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OSR concerts since 1918

This search tool allows you to find a work, a conductor, a soloist present in one of the subscription concerts and tours of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande from its creation to the present day!

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Have a nice trip through OSR's history!

Last concerts

Zimmermann plays Schumann

Wednesday

26.01.2022

19h30 - Victoria Hall Geneva

series R - spring

Series R+

Jonathan Nott
Frank Peter Zimmermann
(artist in residence) violin

Robert Schumann

Concerto for violin and orchestra in D minor

Johannes Brahms

Symphony N^o 2 in D major op. 73

From the Rhône to the Seine

Sunday

16.01.2022

11h00 - Bâtiment des Forces Motrices Geneva

musique sur rhône

Sidonie Bougamont
violon François Payet-Labonne
violon Emmanuel Morel
alto Laurent Issartel

Maurice Ravel

String Quartet in F major

Claude Debussy

String Quartet in G minor op. 10

Elgar's Enigma

Wednesday

12.01.2022

19h30 - Victoria Hall Geneva

Series O

Orchestre national de Lyon
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider
Rudolf Buchbinder

César Franck

Le Chasseur maudit (The Accursed Huntsman), poème symphonique

Ludwig van Beethoven

Concerto for piano and orchestra N^o 2 in B flat major op. 19

Edward Elgar

Enigma Variations op. 36

New Years Concert for the Friends of the OSR

Monday

10.01.2022

19h30 - Victoria Hall Geneva

Concert des Amis de l'OSR

Daniel Harding
Juan Diego Flórez

GIOACCHINO ROSSINI

Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Ouverture
Il Signor Bruschino, air de Florville 'Deh ! Tu m'assisti amore'
Sémiramis, air d'Idreno 'La speranza più soave'
Guillaume Tell, Ouverture

GAETANO DONIZETTI

L'Elisir d'amore, air de Nemorino 'Una furtiva lagrima'
Il duca d'Alba, air de Marcello 'Inosservato penetrava ... Angelo casto e bel'

FRANZ LEHÁR

Das Land des Lächelns, air de Sou-Chong 'Dein ist mein ganzes Herz'
Giuditta, air d'Octavio 'Freunde, das Leben ist lebenswert... O Signora, o signorina'

GEORGES BIZET

Carmen, Danse Bohème, suite N^o 2

EDOUARD LALO

Le Roi d'Ys, air de Mylio 'Puisqu'on ne peut fléchir ... Vainement, ma bien-aimée'

GEORGES BIZET

Carmen, air de Don José 'La Fleur que tu m'avais jetée'

JULES MASSENET

Werther, air de Werther 'Pourquoi me réveiller'

PIETRO MASCAGNI

Cavalleria rusticana, Intermezzo

GIACOMO PUCCINI

La Bohème, air de Rodolpho 'Che gelida manina...'

Mécène

Partenaire

Concert at Basel Stadtcasino

Saturday

08.01.2022

19h30 - Stadtcasino Basel

Tour

Daniel Harding
Juan Diego Flórez

GIOACCHINO ROSSINI

Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Ouverture
Il Signor Bruschino, air de Florville 'Deh ! Tu m'assisti amore'
Sémiramis, air d'Idreno 'La speranza più soave'
Guillaume Tell, Ouverture

GAETANO DONIZETTI

L'Elisir d'amore, air de Nemorino 'Una furtiva lagrima'
Il duca d'Alba, air de Marcello 'Inosservato penetrava ... Angelo casto e bel'

FRANZ LEHÁR

Das Land des Lächelns, air de Sou-Chong 'Dein ist mein ganzes Herz'
Paganini, air de Paganini 'Gern hab'ich Frau'n geküsst'
Giuditta, air d'Octavio 'Freunde, das Leben ist lebenswert... O Signora, o signorina'

GEORGES BIZET

Carmen, Danse Bohème, suite N^o 2

EDOUARD LALO

Le Roi d'Ys, air de Mylio 'Puisqu'on ne peut fléchir ... Vainement, ma bien-aimée'

GEORGES BIZET

Carmen, air de Don José 'La Fleur que tu m'avais jetée'

JULES MASSENET

Werther, air de Werther 'Pourquoi me réveiller'

PIETRO MASCAGNI

Cavalleria rusticana, Intermezzo

GIACOMO PUCCINI

La Bohème, air de Rodolpho 'Che gelida manina...'

