Orfeus Barock
Photo: Björn Abelin
About the series
På svenskaFive Sundays at 16.00, three concerts in the Grünewald Hall and two concerts in the Main Hall.
Orfeus Barock Stockholm has become an essential part of the early music scene in the capital – a vibrant meeting point for Philharmonic musicians and some of Sweden’s leading freelance baroque specialists. This highly popular subscription welcomes new world-class guest artists each season. A new feature this year: two of the five concerts take place in the Main Hall.
Concerts included in the subscription
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Genre: Chamber musicOrpheus’ Treasure Trove – Music for Lute and Cello
Solo works for lute and cello by Bach, Weiss and Gabrielli.
Sunday 12 October 2025 16.00
Johannes Rostamo
Jonas Nordberg. Photo: Chrisander Brun
Genre: Chamber musicOrpheus’ Treasure Trove – Music for Lute and Cello
Solo works for lute and cello by Bach, Weiss and Gabrielli.
Sunday 12 October 2025 16.00
Approximately 18.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.- Price:
- 350 SEK
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The Grünewald Hall has capacity for up to 460 people, spread across the stalls and gallery. Both floors can be accessed by lift and the stairs. The hall has two wheelchair places.
Tickets go on sale 21 August 11.00 to Orpheus’ Treasure Trove – Music for Lute and Cello
Presale for subscribers from 19 August 11.00 to Orpheus’ Treasure Trove – Music for Lute and CelloThe link has been copied https://stko01mstr2eq3pprep.dxcloud.episerver.net/en/programme/calendar/concert/2025/orpheus-treasure-trove-music-for-lute-and-cello/20251012-1600/The event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Orpheus Baroque Stockholm is made up primarily of members of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. In less than a decade, the ensemble has become a dynamic and creative meeting point – not only for Philharmonic musicians with expertise in early music, but also for many of Sweden’s leading baroque performers. Artistic directors are Johannes Rostamo, principal cellist of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, and lutenist Jonas Nordberg.
Under the banner Orpheus' Treasure Trove, the ensemble presents itself in a smaller format. In this programme, we meet the two artistic directors themselves – cellist Johannes Rostamo and lutenist Jonas Nordberg – in solo works for lute and cello.
Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687–1750) and Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) knew each other and moved in similar musical circles in Germany. They are documented to have met on at least one occasion – and reportedly improvised together. Weiss is renowned for his lute music and was one of the foremost virtuosos of his time. Bach’s fame, of course, is far-reaching, but here the focus is on his solo cello music. The cello is also closely associated with the Italian composer Domenico Gabrielli (1659–90), one of the first to write solo works for the instrument.
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The music
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Music for lute and cello by Johann Sebastian Bach, Silvius Leopold Weiss and Domenico Gabrielli
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Participants
- Johannes Rostamo cello
- Jonas Nordberg lute
Sunday 12 October 2025 16.00
Approximately 18.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.
Tickets go on sale 21 August 11.00 to Orpheus’ Treasure Trove – Music for Lute and Cello
Presale for subscribers from 19 August 11.00 to Orpheus’ Treasure Trove – Music for Lute and Cello- Price:
- 350 SEK
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The Grünewald Hall has capacity for up to 460 people, spread across the stalls and gallery. Both floors can be accessed by lift and the stairs. The hall has two wheelchair places.
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Genre: Orchestral performance
The Triumph of Time and the Trial of Beauty
An allegorical gem by a young Handel – with Orfeus Barock and four brilliant soloists.
Sunday 16 November 2025 16.00Photo: Björn Abelin
Ann Hallenberg. Foto: Örjan Jakobsson
Carlos Mena. Foto: Eneko Espino
Martin Vanberg. Foto: Michael Eriksson
Genre: Orchestral performanceThe Triumph of Time and the Trial of Beauty
An allegorical gem by a young Handel – with Orfeus Barock and four brilliant soloists.
