The concert starts at 19:00. We can meet and have a drink inside the building at 18:00.
Link to the ticket: https://www.konserthuset.se/en/programme/calendar/concert/2025/beethovens-emperor-concerto/20250515-1900/
Below Is introduction from the official page:
Icelandic Víkingur Ólafsson is currently one of the world's most acclaimed and sought-after pianists. The New York Times coined him ”Iceland's Glenn Gould”, and his recordings are showered with five-star reviews. This season, he is the Artist-in-Residence at Konserthuset Stockholm.
Following the success of Bach's Goldberg Variations, which he performed to a full house here at Konserthuset last season, he takes on more of the classical music world’s great Bs – Brahms and Beethoven. A few days before this concert, he performs Beethoven’s late piano sonatas in a solo recital. Last autumn, he played Brahms' first piano concerto, and now Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
When Beethoven moved to Vienna, it was as a pianist that he first made his breakthrough. Audiences were captivated by his dazzling technique and improvisational skill. At the heart of his piano output are the five magnificent piano concertos, with the Emperor Concerto being the fifth. The title Emperor Concerto refers to the majestic first movement, which begins with powerful orchestral chords and virtuosic arpeggios and runs spanning the entire keyboard.
French conductor Stéphane Denève also leads the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra in American Stacy Garrop's beautiful Penelope Waits from 2013, inspired by Greek mythology, and mythological music with dance themes by Paul Dukas and Richard Strauss.
The music
Approximate times
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" 37 min
Intermission 25 min
Stacy Garrop Penelope Waits from Mythology Symphony 6 min
Paul Dukas Fanfare pour précéder La Péri 2 min
Paul Dukas La Péri – Poème dansé 21 min
Richard Strauss Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome 10 min
Participants
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Stéphane Denève conductor
Víkingur Ólafsson piano