On the banks of the Neva

Sunday

19.12.2021

11h00 - Bâtiment des Forces Motrices Geneva

musique sur rhône

Sidonie Bougamont
violin Michiko Yamada
violin Jarita Ng
viola Léonard Frey-Maibach
cello

Alexandre Borodine

String Quartet N^o 2 in D major

Ludwig van Beethoven

String Quartet in F major op. 18 N^o 1

The Nutcracker

Saturday

18.12.2021

11h00 - Victoria Hall Geneva

Series in family

Series in family+

Orchestre du Collège de Genève
Philippe Béran

Piotr Ilitch TchaïkovskY

Extracts from the ballet 'The Nutcracker' op. 71

Mozart for two pianos

Thursday

16.12.2021

19h30 - Victoria Hall Geneva

Non-subscription concert

Daniel Harding
Martha Argerich
Maria João Pires

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Concerto for two Pianos and Orchestra N^o 10 in E flat major, KV 365

Gustav Mahler

Symphony N^o 1 in D major, the 'Titan'

Grand Mécène

City Lights

Thursday

09.12.2021

20h15 - Salle Métropole Lausanne

Timothy Brock

Charlie Chaplin

City Lights

Wednesday

08.12.2021

19h30 - Victoria Hall Geneva

Timothy Brock

Charlie Chaplin

City Lights

Partenaire de prestige

Bach & Pärt

Thursday

02.12.2021

19h30 - Victoria Hall Geneva

Series R

Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Renaud Capuçon
François Sochard

Johann Sebastian Bach

Concerto for violin, strings and basso continuo N^o 1 in A minor BWV 1041

Concerto for violin, strings and basso continuo N^o 2 in E major BWV 1042

Arvo Pärt

Tabula rasa, for two violins, prepared piano and string orchestra

Felix Mendelssohn

Symphony N^o 4 in A major op. 90, the ‘Italian’

L'OSR c'est Vous!

Wednesday

01.12.2021

19h30 - Victoria Hall Geneva

Free concert

Non-subscription concert

Philippe Béran

Georges Bizet

Carmen, Suite N^o 1, N^o 5, Les Toréadors

Johannes Brahms

Danse hongroise N^o 1 en sol mineur

Piotr Ilyitch Tchaïkovski

Casse-Noisette, suite N^o 1 op.71A, 2a Marche
Casse-Noisette, suite N^o 1 op. 71A, N^o 2b Danse de la Fée Dragée
Casse-Noisette, suite N^o 1 op. 71A, 2f Danse des Mirlitons

Dimitri Chostakovitch

Suite N^o 2 pour orchestre de jazz, 2^e Valse (N°7)

Astor Piazzolla

Milonga del Angel, tango pour orchestre

Johann Strauss JR

Pizzicato Polka (Composé avec Josef Strauss)

Klaus Badelt

Pirates des Caraïbes, "The Curse of the Blackpearl" pour vents

Modest Moussorgski

Tableaux d’une Exposition, La Grande Porte de Kiev

Certaines parties ont été simplifiées pour les musiciens amateurs par Yvan Boumans, Yann Stoffel, Julien Giroudet et Alexandre Mastrangelo.

Partenaire média officiel

The Soldier's Tale

Sunday

28.11.2021

11h00 - Bâtiment des Forces Motrices Geneva

musique sur rhône

Linda Bärlund
violon Adrien Gaubert
Camillo Battistello
clarinette Vincent Godel
Laurent Fabre
Vincent Métrailler
trombone Michael Tschamper
percussion Antoine Courvoisier

Igor StravinskY

L'Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier's Tale), a musical story based on the text by Charles Ferdinand Ramuz

Angel Josefowicz

Thursday

25.11.2021

20h15 - Salle Métropole Lausanne

Hannu Lintu
Leila Josefowicz

Jean Sibelius

Tapiola, Symphonic Poem op. 112

Alban Berg

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, 'À la mémoire d’un ange' (To the Memory of an Angel)

