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THE CONCERT HAS BEEN CANCELED - MAN AND FAITH

Faith is not the same as religion. Faith is something personal, something individual that many people decide to share, but many others wish to keep private. Tõnu Kaljuste and the Swedish Radio Choir invite you to a concert with devout works by composers such as Arvo Pärt, works that in different ways highlight and provide perspectives on faith.


SWEDISH RADIO CHOIR dot 2019/2020
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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.

The Estonian conductor Tõnu Kaljuste is familiar to Swedish audiences after his time as the Swedish Radio Choir’s Chief Conductor from 1994–2000. This versatile musician has been a driving force in awakening interest in the Nordic region to music from the Baltic countries. He founded the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and then, ten years later, the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, both of which have become very successful and perform at the world’s major concert venues and festivals. He is known for his interpretations of the works of Krzysztof Penderecki, Alfred Schnittke, Arvo Pärt and Veljo Tormis, and has won prestigious awards for his many recordings. Among his latest collaborations are the Norrlandsoperan Symphony Orchestra, the Wrocław Philharmonic and the choir at Orquestra Gulbenkian in Lisbon.

Approximate concert length: 1 h 40 min (with intermission)

Concert programme:
Arvo Pärt: And I heard a voice…
Arvo Pärt: Nunc dimittis
Arvo Pärt: Da pacem Domine
Arvo Pärt: Dopo la vittoria
Arvo Pärt: Magnificat
Alfred Schnittke: Concerto for Mixed Chorus