Sunday 16 November 2025 16.00
Approximately 18.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.- Price:
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The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
Tickets go on sale 21 August 11.00 to The Triumph of Time and the Trial of Beauty
Presale for subscribers from 19 August 11.00 to The Triumph of Time and the Trial of BeautyThe link has been copied https://stko01mstr2eq3pprep.dxcloud.episerver.net/en/programme/calendar/concert/2025/the-triumph-of-time-and-the-trial-of-beauty/20251116-1600/The event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Orfeus Barock, joined by a stellar cast of vocal soloists, takes to the Main Hall to perform Handel’s Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (The Triumph of Time and Disillusion). This was Handel’s very first oratorio, composed in 1707 during his time in Italy. The music was commissioned by Cardinal Benedetto Pamphilj, who also wrote the libretto. With its allegorical narrative and richly expressive music – inspired by Italian opera – the work foreshadows Handel’s later and more widely known oratorios, such as Messiah and Saul.
This is one of Handel’s most fascinating early works – a milestone in the Baroque oratorio tradition – exploring timeless themes of life’s transience and spiritual awakening. Beauty (Bellezza) is a young woman tempted by Pleasure (Piacere), while Time (Tempo) and Disillusion (Disinganno) urge her to understand that worldly delights are fleeting, and that true fulfilment lies in wisdom and inner insight.
The music of Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno is filled with vibrant arias and expressive recitatives. It features some of Handel’s most beloved melodies – most famously the aria Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa, which he later reused in his opera Rinaldo as the even more well-known Lascia ch’io pianga.
The soloists are French soprano Emmanuelle de Negri, Swedish mezzo-soprano Ann Hallenberg, Spanish countertenor Carlos Mena, and Swedish tenor Martin Vanberg. Orfeus Barock Stockholm has, in less than a decade, become a dynamic and creative force in Sweden’s early music scene. The ensemble is led here by Spanish conductor and harpsichordist Julio Caballero Pérez.
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The music
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George Frideric Handel Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno - Oratorio in Two Parts140 min
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Participants
- Orpheus Baroque Stockholm
- Julio Caballero Pérez leader & harpsichordist
- Emmanuelle de Negri soprano
- Ann Hallenberg mezzo-soprano
- Carlos Mena countertenor
- Martin Vanberg tenor
Sunday 16 November 2025 16.00
Approximately 18.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.
Tickets go on sale 21 August 11.00 to The Triumph of Time and the Trial of Beauty
Presale for subscribers from 19 August 11.00 to The Triumph of Time and the Trial of Beauty- Price:
- 350 SEK
- Place:
The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
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Genre: Chamber musicOrpheus’ Treasure Trove – Saint George and the Dragon
Music from Sweden’s Age of Greatness by, among others, Roman and Bellman.
Sunday 25 January 2026 16.00
Photo: Björn Abelin
Bernt Ola Volungholen
Genre: Chamber musicOrpheus’ Treasure Trove – Saint George and the Dragon
Music from Sweden’s Age of Greatness by, among others, Roman and Bellman.
Sunday 25 January 2026 16.00
Approximately 18.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.- Price:
- 350 SEK
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The Grünewald Hall has capacity for up to 460 people, spread across the stalls and gallery. Both floors can be accessed by lift and the stairs. The hall has two wheelchair places.
Tickets go on sale 21 August 11.00 to Orpheus’ Treasure Trove – Saint George and the Dragon
Presale for subscribers from 19 August 11.00 to Orpheus’ Treasure Trove – Saint George and the DragonThe link has been copied https://stko01mstr2eq3pprep.dxcloud.episerver.net/en/programme/calendar/concert/2026/orpheus-treasure-trove-saint-george-and-the-dragon/20260125-1600/The event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.Saint George and the Dragon is a classic legend rooted in Christian mythology and medieval chivalric tales. It tells the story of the brave knight Saint George, who saves a city from a fearsome dragon. The legend has inspired artworks and music throughout the centuries – including the famous sculpture of Saint George and the Dragon in the Great Church (Storkyrkan) in Stockholm’s Old Town.
