Spain. 2005 – Andrew Litton named artistic director. Orchestra celebrates its 240th season. Litton leads European tour with concerts in Udine, Ljubljana, Zagreb, Rome, Vienna and Innsbruck. 2006 – Orchestra roster increased to 98 musicians. Orchestra goes on strike during Bergen International Festival. Sten Cranner becomes managing director. 2007 – Touring to the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Birmingham Symphony Hall and Royal Albert Hall, PROMS (London), with Boris Berezovsky as piano-soloist. 12-concert tour of the US including Carnegie Hall, New York. Soloist: André Watts, piano. 2008 – Concert at Musikverein, Vienna. Soloist Johannes Moser, cello. Three-concert tour of Poland, Estonia and Sweden with soloist Nikolaj Znaider, violin. Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra partial discography BIS records: Peter Tchaikovsky and Alexander Glazunov: Violin Concertos. Vadim Gluzman, violin. Andrew Litton, conductor Peter Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker. Neeme Järvi, conductor Edvard Grieg: The Complete Orchestral Music. BIS-CD-1740/42 (8cds). Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor Kalevi Aho – Concerto for Contrabassoon and Orchestra. Lewis Lipnick, contrabassoon. Andrew Litton, conductor. BIS-CD-1574. 2007 Sergei Prokofiev – Romeo and Juliet, Andrew Litton, conductor. BIS-SACD- Edvard Grieg – Olav Trygvason, Orchestral Songs. Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor, Solveig Kringelborn, soprano, Ingebjørg Kosmo, mezzo-soprano, Trond Halstein Moe baritone, Marita Solberg, soprano, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Kor Vest, Voci Nobili. 2006. BIS-SACD-1531 Edvard Grieg – Peer Gynt Suites. Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor. 2006. BIS-SACD-1591 Edvard Grieg – Holberg Suite, Music for Strings. Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor. 2005. BIS-SACD-1491 Edvard Grieg – Peer Gynt (The Complete Incidental Music) (May 2005) SACD-1441/42 Arvo Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel (April 2005) CD-1434 Edvard Grieg – Sigurd Jorsalfar (March 2004 SACD-1391 Edvard Grieg – Orchestral Dances (May 2003) SACD-1291 Edvard Grieg – Piano Concerto (February 2003) SACD-1191 Benjamin Britten – The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (January 1989) CD-420 Robert Schumann – Symphonies No.3 & No.4, re-orchestrated by Gustav Mahler (January 1988) CD-394 Robert Schumann – Symphonies No.1 & No.2, re-orchestrated by Gustav Mahler (January 1987) CD-361 Eduard Tubin – Symphony No.4 (January 1986) CD-227, also available in a compilation of the Tubin symphonies, CD-1402/04 Hyperion: Eyvind Alnæs and Christian Sinding: Piano Concertos. Piers Lane, piano. Andrew Litton, conductor. 2007. Hyperion CDA67555 Chandos: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Symphony No. 1; Symphony No. 2 "Antar"; Symphony No. 3; Capriccio espagnol; Russian Easter Overture; Piano Concerto; Sadko. Geoffrey Tozer (piano), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Chandos 6613 CD Nkf: Bull: Herdgirl's Sunday, Bergen Symphony Orchestra with Arve Tellefsen. Conducted by Karsten Andersen