Carl Nielsen

Symphony N^o 4 op. 29, 'Det Uudslukkelige' (The Inextinguishable)

Angel Josefowicz

Wednesday

24.11.2021

19h30 - Victoria Hall Geneva

Series O

Hannu Lintu
Leila Josefowicz

Jean Sibelius

Tapiola, Symphonic Poem op. 112

Alban Berg

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, 'À la mémoire d’un ange' (To the Memory of an Angel)

Carl Nielsen

Symphony N^o 4 op. 29, 'Det Uudslukkelige' (The Inextinguishable)

Major Patron

Fireworks !

Friday

19.11.2021

20h00 - Auditorium de l'Orchestre National de Lyon Lyon

Tour

Jonathan Nott
Steven Isserlis
Olivier Latry

Igor Stravinski

Feu d'artifice (Fireworks), fantaisie pour grand orchestre op. 4

Robert Schumann

Concerto for cello and orchestra in A minor op. 129

Maurice Ravel

Alborada del Gracioso, for orchestra

Pascal Dusapin

Waves, duo pour orgue et orchestre (Swiss Première)

(Commissioned by the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Montréal Symphony Orchestra, de La Monnaie / De Munt, Radio France and the Philharmonie de Paris, and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande)

Fireworks !

Thursday

18.11.2021

19h30 - Victoria Hall Geneva

Series S

Jonathan Nott
Steven Isserlis
Olivier Latry

Igor Stravinski

Feu d'artifice (Fireworks), fantaisie pour grand orchestre op. 4

Robert Schumann

Concerto for cello and orchestra in A minor op. 129

Maurice Ravel

Alborada del Gracioso, for orchestra

Pascal Dusapin

Waves, duo pour orgue et orchestre (Swiss Première)

(Commissioned by the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Montréal Symphony Orchestra, de La Monnaie / De Munt, Radio France and the Philharmonie de Paris, and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande)

Cosponsor

The Little Prince

Saturday

13.11.2021

11h00 - Victoria Hall Geneva

Series in family

Benoît Willmann
direction Bastien Blanchard

Thierry Huillet

The Little Prince; music for orchestra based on the work of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Concours de Genève: Oboe competition

Friday

29.10.2021

19h00 - Victoria Hall Geneva

Douglas Boyd

Each finalist will choose to perform a work from the following selection :

Hinako Tagaki

L'Instant, for oboe and ensemble

Daniel Arango-Prada

Dune, for oboe and ensemble

And additionally :

Richard Strauss

Concerto for oboe and small orchestra in D major, TrV 292

Concours de Genève: Cello competition

Thursday

28.10.2021

19h00 - Victoria Hall Geneva

Georg Fritzsch

The finalists will chose a concerto from one of the following composers:

Dimitri Chostakovitch

Concerto N° 2

Edward Elgar

Robert Schumann

Henri Dutilleux

Witold Lutosławski

America!

Monday

25.10.2021

19h30 - Victoria Hall Geneva

Series O

Oksana Lyniv
Paul Meyer

Samuel Barber

Adagio for strings

Aaron Copland

Concerto for clarinet and orchestra

Antonín Dvořák

Symphony N^o 9 in E minor op. 95, ‘from the New World’

Annual Concert for the United Nations organisations

Sunday

24.10.2021

18h30 - Victoria Hall Geneva

Oksana Lyniv

Samuel Barber

Adagio for strings

Antonín Dvořák

Symphony N^o 9 in E minor op. 95, ‘from the New World’

From the Thames to the Volga

Sunday

17.10.2021

11h00 - Bâtiment des Forces Motrices Geneva

musique sur rhône

Jean-Pierre Berry
French horn Olivier Bombrun
Trumpet Stephen Jeandheur
Trumpet Matteo de Luca
Trombone Ross Knight
Tuba

Malcolm Arnold

Brass Quintet N° 1 op. 73

Victor Ewald

Brass Quintets :
N^o 1 en B flat minor op. 5
N^o 2 en E flat major op. 6 (2nd movement : Tema con variazioni)