This concert features music from the Swedish and Danish Baroque eras. Sweden’s Age of Greatness was marked by a flourishing cultural life, with composers such as Johan Helmich Roman – “the father of Swedish music” – helping to shape a distinct Swedish Baroque identity. Around the same time, Carl Michael Bellman created his inimitable songs, capturing life’s shifting moods with humour, depth and a vivid sense of storytelling.
From Denmark and the German territories then under the Danish crown, we hear music by Dieterich Buxtehude – one of the most influential figures of the North German Baroque. The programme also includes works by John Dowland, the master of English Renaissance song, whose melancholy and intimate music was appreciated at the Nordic courts. The versatile Norwegian baritone Bernt Ola Volungholen appears as guest soloist.
Orfeus Barock Stockholm is made up primarily of members of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. In less than a decade, the ensemble has become a vibrant and creative hub for early music in Sweden. Artistic directors are the orchestra’s principal cellist Johannes Rostamo and lutenist Jonas Nordberg. Under the Orpheus’ Treasure Trove banner, the ensemble is presented in a more chamber-like format.
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The music
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Music by Johan Helmich Roman, Carl Michael Bellman, Dieterich Buxtehude, John Dowland and Others
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Participants
- Musicians from Orpheus Baroque Stockholm
- Bernt Ola Volungholen baritone
Sunday 25 January 2026 16.00
Approximately 18.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.
Tickets go on sale 21 August 11.00 to Orpheus’ Treasure Trove – Saint George and the Dragon
Presale for subscribers from 19 August 11.00 to Orpheus’ Treasure Trove – Saint George and the Dragon- Price:
- 350 SEK
- Place:
The Grünewald Hall has capacity for up to 460 people, spread across the stalls and gallery. Both floors can be accessed by lift and the stairs. The hall has two wheelchair places.
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Genre: Orchestral performance
Orpheus Baroque – Carnival in Venice
The brilliant violinist Amandine Beyer leads Orpheus Baroque in sparkling music by Antonio Vivaldi.
Sunday 1 March 2026 16.00Photo: Björn Abelin
Amandine Beyer. Photo: Óscar Vázquez
Genre: Orchestral performanceOrpheus Baroque – Carnival in Venice
The brilliant violinist Amandine Beyer leads Orpheus Baroque in sparkling music by Antonio Vivaldi.
Sunday 1 March 2026 16.00
Approximately 18.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.- Price:
- 350 SEK
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The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
Tickets go on sale 21 August 11.00 to Orpheus Baroque – Carnival in Venice
Presale for subscribers from 19 August 11.00 to Orpheus Baroque – Carnival in VeniceThe link has been copied https://stko01mstr2eq3pprep.dxcloud.episerver.net/en/programme/calendar/concert/2026/orpheus-baroque-carnival-in-venice/20260301-1600/The event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.French violinist Amandine Beyer is considered one of the leading interpreters of Baroque and Classical violin repertoire. Her recordings have been praised by international critics and awarded virtually every major distinction imaginable. She regularly appears on the world’s foremost stages and at prestigious festivals.
Now she visits Konserthuset Stockholm to lead Orfeus Barock in a programme devoted entirely to the string music of Antonio Vivaldi. We journey to Venice, where Vivaldi was born and spent most of his life. He was primarily active as a violinist, composer and music teacher at the Ospedale della Pietà – a renowned home for girls and music school – where he composed many of his concertos.
Amandine Beyer has recorded a significant portion of Vivaldi’s music, notably with her own ensemble Gli Incogniti. Their recordings – of The Four Seasons, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s string symphonies, and Corelli’s Concerti grossi, among others – have been hailed as new benchmarks. In addition to her concert career, Beyer is a sought-after pedagogue and teaches Baroque violin at institutions including the renowned Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Switzerland.
