Frozen music – a film about Berwaldhallen

Mark Isitt is your guide in this film about Berwaldhallen's architecture.

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Brutalism was a style of architecture in the second half of the 20th century, with raw concrete taking centre stage. Architects Sune Lindström and Erik Ahnborg designed the Berwaldhallen in this style, having also designed the radio and TV buildings at Gärdet in Stockholm.

In this film, architectural journalist Mark Isitt talks about the architecture of the Berwaldhallen and its location deep in the bedrock – which also gives the indoor environment in the foyers a unique character.

FROZEN MUSIC – A short film about Berwaldhallen’s architecture

Script and cicerone – Mark Isitt

Photo – Ulf Sandlund

Editing – Karl Thorson

Editor – Bodil Hasselgren

Project manager – Karl Thorson

Music

Franz Berwald, Symphony No. 2 in D major ‘Capricieuse’

Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

Recorded in September 2025.

A Berwaldhallen Play production for the Swedish Radio Concert Hall Berwaldhallen