Composer Mats Larsson Gothe has had significant success in recent years, including with the opera Löftet ("The Promise") at the Royal Swedish Opera. Already in 2016, he was the focus of Konserthuset’s Composer Weekend Festival. Here, we hear the world premiere of a new cello concerto, featuring internationally renowned Torleif Thedéen as the cello soloist. "The cello concerto for Torleif captures everything that a cello can convey: longing, dreams, pain, and melancholy – but also anger and resignation. I have used the full range of expression", Mats Larsson Gothe explains.

Stenhammar's second symphony

Stockholm City Hall

Join us at the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday, 3rd November 2024, at 3pm for an unforgettable concert experience as María Dueñas, the celebrated violinist and winner of the Menuhin Violin Competition in 2021, takes the stage to perform Sibelius's Violin Concerto. This concert promises to be a deeply expressive and personal journey through one of the violin repertoire's undisputed pinnacles, showcasing Dueñas's exceptional talent and the emotional depth of her performance that has captivated audiences worldwide.

Under the baton of conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali, the program will also feature the UK premiere of "Submarea" by Swedish composer Mats Larsson Gothe, accompanied by an inspiring underwater film of the wild Nordic coast, and Nielsen's Symphony No. 5, a dramatic symphony that explores a battle between the forces of evil and the forces of nature.

This concert is part of the Nordic Soundscapes series, offering a unique exploration of music crafted from nature. Tickets are priced between £10 and £70, with priority booking available for Friends of the Philharmonia. General booking opens at 10am on Tuesday, 23rd April. Don't miss this opportunity to witness María Dueñas's mastery live in an event that promises to be a highlight of the London musical calendar.

María Dueñas plays Sibelius

Royal Festival Hall

María Dueñas won the Menuhin Violin Competition in 2021, aged just 18. Since then she has gathered rave reviews and a devoted global fanbase, and she ‘held the audience in the palm of her hand’ (The Guardian) in her BBC Proms debut in 2023. Hear her in Sibelius’s expressive and deeply personal Violin Concerto, one of the undisputed pinnacles of the violin repertoire.

Southbank Centre

The up-and-coming violinist appears with the Philharmonia Orchestra in a concert featuring a new work accompanying stunning film footage of the Nordic coastline.

María Dueñas Plays Sibelius

Touching and letting oneself be touched emotionally is a guiding principle for Mats Larsson Gothe, whose Symphony No. 4 is premiered at this concert. The Venezuelan composer and pianist Gabriela Montero's way of touching is partly different. With her piano concert, she wants to both confirm our ideas about what Latin American music is and make us think: "All is not gold that glitters", referring to the difficult situation of her homeland. Beethoven always touches. This time with his dynamic, outward-looking and muscularly powerful seventh symphony.

Mats Larsson Gothe

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10 - 12 Apr, 2025

Stenhammar's second symphony · Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

Nov 3, 2024

María Dueñas plays Sibelius · Philharmonia Orchestra

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