sunrise, movement and rest - all emotions are contained in Finnish Ida Moberg's orchestral suite. Pekka Kuusisto leads us through a musical masterpiece.
“It’s a physical experience”
Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen about his Sinfonia Concertante.
“The most monumental climax in the repertoire”
Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen talks about Scriabin's powerful Le Poème de l'Extase.
“Elgar and Strauss go extremely well together”
Nikolaj Znaider tells us why he believes Strauss's Till Eulenspiegel and Elgar's Enigma Variations go so well together in the same concert program.
We call it to “make” music
It's been 28 years since star conductor Nikolaj Znaider first played with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Hear him talk about the collaboration and Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1.
“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.
“I was a little scared before we started rehearsing”
Principal Guest Conductor Pekka Kuusisto talks about his relationship with Mikael Karlsson's music.
“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.
“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.
