Göteborgs Konserthus Spring Concert with Heyward & Hardenberger

Jonathon Heyward, the young music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, takes us on a dramatic journey with spring right around the corner. Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7 is called the Leningrad Symphony, and it vibrates with the pain from the occupation during World War II. The symphony is a moving experience requiring the collected resources of the entire orchestra.

But first, we hear light conquer darkness in the unique sound of a concerto for two trumpets. Composer Mark-Anthony Turnage’s trumpet concerto Dispelling the Fears is inspired by a painting in which a small window of light offers a way out of an otherwise shadowy setting. The orchestra is equipped with a rich flora of instrumentation: crotales, saxophones and Japanese temple bells are all heard here.

Soloists are the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra’s own solo trumpet player Per Ivarsson, in close harmony with international star Håkan Hardenberger. The press have called Hardenberger an “undisputed champion” of the trumpet, mentioned in the same breath as legends like Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie.

Conductor Jonathon Heyward is a star in the making. And he has an expressed mission: to play classical music that everyone can enjoy. He is the youngest music director of a large US symphony orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and a frequent guest conductor with Europe’s leading symphony orchestras.

Come closer

Have a seat in the Great Hall an hour before the concert and let the introduction open the door to the stories behind the works, facts about the composers and personal reflections. The introduction is included in your ticket, lasts about 30 minutes and has free seating in the hall.