Andris Nelsons back in Stockholm

Andris Nelsons returns to Stockholm and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra for a concert that is livestreamed world-wide tomorrow. 

– We are immensely proud and happy to welcome Andris back again. We have been looking forward to this moment for years. And along with him amazing Håkan, one of this orchestra’s most long-lasting artistic relationships, says Stefan Forsberg, Executive and Artistic Director of Konserthuset Stockholm and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.

The much sought-after Latvian conductor Andris Nelsons has conducted the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra only three times before, the last being the high-profiled Nobel Prize Concert in 2014. On that particular occasion, as well as now, the Swedish trumpet virtuoso Håkan Hardenberger was the soloist. 

The programme tomorrow Thursday at 12.15 features Weinberg’s Trumpet Concerto and Dvoráks Symphony No. 6. After the livestream, the concert will be available for 30 days (free of charge, no login required). 

Latvian conductor Andris Nelsons is the chief conductor of both Boston Symphony Orchestra and Leipzig Gewandhausorchester. Swedish Håkan Hardenberger is considered one of the foremost trumpet players in classical music. 

Polish-born Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s (1919–96) music has only after the passing of the composer been discovered properly in the western world. The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra performed a piece by Weinberg for the first time ever in a concert with Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla in Februari 2021. There's an enormous amount of music by this productive composer, for instance 26 symphonies and 17 string quartets. The trumpet concerto of 1967 is arguably one of his most substantial pieces among the concertos. 

Antonín Dvorák had an international breakthrough with the Symphony No 6, but was by then already an experienced symphonist, having arrived here in the sixth at a personal mix of influences. Symphony No 6 is, therefore, something of a key work in his symphonic output.

Livestream Thursday 15 April at 12.15 (and available 30 days after)