Choral & Vocal music
Date has passed16 NovemberRussian VoicesThe Swedish Radio Choir is reunited with Peter Dijkstra in Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms and Truls Mørk plays Rachmaninoff’s wonderful Vocalise.Read more- Date has passed17-18 OctoberMusical Storytelling: The Dream of GerontiusOne of the greatest English choral pieces of all time with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra’s music director Daniel Harding, and world soloists Ann Hallenberg, Andrew Staples and Simon Keenlyside. Friday´s concert will be livestreamed.Read more
Date has passed5 October40 Years of Music: One Choir, Forty PartsThe Swedish Radio Choir celebrates Berwaldhallen’s anniversary with a unique and all-embracing concert, led by conductor Andrew Manze. The concert will be livestreamed.Read more
Date has passed28 SeptemberDiscover Haydn: The First SymphonyConcertmaster Malin Broman paints a musical portrait of Joseph Haydn with symphonic works, as well as vocal and chamber music.Read more
Date has passedAugust 28M/S Estonia in MemoriamOn the fourth day of the festival, the Radio Choir and Tõnu Kaljuste mark the 25th anniversary of the shipwreck. The concert is live streamed at balticseafestival.com.Read more
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Date has passed24-25 MayMaestro BlomstedtBach wrote most of his cantatas in Leipzig. Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, with its jovial soprano and trumpet parts, really is...Read more- Date has passed10-11 MayShostakovich’s magnificent Leningrad SymphonyKlaus Mäkelä ends the season’s Shostakovich triptych in magnificent spirit with the monumental Leningrad Symphony, which was written and premièred in direct opposition to the Nazi ravages.Read more
Date has passed30 MarchMadrigalsThe madrigal as a musical form emerged during the Renaissance in Italy. Madrigals were characterised by the emotional emphasis on each phrase,...Read more- Date has passed23 FebruarySongs of ImprisonmentWhen the political fluctuations become stronger and lean towards the extremes, it requires courage to put one’s foot down and take a...Read more