Dimitri Chostakovitch

Arrangements for jazz quintet:
Suite N^o 2 for jazz orchestra, Waltz (II)
Suite N^o 1 for jazz orchestra

The Bolt, ballet op. 27, Satirical dance

The Golden Age, Polka, op.22A

Russian Romanticism

Friday

08.10.2021

19h30 - Victoria Hall Geneva

Series S

Fabio Luisi
direction Lise de la Salle

SergeI Rachmaninoff

Concerto for piano and orchestra N^o 4 in G minor op. 40

PYotr Ilyich TchaIkovskY

Symphony N^o 5 in E minor op. 64

Zimmermann in residence

Thursday

30.09.2021

20h15 - Salle Métropole Lausanne

Jonathan Nott
Frank Peter Zimmermann
(artist in residence) violin

Béla Bartók

Rhapsody N^o 2 for violin and orchestra Sz. 90

Bohuslav Martinů

Suite Concertante for Violin and Orchestra in D major, H 276 I II

Antonín Dvořák

Symphony N^o 8 in G major op. 88

Zimmermann in residence

Wednesday

29.09.2021

19h30 - Victoria Hall Geneva

Series O

Jonathan Nott
Frank Peter Zimmermann
(artist in residence) violin

Béla Bartók

Rhapsody N^o 2 for violin and orchestra Sz. 90

Bohuslav Martinů

Suite Concertante for Violin and Orchestra in D major, H 276 I II

Antonín Dvořák

Symphony N^o 8 in G major op. 88

Sponsor

Tribute to Armin Jordan

Thursday

23.09.2021

19h30 - Victoria Hall Geneva

Series S

Stefan Blunier
David Fray

Arthur Honegger

Pacific 231, mouvement symphonique N^o 1 pour grand orchestre

Francis Poulenc

Concerto for piano and orchestra

Nikolaï Rimski-Korsakov

Shéhérazade, symphonic suite op. 35

Grand Mécène

Sponsor

Septembre Musical Montreux-Vevey

Saturday

18.09.2021

20h00 - Auditorium Stravinski Montreux

Tour

festival partner

sponsor

media partner

The OSR at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival

Saturday

28.08.2021

19h30 - Gstaad Menuhin Festival - Tente du festival Gstaad

Tour

Domingo Hindoyan
Zürcher Sing-Akademie
Lisette Oropesa
Javier Camarena
Erwin Schrott
Annalisa Stroppa
George Petean
Antonio di Matteo
Patrizio Saudelli

Vincenzo Bellini

I Puritani, Opera in 3 Acts

Chaplin at the Beach

Friday

27.08.2021

20h45 - Genève-Plage Geneva

Festival

Philippe Béran

CHARLIE CHAPLIN

A lakeside screening of The Kid accompanied by live orchestra

festival partner

sponsor

media partner

Rhapsody in Blue

Thursday

26.08.2021

20h45 - Genève-Plage Geneva

Festival

Jonathan Nott
Yoav Levanon

Igor Stravinski

Danses concertantes, for chamber orchestra

George Gershwin

Rhapsody in Blue, for piano and orchestra

John Adams

The Chairman Dances, foxtrot for orchestra

Igor Stravinski

Scherzo à la russe, for jazz orchestra

festival partner

sponsor

prestigious partner

partenaire de prestige

partenaire média

Musiques en été

Thursday

08.07.2021

19h00 - Ella Fitzgerald Stage Geneva

Free concert

vocal Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
OSR Jazz Band

A tribute to Ella Fitzgerald!

Exclusive arrangements by Alexandre Mastrangelo

Duke Ellington, Cole Porter, Irving Mills,.....

