Emmanuel Pahud i Aarhus, Christian Tetzlaff og War Requiem i Maribo

Emmanuel Pahud in Aarhus, Christian Tetzlaff and War Requiem in Maribo

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Live Klassisk2 min read|6. September 2026

This week offers concerts that bring together some of classical music's most prominent names, with repertoire ranging from Mozart to Mahler and from Verdi to Britten.

In Aarhus, the flautist Emmanuel Pahud visits Aarhus Symfoniorkester with the world premiere of Willem Jeths' new flute concerto. Pahud, who is regarded as one of the world's leading flautists, also plays the solo part in Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, before the orchestra closes with Mahler's First Symphony. It is a programme that unites the intimate with the monumental.

At Operaen, Verdi's Macbeth opens for another run with Jens Søndergaard in the title role and Marigona Qerkezi as Lady Macbeth. The production, directed by Benedict Andrews, is a raw and psychologically intense interpretation of Shakespeare's tragedy.

In Sønderborg, the violinist Christian Tetzlaff opens the season with Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester and Bartók's Violin Concerto No. 2 - a work that matches Tetzlaff's intense and clear playing style. The concert also includes Sibelius's First Symphony.

Odense Symfoniorkester presents a whole evening of Tchaikovsky: the First Piano Concerto followed by the Fifth Symphony under chief conductor Pierre Bleuse.

September Festival continues at Konservatoriets Koncertsal, where the pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja plays Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 with Danmarks Underholdningsorkester - a work whose slow movement has become inseparably linked with Matador's Elisabeth Friis.

In Maribo, Benjamin Britten's War Requiem is performed with Copenhagen Phil, Ensemble Storstrøm and three outstanding soloists: Sofie Elkjær Jensen, Audun Iversen and the British tenor Ian Bostridge. The work juxtaposes the Latin requiem text with Wilfred Owen's war poems.

On Bornholm, Concerto Copenhagen and the cellist Andreas Brantelid play music from the time of the young Haydn in Vienna, while Massenet's opera Werther has its premiere on Gamle Scene with Jacob Skov Andersen and Elisabeth Jansson in the leading roles.

At Mantziussalen, Reumert/Elten Percussion Duo presents a programme with the premiere of Line Tjørnhøj's new work Mist, plus music by Steve Reich, Finn Savery and Andrew Thomas.

The week thus offers a world premiere in Aarhus, opera in Copenhagen, Britten in Maribo and chamber music from Mantziussalen to Bornholm.