Primeval Light and Night Shadow

Life’s great, eternal questions are the theme of this concert, in which the Swedish Radio Choir and Peter Dijkstra treat us to music by Gustav and Alma Mahler in an arrangement by Clytus Gottwald. Brahms’ melancholy Five songs for mixed choir a cappella, Staffan Storm´s dramatic music and Arnold Schönberg’s beautiful choral work Friede auf Erden conveys the message of peace and justice in the world.

Season 2021/2022
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Berwaldhallen
1 hour (no intermission)

The concert will be broadcasted on Berwaldhallen Play and at the Swedish Radio P2, Friday, May 20 at 7 pm.

Change of program: Staffan Storm, Hymne and Gustav Mahler/Gottwald, Im Abendrot, which were previously part of the program have been replaced by Arnold Schönberg, Friede auf Erden and Gustav Mahler/Gottwald, Ich bin der Weld abhanden gekommen

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