Collaborative Concert: Star Wars and The Planets

Name: Collaborative Concert: Star Wars and The Planets
Start: 2027-06-01T19:30:00+02:00
End: 2027-06-01T21:30:00+02:00
Location: Koncertsalen Alsion

Tue, 1 Jun 2027 · 19:30 — 21:30

Koncertsalen Alsion, Sønderborg

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Star Wars and The Planets - orchestral concert: Tuesday 1 June 2027, 19:30–21:30, Koncertsalen Alsion, Sønderborg.

Once a year, the region's two symphony orchestras join forces for a joint concert. This time the theme is space.

The first part features John Williams' music from Star Wars - an orchestral suite with all the familiar themes. The second part is Holst's The Planets, a major work where each movement depicts a planet as an expression of a human force or state of mind: from war and love to mystery and eternity. Holst drew on astrology - not astronomy - when he composed the work in the early 1900s.

Christian Øland conducts and leads the collaborative concert for the first time with the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Sinfonieorchester.

Program: J. Williams: Star Wars, suite for orchestra - G. Holst: The Planets

Christian Øland — also plays in other cities (3)

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About the venue: Koncertsalen Alsion

Koncertsalen Alsion in Sønderborg is the main concert hall for the whole of Southern Jutland, with seating for up to 988 guests. The programme ranges from classical music and opera to stand-up, comedy and lectures, with Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester as a regular resident ensemble. The hall is constructed as two concrete shells, one inside the other, keeping outside noise at bay and giving it acoustics that performers consistently praise. The 20-metre-wide stage can be adjusted hydraulically to depths of 6, 9 or 12 metres.

Alsion 2, 6400 Sønderborg Get directions

About: Christian Øland

Trained in Helsinki and at home on major European stages, Øland brings a distinctly Nordic perspective to the podium - and from 2025/26 he anchors that vision in southern Jutland as the orchestra's first Danish chief conductor in many years.

Only Danish conductor as chief conductor of a Danish symphony orchestra (2025/26)

Permanent chief positions from the 2025/26 season (Southern Jutland Symphony Orchestra and Theater Magdeburg)

What's new

2025-08
Øland's contract as general music director for Theater Magdeburg came into effect on August 28, 2025.
2025-05
Theater Magdeburg announced in May 2025 that Øland was selected as the new general music director from the 2025/26 season.
2025-03
Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester presented Øland in March 2025 as the new chief conductor - the first Dane in that role for a Danish regional orchestra in many years.

Tracks

Fête galante (Poul Schierbeck)Conducted the first full production since the 1960s at Den Jyske Opera, spring 2025

Leaning Tree (Signe Lykke / Dansk Danseteater)World premiere with Copenhagen Phil at Det Kongelige Teater 2023, nominated for the Reumert Prize

Nøddeknækkeren (Tjajkovskij)Conducted the ballet at Det Kongelige Teater

Julie og Romeo (Mats Ek / Tjajkovskij)Conducted Mats Eks production at Kungliga Operan in Stockholm

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Benjamin Britten)Full opera production with Helsinki Sinfonietta

About: Schleswig-Holsteinisches Sinfonieorchester

A German-Danish border-region orchestra based in Rendsburg that tours widely across Schleswig-Holstein and teams up with the Danish Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester each year for a large joint concert, now led by music director Harish Shankar since 2024/2025.

1920

the orchestra's roots go back to

12+

symphony, chamber, children's and youth concerts per season

380

employees at the state theatre and orchestra

100+

musicians on stage at the joint collaboration concert

What's new

2026-06
The orchestra held its annual collaboration concert with Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester under the title "Titanerne" on June 3 in Flensburg and June 4 in Alsion, Sønderborg, with Harish Shankar as conductor.
okt 2025
In a portrait from October 2025, it is emphasized that the audience numbers at the orchestra's symphony concerts have been increasing under GMD Harish Shankar's leadership.
2023-06
It was announced in June 2023 that conductor Harish Shankar will become the new general music director for the orchestra and the state theatre from the 2024/2025 season.

Tour

FlensburgRendsburgSchleswigHusumSønderborgItzehoeNeumünsterHeideBrunsbüttelMeldorf

Tracks

Samarbejdskoncert med Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkesterannual tradition since the post-war period, cross-border joint concert

Neujahrskonzerttraditional New Year concert, tours to several cities in Schleswig-Holstein

Sinfoniekonzerte 2025/2026season's symphony concert series under GMD Harish Shankar

Collaborative Concert: Star Wars and The Planets

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