On Thursday, 12 November, trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth joins the Wermland Opera Orchestra at Sweden’s Karlstad CCC for the world premiere of Frozen Light, a new concerto by Swedish composer Albert Schnelzer, commissioned by the orchestra and written especially for Helseth. Inspired by the Scandinavian winter, the three-movement work captures the season’s distinctive atmosphere and emotional resonance.
The programme also explores the contemporary orchestral sound through Anna Clyne’s Sound and Fury, one of the composer’s most performed works, before giving way to the timeless elegance and playful ingenuity of Haydn’s Symphony No. 101 in D major, The Clock.
Some of Helseth’s appearances in 2026/27 season include a return to London’s Southbank Centre for a specially curated ensemble performance at Queen Elizabeth Hall celebrating Nadia Boulanger, return to Salzburg with Sinfonieorchester Basel, New Year’s tour of Belgium with the Belgian National Orchestra, and US tour with TenThing Brass Ensemble.
Festival appearances throughout the season include the second Han-Na Chang Daejeon Grand Festival in South Korea, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival with the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra, Canada’s Domaine Forget International Festival, and the Baku International Festival.
Helseth will also continue to champion Nico Muhly’s Doom Painting, a concerto written for her and premiered with the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra in 2025, with subsequent performances alongside the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic and The Hallé. The 2026/27 season will see her give the work’s Polish premiere with the Warsaw Philharmonic and US premiere with the Utah Symphony.
Photo: Anna-Julia Granberg