Early Summer Concert
The Royal Swedish Orchestra & Chorus under the direction of Alan Gilbert
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DATE:June 14
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STAGE:Main stage
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RUNNING TIME:approx. 1 hr 50 mins incl. interval
The season concludes with a magnificent concert on the Royal Swedish Opera main stage with the Royal Swedish Orchestra Opera Chorus performing Brahms and Boulanger, conducted by Music Director and Royal Court Kapellmeister Alan Gilbert.
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) worked on his first symphony for over 20 years before it was first performed in 1876. It was an instant success and earned the nickname »Beethoven's Tenth Symphony«, as Brahms so clearly shouldered the role of the great German symphonist after Beethoven and his nine symphonies.
Brahms, who never composed an opera or a ballet, is very rarely performed at the Royal Swedish Opera’s main stage. But his music has been used in several ballets, such as Mats Ek's Rättika, Roy Assaf's Ballader and Amir Chamdin and Pär Isberg's Gustavia. The concert also includes Brahms’ Schicksalslied, in which the Royal Swedish Opera Chorus joins the orchestra on stage, as well as the orchestral piece D’un matin de printemps by French composer Lili Boulanger (1893–1918).
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