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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.”

Konserthuset Stockholm is one of Sweden’s great architectural masterpieces. Created during a period of expansion in Stockholm, by the Swedish architect Ivar Tengbom, it opened in 1926. Konserthuset Stockholm was built for the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and has since the start been the dedicated venue for the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony as well as many other prestigious events.

The tour is in Swedish. Maximum 10 persons/tour.

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Anton Bruckner’s voluminous and sonically grandiose symphonies never cease to amaze. The balance between the overarching musical architecture and the smaller details is always exquisitely even. Nevertheless, Bruckner himself was always uncertain. His second symphony underwent numerous revisions before he felt it had found its final form.

The Malmö Symphony Orchestra will play under the baton of American conductor Robert Trevino, chief conductor of the orchestra since autumn 2019. His international breakthrough came in 2013 when, on short notice, he replaced the Malmö Symphony Orchestra’s previous chief conductor, Vassily Sinaisky, in a project at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, to luminous reviews.

Creation, ice dancing and death for cello and piano.

Exactly 100 years ago today, the Swedish Ballet in Paris gave its first ever performance. For five intense years, this experimental dance company found itself at the heart of Parisian cultural life.

At this concert, pianist Leif Kaner-Lidström and cellist and composer Mats Lidström will perform the music from their much-discussed performances, including Swedish Viking Dahl’s music to Maison de fous – The Madhouse – with sets by Nils Dardel, whose best-known painting, The Dying Dandy, inspired this piece by cellist and composer Mats Lidström. We will also hear music by Darius Milhaud, who was deeply influenced by jazz in La création du monde – The World’s Creation. They have also used music by Tailleferre, Honegger and Cole Porter, who lived in Paris at the time.

One of the most acclaimed performances by the Swedish Ballet was Relâche with music by Erik Satie and set design by Francis Picabia. Between the two acts, a film by René Clair was shown in which Picabia, Satie, Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp played themselves.

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Grigory Sokolov is among those exclusive soloists who elevate music to unimagined heights every time, managing to surprise even the choosiest of audiences. With only two exceptions, he has guest-performed at Konserthuset each year since 2004 in an annual October concert.

Every concert with Sokolov is unique in its own way, for while his technique is utterly peerless, he rarely adheres to a template for piano virtuosos. His interpretations are deeply personal, and at his most recent visit in autumn 2019, he enchanted the audience with music by Mozart and Brahms during the regular programme, which he followed up with a string of encore pieces by Chopin, Schubert, Rachmaninoff and Brahms.

He often chooses the repertoire just before the performance. So we do not yet know what he will play at his next concert, but whatever he chooses, we know that once again, he will astound us all with his rare ability to bring new dimensions out of the music.

The concert will be held on 14 February 2021

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The popular music collective comes to Konserthuset for the first time ever

Ever-relevant Blacknuss is an institution of the Swedish music scene!Since the club was formed, led by Martin Jonsson at Fasching in Stockholm in the early 90s, Blacknuss has been the epicentre of modern soul in Stockholm. Over the years, the list of artists with whom they have collaborated has become a veritable who’s who of the Swedish soul elite – Robyn, Titiyo, Lisa Nilsson, Christian Falk, and now artists like Mary N’Diaye, Prince Mpedzisi, Desmond Foster and more.The Blacknuss collective is known for songs like Dinah, Last Night a DJ Saved My Life, Thinking of You and more.

Members as well as the group’s musical style and sound have varied over the years. With jazzy club music, disco and funk, the group’s hits continue and lean increasingly towards R&B, soul and great party music. Bandleader Martin Jonsson makes sure the ensemble keeps the beat – without losing the classic groove that has become their signature. Blacknuss will now perform at Konserthuset Stockholm for the first time ever, and guarantee a special focus on Afro-beat and reggae!

We regret to inform that this event has been cancelled due to uncertainty related to the corona virus.

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Exclusive double concert featuring music from Mali and a British rising star of jazz.

Habib Koité and the ensemble Bamada have released multiple top-selling and critically acclaimed albums; they have appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman, and have been featured in magazines like People and Rolling Stone. Nubya Garcia is a British jazz musician, saxophone player, flute player, composer and band leader who has taken off in recent years, becoming one of the most exciting names in the in-demand world of modern British jazz. Now we will get to hear them both at the same concert!

In Habib Koité’s softly intimate singing style and unique guitar playing, different styles are united to create an unparalleled sound that reflects his interest in all kinds of music. Together with childhood friends, he formed the group Bamada – a nickname for residents of Mali’s capital city of Bamako. With the latest album, Kharifa from 2019, Habib Koité has once again reaffirmed his position as one of the giants of the African continent.

Nubya Garcia grew up in the United Kingdom as a child of two Caribbean parents. Her childhood has deeply influenced her music, which features Caribbean and West African elements that include painterly, flowing improvisations on her tenor saxophone. In 2017, she released the acclaim debut album Nubya’s 5ive, which was followed up the next year by the EP When We Are. In 2019, she won Jazz FM’s Best Newcomer Award.

Since her debut, Nubya Garcia has toured the world and collaborated with modern British jazz musicians such as Shabaka Hutchings, Moses Boyd, Sons of Kemet and Theon Cross.

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