Martina Batic
Eric Ericsons kammarkör
Radiokören
Fredrik Malmberg
Eric Ericson 100 years
A tribute to the influential choral doyen.
Both the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir and the Swedish Radio Choir will participate in this concert in celebration of what would have been Ericson’s one-hundredth birthday. The concert takes place almost on the day of the anniversary: he was born 26 October 1918, and passed away 16 February 2013.
Already in 1945, shortly after finishing his studies, he founded the Chamber Choir that became the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir in 1988. Eric Ericson was also chief conductor of the Swedish Radio Choir for a long period, from 1951 to 1982, and through these choirs he came to develop and define the Swedish choral sound, which became world-famous and deeply admired.
The Eric Ericson Chamber Choir is now led by its current chief conductor Fredrik Malmberg, who succeeded Eric Ericson in the position in 2012, and the Swedish Radio Choir is led by Slovenian conductor Martina Batic, receiver of the Eric Ericson Award in 2006.
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The music
Approximate times -
Ingvar Lidholm De profundis for chorus a cappella9 min
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Lisa Streich Civil Song for chorus a cappella12 min
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Daniel-Lesur Le cantique des cantiques for chorus a cappella20 min
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Intermission25 min
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Hugo Alfvén The Evening for chorus a cappella4 min
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Sven-Erik Bäck The Night is Far Spent for chorus a cappella5 min
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Max Reger Vater unser for chorus a cappella17 min
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Encore:
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Gustav Mahler Liebst du um Schönheit from Rückert Lieder, version for chorus a cappella arr Nana Forte3 min
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Wilhelm Stenhammar I seraillets have for chorus a cappella2 min
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Participants
- Eric Ericson Chamber Choir
- Swedish Radio Choir
- Fredrik Malmberg conductor
- Martina Batic conductor
- Niklas Lindblad host