Gävle Symfoniorkester
Sweden's Gävle Symphony Orchestra has championed unusual Swedish works since its founding in the early 20th century. The orchestra has helped launch the careers of several prominent conductors.
The Gävle Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1912, giving its first concert on January 16 of that year with a performance of Max Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26, by Gösta Björk, the orchestra's new concertmaster. The orchestra's first conductor was Ruben Liljefors, younger brother of painter Bruno Liljefors. Ruben Liljefors remained principal conductor until 1931, but after that, the tenures of the orchestra's conductors have mostly been short; exceptions were those of Gunnar Staern (1954-1963), Rainer Miedel (1968-1975), and the orchestra's artistic director as of the early 2020s, Jaime Martín, who became principal conductor in 2013. The majority of the conductors have been Swedish or German; Robin Ticciati, conductor from 2006 to 2009, was the first from outside the Germanic speech realm. The orchestra often programs and records less-often-heard Swedish composers such as Joachim Nicolas Eggert, Franz Berwald, and Sven-David Sandström, among many others; included in the group's early digital recordings was a 1997 album devoted to music by Armas Järnefelt. It has also recorded Beethoven and Brahms.
The orchestra has attracted top-notch guest soloists, including, in 1965, a 24-year-old Martha Argerich; guest conductors who stopped in Gävle on their way to international careers were Esa-Pekka Salonen, Eri Klas, and Jukka-Pekka Saraste. Among the Gävle Symphony's most successful conductors was Miedel, who made the group's first LP records and expanded its reach. The orchestra now tours not only its native central Sweden but also other parts of the country and venues abroad. The Gävle Symphony Orchestra is a small ensemble, with 52 permanent members. As its popularity increased, it outgrew the Gävle Theatre and the Mariners' Church, opening its own hall, the Gävle Konserthus, in 1998 after years of planning and debate. The hall, situated on the Gävle River, is an impressive structure for a city of some 75,000 people. The Gävle Symphony Orchestra has recorded for Sterling, Naxos, and, increasingly often, the Ondine label. In 2022, it backed pianist Eric Le Sage on an Alpha recording of Mozart piano concertos.
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 24 KV 491 & 17 KV 453
Eric Le Sage, Gävle Symfoniorkester, François Leleux
Klassiek - Released by Alpha Classics on 1 jul. 2022
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Concertos pour piano (Volume 2)
Christopher Hinterhuber, Gävle Symfoniorkester, Uwe Grodd
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 1 sep. 2007
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Flyttblock - Annika Norlin och Jonas Nydesjö möter Gävle Symfoniorkester (Live)
Annika Norlin, Jonas Nydesjö, Gävle Symfoniorkester
Europa - Released by Razzia on 16 jun. 2023
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Symphonic Stomp of Sweden
Klassiek - Released by Swedish Society on 6 aug. 2014
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BERWALD: Tone Poems
Gävle Symfoniorkester, Patrik Hakansson, Petri Sakari
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 1 jul. 2005
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Oberons Zauberhorn
Christopher Hinterhuber, Gävle Symfoniorkester, Uwe Grodd
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 14 nov. 2007
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Brahms: Serenades Nos. 1 & 2
Gävle Symfoniorkester, Jaime Martin
Klassiek - Released by Ondine on 10 mrt. 2017
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Orchestral Works, Vol. 3
Gävle Symfoniorkester, Petter Sundkvist
Klassiek - Released by Swedish Society on 1 jan. 2009
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Helt Ny Varld (En) (A Whole New World) - Disney Favourites
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 1 jan. 2000
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Finns här några snälla barn?
Henrik Dorsin, Gävle Symfoniorkester
Kerstmuziek - Released by Universal Music AB on 1 jan. 2014
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Eggert: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4
Gävle Symfoniorkester, Gérard Korsten
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 4 dec. 2015
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Kaleidoscope
Per Tengstrand, Karen Gomyo, Håkan Hardenberger, Gävle Symfoniorkester, Johannes Gustavsson
Klassiek - Released by Swedish Society on 26 mrt. 2012
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Linde: Violin Concerto / Cello Concerto
Karen Gomyo, Maria Kliegel, Gävle Symfoniorkester, Petter Sundkvist
Concertmuziek - Released by Naxos on 21 feb. 2006
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J. N. Eggert : Symphonies 1 & 3 - Svante Sture
Gävle Symfoniorkester, Gérard Korsten
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 25 sep. 2015
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Sérénade - Florez och Blanzeflor - Ithaka - Sangen - Prélude & Bourrée
Gävle Symfoniorkester, Karl-Magnus Fredriksson, Hannu Koivula
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 21 sep. 2010
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Orchestral Works, Vol. 2
Gävle Symfoniorkester, Petter Sundkvist
Klassiek - Released by Swedish Society on 1 jan. 2000
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Orchestral Works, Vol. 1
Karen Gomyo, Maria Kliegel, Gävle Symfoniorkester, Petter Sundkvist
Klassiek - Released by Swedish Society on 1 jan. 2000
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Grieg & Schumann: Piano Concertos
Janne Mertanen, Gävle Symfoniorkester, Hannu Koivula
Concertmuziek - Released by Alba on 23 sep. 2013
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Sandström: Piano Concerto / Hammerth: Piano Concerto No. 1
Bengt-Ake Lundin, Gävle Symfoniorkester, Goran W. Nilson
Klassiek - Released by Caprice on 1 jan. 1999
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Vito Palumbo: Three Concertos
Gävle Symfoniorkester, Jaime Martin
Klassiek - Released by BIS on 23 mrt. 2018
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Nordic Clarinet Concertos
Karin Dornbusch, Gävle Symfoniorkester, Petri Sakari
Klassiek - Released by Caprice on 1 jan. 2005
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