KLAUS MÄKELÄ AND OSLO PHILARMONIC 24/25 SEASON. AND "SECESSION", EXHIBITION, WIEN MUSEUM.

 

Apr 27, 2024

THE OSLO PHILHARMONIC ANNOUNCES 24/25 SEASON

The Oslo Philharmonic and Klaus Mäkelä commence their 5th season with a special concert in August, celebrating the release of their first recording in a new Shostakovich series for Decca Classics, featuring symphonies nos, 4, 5 and 6.

The music of Shostakovich has been core to Mäkelä and the Oslo Philharmonic’s programming from the start of their relationship and they first performed Symphony no. 5 in November 2019. Following numerous performances over the intervening years, they return to the work this summer for concerts at home (14 August), at the Salzburg Festival (21 August) and Musikfest Berlin (1 September).

Shostakovich continues as a main composer focus in the new season with performances of symphonies nos. 1, 11 and 15, and the music of Bartók threads through the autumn, with Divertimento and Concerto for Orchestra, which the orchestra also perform at the Vienna Musikverein and Elbphilharmonie (their 4th Hamburg residency to date).

Kaija Saariaho is a composer whose music has also featured regualrly in Mäkelä and the Oslo Philharmonic’s programming and this season they perform both Orion and Vista, which the orchestra co-commissioned and first performed in 2022.

Additional  season highlights include Andrew Norman’s Play, which features in the official season opening alongside Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 with soloist Leif Ove Andsnes (28 and 29 August); Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto with Vilde Frang coupled with Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 (23 and 24 October); and Anders Hillborg’s new Piano Concerto “MAX” with soloist Emanuel Ax which is followed by Sibelius’ Lemminkäinen Suite (13 and 14 March).

SEASON PROGRAMME WITH KLAUS MÄKELÄ AT THE OSLO KONSERTHUS

AUGUST 14
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cantus arcticus
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5

AUGUST 28 & 29
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5
Andrew Norman: Play 
Soloist: Leif Ove Andsnes

SEPTEMBER 26 & 27
Béla Bartók: Divertimento
Benjamin Britten: Cello Symphony
Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Soloist: Gautier Capuçon

OCTOBER 23 & 24
George Enescu: Rumanian Rhapsody No. 1 
Igor Stravinsky: Violin Concerto
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Soloist: Vilde Frang

OCTOBER 25
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5
Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Soloist: Leif Ove Andsnes

NOVEMBER 28 & 29
Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3
Thomas Adès: Asyla
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4

JANUARY 16 & 17
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15

FEBRUARY 06 & 07
Kaija Saariaho: Orion
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem
Soloists: Sandrine Piau (soprano), Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), Laurence Kilsby (tenor), Benjamin Appl (baritone)

FEBRUARY 12 & 13
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11

MARCH 13 & 14
Anders Hillborg: Piano Concerto No. 2 “The MAX Concerto”
Jean Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite
Soloist: Emanuel Ax

MAY 22 & 23
Claude Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune 
Claude Debussy: Jeux
Christian Sinding: Danse Orientale
Edvard Grieg: March of the Trolls
Igor Stravinksy: Firebird

UPCOMING TOUR DATES & PROGRAMMES IN 2024

JUNE 3                      AMSTERDAM CONCERTGEBOUW
JUNE 4                      PARIS PHILHARMONIE
JUNE 6                      VIENNA KONZERTHAUS
JUNE 9                      LUDWIGSBURG FORUM AM SCHLOSSPARK
Johannes Brahms: Double Concerto for violin and cello
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Soloists: Daniel Lozakovich (violin), Klaus Mäkelä (cello)

JUNE 7                      VIENNA KONZERTHAUS
Carl Maria von Weber: Overture from Oberon 
Jean Sibelius: Tapiola
Alexander Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau 

AUGUST 21              SALZBURG FESTIVAL
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
Soloist: Lisa Batishiavili

SEPTEMBER 1        MUSIKFEST BERLIN
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cantus arcticus
Kaija Saariaho: Vista
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5

OCTOBER 27          BRUSSELS BOZAR
George Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
Igor Stravinsky: Violin concerto 
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Soloist: Vilde Frang

OCTOBER 29          STUTTGART LIEDERHALLE
Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

OCTOBER 30          VIENNA MUSIKVEREIN
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5
Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Soloist: Leif Ove Andsnes
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Late night chamber music concert featuring soloists from the Oslo Philharmonic, Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) and Klaus Mäkelä cello)

NOVEMBER 1          HAMBURG ELBPHILHARMONIE
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5
Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Soloist: Leif Ove Andsnes

NOVEMBER 2          HAMBURG ELBPHILHARMONIE
George Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
Igor Stravinsky: Violin concerto 
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Soloist: Vilde Frang

NOVEMBER 3          DORTMUND KONZERTHAUS
George Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
Igor Stravinsky: Violin concerto 
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Soloist: Vilde Frang

AND...

"SECESSION" EXHIBITION. THE WIEN MUSEUM

The Wien Museum, in cooperation with the Alte Nationalgalerie (Old National Gallery) in Berlin, presents an exhibition about the secessionist movements in Munich, Vienna, and Berlin at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Following its appearance in 2023 at the Old National Gallery in Berlin, the exhibition will be shown at the newly reopened Wien Museum at Karlsplatz starting on May 23, 2024.

The term "secession" relates to an important chapter in art history — at the dawn of modernism — and is directly associated with Gustav Klimt in Vienna, Franz von Stuck in Munich, and Max Liebermann in Berlin.

The establishment of secessions in many European countries in the late 19th century symbolized a break from the prevailing artistic institutions. 

Rejecting the traditional structures of public subsidies and systems of exhibitions whose juries imposed the criteria of traditional art academies, secessionist artists strived for freedom. 

Their objective was vibrancy and a diverse form of artistic expression with an international orientation — a precondition for the emergence of artistic modernism.

The exhibition focuses on the overarching nature of these new ideas in Munich, Vienna, and Berlin. 

They transformed a formerly academic system into an artist-driven scene, characterized by new exhibition formats and novel locations. The changes also resulted in a new relationship between artists, collectors, dealers, and critics.

The exhibition thus combines modern masterpieces with a new account of Central European modernism at the intersection of local specificity and international significance.

An exhibition of the Wien Museum and the Alte Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. With the support of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien

Curators Ursula Storch (Wien) and Ralph Gleis (Berlin)

Exhibition Architecture Christian Sturminger

Graphics Büro Perndl

https://www.wienmuseum.at/secessions_klimt_stuck_liebermann

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