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Genre: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Vocal music

Strauss and Elgar

Elgar’s deeply emotional Second Symphony and star soprano Christina Nilsson in songs by Richard Strauss.

Soprano Christina Nilsson has appeared at Konserthuset Stockholm on several previous occasions. Most recently, we heard her in February 2025 as the soloist with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra in Mahler’s Symphony No. 4. She has triumphed in the title role of Verdi’s Aida at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, was named Court Singer in 2025, and also reached a wide television audience through her appearance on Carina Bergfeldt’s talk show on SVT during Christmas 2025. Here, she performs a selection of songs by Richard Strauss.

La nuit et l’amour is by the French composer Augusta Holmès (1847–1903). The work was originally part of her large-scale choral and orchestral piece Ludus pro patria, composed for the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1889. This is dreamlike and sensuous music, evoking her French contemporaries such as Saint-Saëns and Massenet, as well as the flowing melodicism of Wagner.

Edward Elgar’s Symphony No. 2 from 1911 is a work of deep emotion and great personal significance. Unlike the heroic tone of his First Symphony, this second symphony is more introspective and tinged with melancholy. Elgar himself described it as “a passionate pilgrimage of the heart.” The profoundly moving slow movement is a tribute to the recently deceased King Edward VII. Although it received a mixed response at its premiere, the symphony is now firmly established in the British orchestral repertoire – a kind of soundtrack to the final golden days of Edwardian England, and to the inevitable change that followed.

The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra is conducted by Danish-born Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, Chief Conductor of the Orchestre National de Lyon, who also continues to enjoy a distinguished parallel career as a violinist at the highest international level.

  • The music

  • Augusta Holmès La nuit et l’amour from Ludus pro patria
  • Richard Strauss Zueignung arr Robert Heger
  • Richard Strauss Ich trage meine Minne arr Robert Heger
  • Richard Strauss Wiegenlied
  • Richard Strauss Morgen!
  • Richard Strauss Cäcilie
  • Interview with Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider and Christina Nilsson
  • Edward Elgar Symphony No. 2

  • Participants

  • Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider conductor
  • Christina Nilsson soprano

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  • Published online 6 February 2026.
  • Filmed 15 January 2026.
  • The video is approximately two hours.

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Genre: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Vocal music

Strauss and Elgar

Elgar’s deeply emotional Second Symphony and star soprano Christina Nilsson in songs by Richard Strauss.

Play premiere

Watch completely free and without login.

Friday 6 February 2026 15.00

Save in calendar
  • Published online 6 February 2026.
  • Filmed 15 January 2026.
  • The video is approximately two hours.

Soprano Christina Nilsson has appeared at Konserthuset Stockholm on several previous occasions. Most recently, we heard her in February 2025 as the soloist with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra in Mahler’s Symphony No. 4. She has triumphed in the title role of Verdi’s Aida at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, was named Court Singer in 2025, and also reached a wide television audience through her appearance on Carina Bergfeldt’s talk show on SVT during Christmas 2025. Here, she performs a selection of songs by Richard Strauss.

La nuit et l’amour is by the French composer Augusta Holmès (1847–1903). The work was originally part of her large-scale choral and orchestral piece Ludus pro patria, composed for the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1889. This is dreamlike and sensuous music, evoking her French contemporaries such as Saint-Saëns and Massenet, as well as the flowing melodicism of Wagner.

Edward Elgar’s Symphony No. 2 from 1911 is a work of deep emotion and great personal significance. Unlike the heroic tone of his First Symphony, this second symphony is more introspective and tinged with melancholy. Elgar himself described it as “a passionate pilgrimage of the heart.” The profoundly moving slow movement is a tribute to the recently deceased King Edward VII. Although it received a mixed response at its premiere, the symphony is now firmly established in the British orchestral repertoire – a kind of soundtrack to the final golden days of Edwardian England, and to the inevitable change that followed.

The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra is conducted by Danish-born Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, Chief Conductor of the Orchestre National de Lyon, who also continues to enjoy a distinguished parallel career as a violinist at the highest international level.

  • The music

  • Augusta Holmès La nuit et l’amour from Ludus pro patria
  • Richard Strauss Zueignung arr Robert Heger
  • Richard Strauss Ich trage meine Minne arr Robert Heger
  • Richard Strauss Wiegenlied
  • Richard Strauss Morgen!
  • Richard Strauss Cäcilie
  • Interview with Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider and Christina Nilsson
  • Edward Elgar Symphony No. 2

  • Participants

  • Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider conductor
  • Christina Nilsson soprano

Watch in our app

The Konserthuset Play app makes it easier to experience music on your phone or tablet – or on a big screen! Read more

FAQ about Konserthuset Play

Our tips for how to best take advantage of our selection and how you watch our livestreams. To FAQ

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