Name: Sunday Matinee
Start: 2025-10-12T11:00:00
Location: Odense Concert Hall

Dive into a world where music and stories intertwine, offering a journey through time and emotions. From the vibrant performances of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen with the Odense Symphony Orchestra to the timeless tale of Verdi's La Traviata, each event showcases the transformative power of music. Whether it's the modern retelling of The 13th Child or the evocative narratives of Shostakovitch & Tchaikovsky, the events promise an unforgettable blend of history and harmony. Join us as we explore these rich musical landscapes, crafted by talented performers and visionary composers.

A Symphony of Stories: Exploring the Melodies of Odense

This event season, embark on a journey through the diverse and enthralling world of opera and symphonic concerts. From Verdi's classic La Traviata, exploring themes of love and freedom, to Poul Ruders' fairy tale opera, and the iconic melodies of Vivaldi and Tchaikovsky, music lovers are in for a treat. Hosted at spectacular venues in Denmark, the performances promise a deep dive into musical histories and fresh compositions, bridging past and present, and offering a rich tapestry of cultural narratives and emotional experiences.

Exploring the Symphony of Emotions: A Journey Through Music and Opera

Odense Symphony Orchestra

It's the most wonderful month, but not for the king at the castle. His war against the neighboring country of Montania has ended with him having to pay his weight in gold – but since neither diets nor alchemists can produce miracles, the castle's elves must take action and use their elves' bulbs if Christmas is to end happily.

Christmas At The Castle

Nyborghallerne

Vestfyns Kultur- og Idrætscenter

Odense Concert Hall

Idrætscenter Midtfyn

It is the most beautiful month, but not for the king in the castle. His war against the neighboring country of Montania has ended with him having to pay his weight in gold - but since neither diets nor alchemists can produce miracles, the castle's elves must take action and use their elf bulbs if Christmas is to end happily.

Raise the Christmas mood to new heights at our big Christmas concert in Odense Koncerthus, when we traditionally fill the hall with Christmas decorations, coziness and the most loved Christmas songs, hymns and crooners. Are you the type of person who listens to carols already in October and has already decorated the house before your local supermarket has taken down the Halloween decorations? Or are you the type who only thinks about Christmas presents and roast duck after December 20? No matter how early or late you get into the Christmas spirit, the concert will give you a huge musical push in the right direction. In an often busy Christmas season, our Christmas concert can be a small respite that can bring together family, friends and colleagues. So sit back, give your brain a well-deserved break and let the sweet Christmas tones warm you in the cold season.

Odense Symphony Orchestra's Christmas show

Lift the Christmas mood to new heights at our big Christmas concert in Odense Concert Hall, when, as is tradition, we fill the concert hall with Christmas decorations, coziness and the most beloved Christmas songs, hymns and crooners.

Christmas show

Get ready for a real Christmas adventure when we present the Christmas ballet above them all, namely Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker.
It is Christmas Eve at the Stahlbaum family, and daughter Clara is anxiously waiting to see the beautiful Christmas tree and open the many presents. But the handsome nutcracker she gets as a present from her uncle is not quite normal, because when the clock strikes twelve, the whole living room is transformed, and Clara is sucked into a genuine Christmas adventure, where she and the nutcracker must fight against the mouse king and the Snow Queen before they can head for the slafferland made of candy and populated by toys.

The Nutcracker – 2025

For the third year in a row, Odense Symphony Orchestra and KOMA Ballet present a new chapter in their successful collaboration on Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, in a poetic and contemporary interpretation created by award-winning choreographer Alex Soares.

The Nutcracker

Get the best start to 2026 in exceptionally good company at OS, when, as is tradition, we bring out the musical fireworks and provide the year's biggest New Year's party together with none other than Preben Kristensen and Louise Fribo, both of whom are ready to kick off the new year in style.

New Year's Concerts 2026

Get the best start to 2026 in exceptionally good company at OS, when, as is tradition, we bring out the musical fireworks and provide the year's biggest New Year's party together with none other than Preben Kristensen and Louise Fribo, both of whom are ready to kick off the new year in style.

We're jumping into the new year with a sparkling Viennese waltz, brilliant musical hits and plenty of great entertainment in the company of two guests who always bring pure joy and a fantastic atmosphere to the Concert Hall. So you can rest assured that you can put your New Year's resolutions on hold and get ready to party when the music, confetti and champagne once again bubble over the Concert Hall.

The countdown to this year's New Year's party has already begun.

Experience an entire evening bathed in the most magnificent key of them all: E flat major, as we kick off the symphonic year with a tribute to Ludwig van Beethoven, who will be duly celebrated around the world next season on the 200th anniversary of his death.

Beethoven's 3rd Symphony & The Emperor Concert

At the first Pro Musica concert of the year, the musicians of the Odense Symphony Orchestra take the audience on a journey through three centuries of chamber music history; from the inventor of the string quartet to the most beloved clarinet quintet of the high romantic period to a quintet from one of the greatest pioneers of the 20th century. In Haydn's stormy and ambitious late quartet, for example, we can look forward to the "witch's minuet" in two-part canon. Prokofiev's circus-inspired quintet from 1924 for the sonically motley combination of oboe, clarinet, violin, viola and double bass is the most whimsical piece of music you will hear in a long time. It was written for a traveling ballet troupe under the title Trapeze, but achieved immortality as a six-movement, picturesque quintet.

Haydn, Brahms & Prokofiev

In a time marked by crises, conflicts, wars, conspiracies, capitalism, artificial intelligence and climate change, it can feel as if the world is breaking up. We live with a constricting sense of powerlessness and uncertainty – but at the same time new communities are emerging, a cultural awareness, strong values ​​and a longing for something that reaches beyond ourselves. Faith, hope and love – the classic virtues – stand perhaps stronger than ever as landmarks in a troubled time.

Faith, Hope And Love

From the very first second ofBruckner's 4th Symphonyhe conjures us out of our earthly shell and into a world of mystery, of euphony, of overwhelming currents and enormous constructions. Bruckner's music is 'larger than life', but his 4th symphony is the most welcoming of all his great symphonies and a good place to start if you still have your first Bruckner experience to enjoy. He takes us from outer space to the very deepest place in the heart of the ball when he builds his enormous musical sequences, which switch surprisingly effortlessly from great drama to subtle intimacy. Organ virtuoso that he was, he uses the orchestra as a gigantic luxury organ, which in a split second can switch from the finest little Austrian folk melody to terrifying cascades of sound - produced with an orchestra that is not much larger than in Beethoven's time, but which uses the entire register in new and surprising ways.

Sunday Matinee

Articles & News