Orfeus Barock Stockholm is made up primarily of members of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. In less than a decade, the ensemble has become a vibrant and creative hub – not only for Philharmonic musicians with expertise in early music, but also for many of Sweden’s leading Baroque specialists. Artistic directors are the orchestra’s principal cellist Johannes Rostamo and lutenist Jonas Nordberg.
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This concert is included in our series Orfeus Barock. You can secure your place by purchasing a subscription right now – with 25 percent off the ticket price.
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The music
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Music by Antonio Vivaldi
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Participants
- Orpheus Baroque Stockholm
- Amandine Beyer violin
Sunday 1 March 2026 16.00
Approximately 18.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.
Tickets go on sale 21 August 11.00 to Orpheus Baroque – Carnival in Venice
Presale for subscribers from 19 August 11.00 to Orpheus Baroque – Carnival in Venice- Price:
- 350 SEK
- Place:
The Main Hall currently has capacity for 1,770 people, spread across the stalls, first and second balconies and choir balcony. Each floor can be accessed by lift or the stairs. Due to the location of pillars, a number of seats have a fully or partially restricted view. These are indicated in the booking system. The hall has six wheelchair places.
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Genre: Chamber music
Orpheus’ Treasure Trove – Cavalieri Imperiali
Masters of the Cornett, the popular wind instrument of the Renaissance and Baroque.
Sunday 26 April 2026 16.00
Photo: Björn Abelin
Lambert Colson
Genre: Chamber musicOrpheus’ Treasure Trove – Cavalieri Imperiali
Masters of the Cornett, the popular wind instrument of the Renaissance and Baroque.
Sunday 26 April 2026 16.00
Approximately 18.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.- Price:
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The Grünewald Hall has capacity for up to 460 people, spread across the stalls and gallery. Both floors can be accessed by lift and the stairs. The hall has two wheelchair places.
Tickets go on sale 21 August 11.00 to Orpheus’ Treasure Trove – Cavalieri Imperiali
Presale for subscribers from 19 August 11.00 to Orpheus’ Treasure Trove – Cavalieri ImperialiThe link has been copied https://stko01mstr2eq3pprep.dxcloud.episerver.net/en/programme/calendar/concert/2026/orpheus-treasure-trove-cavalieri-imperiali/20260426-1600/The event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.During the Renaissance and Baroque eras, the cornett (or zink, as it is known in Swedish) was a highly esteemed instrument – often praised for its voice-like qualities: warm, expressive, and enchanting. Blending characteristics of both woodwinds and brass, it remains one of the most fascinating instruments in music history.
The cornett takes centre stage as French virtuoso Lambert Colson joins Orpheus Baroque. Under the title Cavalieri Imperiali – Knights of the Imperial Court – the programme highlights two of the 17th century’s great cornett masters: Luigi Zenobi and Giovanni Sansoni. Both served at imperial courts in Europe and earned reputations that far exceeded their time. They were particularly admired for their ability to make the instrument sing almost like the human voice.
The programme offers a glimpse into the world of these cornett masters, with music by composers such as Orlando di Lasso, Dario Castello and Johann Heinrich Schmelzer. It’s a vibrant and captivating era brought to life through cornett, violin, trombone and basso continuo.
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This concert is included in our series Orfeus Barock. You can secure your place by purchasing a subscription right now – with 25 percent off the ticket price.
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The music
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Music by Orlando di Lasso, Dario Castello, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer and Others
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Participants
- Musicians from Orpheus Baroque Stockholm
- Lambert Colson cornett
Sunday 26 April 2026 16.00
Approximately 18.00Save in calendarThe event has been downloaded Open the file saved on your device to add it to your digital calendar.
Tickets go on sale 21 August 11.00 to Orpheus’ Treasure Trove – Cavalieri Imperiali
Presale for subscribers from 19 August 11.00 to Orpheus’ Treasure Trove – Cavalieri Imperiali- Price:
- 350 SEK
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The Grünewald Hall has capacity for up to 460 people, spread across the stalls and gallery. Both floors can be accessed by lift and the stairs. The hall has two wheelchair places.
