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CHRISTMAS CONCERT 2020

What would Christmas be without music? In a year when many of us are forced to spend the holidays without the company of friends and family, music can still be a heartwarming, comforting companion. Forget about stress and worries for a while in this programme featuring classic Advent and Christmas songs with members of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Swedish Radio Choir and conductor Olof Boman.

The concert will be broadcasted on Swedish Radio P2 and Berwaldhallen Play December 18 at 7 pm.


SWEDISH RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA dot SWEDISH RADIO CHOIR dot 2020/2021
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Participants

 

Per Sporrong violin
Genevieve Martineau violin
Ingegerd Kierkegaard viola
Helene Nilsson cello
Sofie Berner oboe
Cecilia Löken Hesselberg flute
Irina Serotyuk accordion

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32 professional choristers make up the Swedish Radio Choir: a unique, dynamic instrument hailed by music-lovers and critics all over the world. The Swedish Radio Choir performs at Berwaldhallen, concert hall of the Swedish Radio, as well as on tours all over the country and the world. Also, they are heard regularly by millions of listeners on Swedish Radio P2, Berwaldhallen Play and globally through the EBU.

The award-winning Latvian conductor Kaspars Putniņš was appointed Chief Conductor of the Swedish Radio Choir in 2020. Since January 2019, its choirmaster is French orchestral and choral conductor Marc Korovitch, with responsibility for the choir’s vocal development.

The Swedish Radio Choir was founded in 1925, the same year as Sweden’s inaugural radio broadcasts, and gave its first concert in May that year. Multiple acclaimed and award-winning albums can be found in the choir’s record catalogue. Late 2023 saw the release of Kaspars Putniņš first album with the choir: Robert Schumann’s Missa sacra, recorded with organist Johan Hammarström.

Director of Swedish Radio Choir & Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Approximate concert length: 1 hour 10 minutes