Konserthuset Stockholm

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The Eric Ericson Chamber Choir was founded in 1945 by Eric Ericson, and since then it has taken a central role in the Swedish and international music scenes. Today the choir’s repertoire is incredibly broad and for generations of Swedish composers, “the Chamber Choir” was the ideal ensemble, with its typical Nordic sound and virtuosity. Internationally, the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir is among the most renowned professional ensembles. The Eric Ericson Chamber Choir and Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra have enjoyed a close partnership since 2003.

At this anniversary concert, the choir will tackle Claudio Monteverdi’s (1567–1643) Maria Vespers – Vespro della Beata Vergine. This immortal masterpiece was composed in 1610 and is a mighty, melodic, colourful and sometimes painfully beautiful tribute to the holy virgin. This music from the transitional period between the Renaissance and Baroque eras has spectacular choral parts and sections for one or several solo voices. The Eric Ericson Chamber Choir is led by its chief conductor Fredrik Malmberg. Guest soloists and the Wallström Baroque Ensemble will also participate.

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The venerable Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1806, would this evening have made its first guest performance at Konserthuset Stockholm. The concert was planned as part of the celebration of 100 years of diplomatic contacts between Switzerland and Sweden.

The celebration has had to find another form due to the corona pandemic. When the concert program was played last week at the orchestra's season opening in Lucerne, it was therefore recorded. The program has a strong Swedish touch through Lisa Larsson's performance of Franz Berwald's songs, in an orchestration for soprano and orchestra by Rolf Martinsson.

The concert film contains several greetings and speeches: we hear the soprano Lisa Larsson, the Swiss ambassador to Sweden Christian Schoenenberger, Executive and Artistic Director of Konserthuset Stockholm Stefan Forsberg, Intendant Numa Bischof-Ullman and Prof. Michel Mayor, Swiss Nobel laureate in physics 2019.

Fanfare for the Common Man by American composer Aaron Copland, was written during World War II, in 1942. The piece was in part inspired by a speech made by Vice President Henry A. Wallace, in which he proclaimed the dawning of the ”Century of the Common Man”. Out of the 18 fanfares that were commisioned from American composers to open each concert at this time, only the fanfare by Copland has reached a more prominent place in the repertoire.

We will also hear internationally acclaimed Swedish soprano Lisa Larsson as the soloist in Berwald’s Traumreise song cycle, a dreamy journey through Europe arranged for orchestra by Rolf Martinsson.

Infused with melancholy anxiety, Brahms’ fourth symphony – which is also his last – is much darker than the preceding symphony. The fact that Brahms’ symphonic role model was Beethoven is well known and is also evident in the fourth symphony. But this does not mean imitation. The last movement is a unique and intimately coloured passacaglia, in which a recurring line of melody in the bass section forms the foundation for the dramatic, passionate finale. 

Hit the road to dreamland – Isabella Lundgren with trio. ”For one hour we will, with the help of timeless classics from the Great American Songbook, chuck ourselves into uncharted dreams, secret wishes and naive longing. When life hurts, and the ground is shaking beneath us, that’s when we need our dreams the most.”

Isabella Lundgren debuted in 2012 with the cd It Had to Be You, and she has since then done six more album. The most recent one was Out of the Bell Jar, from 2019. She has received many awards, for instance Sveriges Radio’s Jazzkatten (”The Jazz Cat”) in the category Musician of the year in 2015, and the magazine Orkesterjournalen’s Gyllene Skiva (”Golden Record”) for Somehow Life got in the way from 2014. She was nominated for Swedish Grammys in 2016 and 2019.

Isabella Lundgren performs with a trio consisting of Carl Bagge piano, Niklas Fernqvist bass and Daniel Fredriksson drums.

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The international supergroup Artemis – named after the goddess of the hunt and wilderness – visits Konserthuset for the first time. Passionate playing at the highest level is guaranteed. This band, spearheaded by Renee Rosnes, first played together in 2017. All members have their own flourishing solo careers.

Word has spread quickly about their groove and sophisticated style. This year, Artemis is releasing their first album together on Blue Note Records. Head of the record label Don Was heard Artemis in concert in 2018: “Although each individual member of this supergroup is a bona fide jazz titan, these incredible musicians dwell in the rarefied air of bands whose whole is greater than the sum of its already sublime parts.”