Concert des Amis de l'OSR

Friday

02.07.2021

20h00 - Victoria Hall Geneva

Concert des Amis de l'OSR

Charles Dutoit

Igor Stravinsky

Dumbarton Oaks, Concerto in E flat for chamber orchestra

Maurice Ravel

Ma mère l’Oye, Five children's pieces for orchestra

Igor Stravinsky

Pulcinella, Ballet in one act

Fête de la Musique

Friday

18.06.2021

19h00 - Victoria Hall Geneva

Free concert

Richard STRAUSS

An Alpine Symphony, overture for brass and percussion (arr. Alexandre Mastrangelo)

Gustav HOLST

The Planets, Mars, for brass and percussion (arr. Ralph Sauer)

Vittorio MONTI

Czardas, for tuba solo and brass (arr. Andrew Duncan)

Leonard BERNSTEIN

West Side Story, suite for brass and percussion (arr. Eric Crees)

George GERSHWIN

An American in Paris, suite for brass (arr. Michael Allen)

Giuseppe VERDI

Aïda, Triumphal March for brass and percussion (arr. Angus Armstrong)

Concert 1:1

Tuesday

15.06.2021

17h00 - Muséum d'histoire naturelle Genève

Free concert

The Museum invites you, during a private concert, on a musical walk through 200 years of natural history!
Discover the exhibition "Trésors" and the 200 precious objects from the collection where you will listen to the concerts here.

Concert 1:1

Tuesday

15.06.2021

10h00 - Musée des Sapeurs-Pompiers de la Ville de Genève Genève

Free concert

The Museum of the Fire Brigade of the City of Geneva hosts the OSR's 1:1 concerts amongst its impressive collection of historic vehicles, outfits and equipment.

Concert 1:1

Monday

14.06.2021

14h00 - Muséum d'histoire naturelle Genève

Free concert

Concert 1:1

Monday

14.06.2021

10h00 - Musée des Sapeurs-Pompiers de la Ville de Genève Genève

The Museum of the Fire Brigade of the City of Geneva hosts the OSR's 1:1 concerts amongst its impressive collection of historic vehicles, outfits and equipment.

An evening with Beethoven (2)

Thursday

10.06.2021

20h00 - Victoria Hall Geneva

Non-subscription concert

Myung-Whun Chung
conductor & piano Bogdan Zvoristeanu
violin Léonard Frey-Maibach
cello

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Triple Concerto for violin, cello, and piano in C major, Op. 56

Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 ('Eroica')

Remaining tickets for this evenings concert are available by calling the box office on 022 807 00 00.

Since the concert is part of the test led by the canton of Geneva, spectators are required to produce proof of vaccination against or recovery from COVID-19, or a negative COVID test. The box office will advise you on the details.

Types of tests accepted :

PCR : laboratory analysis for SARS-CoV-2 conducted maximum 72 hours before the concert (i.e. after 7 June 2021 at 8pm).
Antigénique (rapid test) : rapid analysis for SARS-CoV-2 conducted by a pharmacy or health professional a maximum of 24 heures before the concert (i.e. after 9 June 2021 at 8pm) (for persons below 65 years of age only).
Selftests are not accepted.

People aged under 16 are not required to present a certificate of vacinnation, immunity or test. They are requested to upload a proof of age as part of the purchase process.

An evening with Beethoven

Wednesday

09.06.2021

20h00 - Victoria Hall Geneva

Non-subscription concert

Myung-Whun Chung
conductor and piano Bogdan Zvoristeanu
violin Léonard Frey-Maibach
cello

Ludwig van Beethoven

Triple Concerto for violin, cello, and piano in C major, Op. 56

Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 ('Eroica')

Remaining tickets for this evenings concert are available by calling the box office on 022 807 00 00.

Types of tests accepted :

PCR : laboratory analysis for SARS-CoV-2 conducted maximum 72 hours before the concert (i.e. after 6 June 2021 at 8pm).
Antigénique (rapid test) : rapid analysis for SARS-CoV-2 conducted by a pharmacy or health professional a maximum of 24 heures before the concert (i.e. after 8 June 2021 at 8pm) (for persons below 65 years of age only).
Selftests are not accepted.

When choosing this option, you will need to sign and upload the attached document (only available in French), certifying your intent to provide a test the evening of the concert :

certification of intent

People aged under 16 are not required to present a certificate of vacinnation, immunity or test. They are requested to upload a proof of age as part of the purchase process.

Great Patron

Concert 1:1

Monday

07.06.2021

14h00 - Muséum d'histoire naturelle Genève

Free concert

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