HUGO ALFVÉN 150th ANNIVERSARY SING-ALONG
The composer Hugo Alfvén is strongly associated with Swedish choral music, and from 1910 to 1947 conducted the male-voice choir Orphei Drängar. His songs and choral works are very much alive, and as part of Alfvén’s 150th anniversary the Swedish Radio Choir and choirs from all over Sweden will pay tribute to his achievements in a sing-along concert featuring new arrangements of his music, under the direction of Prof. Cecilia Rydinger.
The concert will be broadcast live on Berwaldhallen Play.
Participants
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.
Programme
1. Hugo Alfvén: Uti vår hage (All)
2. Ulrika Emanuelsson: Midsommarvaka ”Johansson” (nytt verk efter Alfvén, separat utgåva) (All)
3. Hugo Alfvén: Papillon (Swedish Radio Choir)
4. Hugo Alfvén: Stemning (danska) (All)
5. Hugo Alfvén: Julsång (All)
6. Hugo Alfvén: Julhymn (All)
7. Hugo Alfvén: Psalm (All)
8. Hugo Alfvén: Tjuv och tjuv det ska du heta (All)
9. Karin Rehnqvist: Tjuv och tjuv – VADÅ, JAG??? Ett minidrama (nytt verk efter Alfvén) (Swedish Radio Choir)
10. Hugo Alfvén: Gryning vid havet (TTBB) (All)
11. Hugo Alfvén: Limu, limu lima – Vallvisa från Älvdalen (All)
12. Anna-Karin Klockar: Limu, limu, lima (nytt verk efter Alfvén) (All)
13. Robert Sund: Anders han var en hurtiger dräng (nytt verk efter Alfvén) (All)
14. Hugo Alfvén: Aftonen (All)
15. Staffan Storm: Evening Reflections (nytt verk efter Alfvén) (Swedish Radio Choir)
16. Hugo Alfvén arr: Glädjens blomster (All)
17. Hugo Alfvén arr: Och jungfrun hon går i ringen (All)
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