Klas Torstensson’s magnificent opera The Expedition tells the story of Andrée’s ill-fated Arctic journey – a subject that has fascinated Torstensson since his early teens. We hear Intermezzo and Epilogue from the opera – two sections that vividly reflect the contrasts in his music. The beautiful epilogue, a kind of aria based on letters and diary entries, comes strikingly close to Puccini in its lyrical depth.

Composer Festival – The Expedition

Stockholm City Hall

Volcanic forces, but also the most tender and heartbreakingly emotional music – Klas Torstensson moves between extremes. Born in Sweden but long based in the Netherlands, he is a composer with significant international reach. This year’s Composer Festival focuses primarily on his work from the past two decades, but also includes music from the early 1970s, making the festival a wide-ranging retrospective.

Composer Festival – Opening Concert

The popular organ matinée series, featuring Sweden’s foremost organists, has grown steadily in recent years. The organ in Konserthuset Stockholm, with its magnificent façade, is one of the most recognisable in Europe – and with 6,100 pipes, also one of the largest.

Organ Matinee with Ulf Norberg

Konserthuset Stockholm

Spring takes centre stage in this concert, as French conductor Lucie Leguay makes her debut at Konserthuset Stockholm with an all-French programme. The concert opens with Lili Boulanger’s bright and playful D’un matin de printemps – one of her very last works before her untimely death from Crohn’s disease at just 24 years old.

Ulf Norberg

Events

Upcoming events

May 13, 2026

The Organ Symphony · Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

Past events

Nov 8, 2025

Composer Festival – The Expedition · Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

Nov 6, 2025

Composer Festival – Opening Concert · Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

Future and recently performed repertoire

Organ in Le tombeau de Couperin by Ravel

Konserthuset Stockholm

Organ in The Musical Offering by Bach

Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

Organ in Symphony No. 3 by Saint-Saëns

Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

Organ in Homage to 1685 by Bate

Konserthuset Stockholm

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