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Successful opening night of the Baltic Sea Festival!
We have no words to describe Monday evening’s performance of Oedipus Rex / Symphony of Psalms! Thank you to our amazing choir colleagues in Orphei Drängar and Gustaf Sjökvists Kammarkör. Thank you to all the soloists, the Kungliga Hovkapellet and the Baltic Sea Festival. Thank you to our conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and our outstanding director Peter Sellars. The live…
Oedipus Rex / Symphony of Psalms at the Royal Swedish Opera tonight!
Tonight it’s finally time for the sold out opening performance of “Oedipus Rex / Symphony of Psalms” by Igor Stravinsky! The performance opens this year’s Baltic Sea Festival with Esa-Pekka Salonen as conductor and Peter Sellars as stage director. We share the stage with the Kungliga Hovkapellet, Orphei Drängar and the ladies of Gustaf Sjökvists Kammarkör. Sveriges Radio P2 will broadcast this live starting at…
New video: “Jordens Oro Viker” by Ludvig Norman
On June 8th we hold our traditional summer evening concert in Sofia church! The concert program includes the Swedish composer Ludvig Norman’s motet for double choir “Jordens Oro Viker”. We also performed the piece on May 24th at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm.
Summer evening concert June 8th!
Our summer evening concert is approaching! We’re excited to premiere the piece “Exile” by the Swedish composer Johan Hugosson. We’ll also perform music by Rehnqvist, Jersild and Verdi. Welcome to Sofia church on June 8th, 19:30. Free admission!
New video: “Alleluia” by Eric Whitacre
Thank you to all of you who came to our concert today! On our YouTube channel you can now listen to our performance of Eric Whitacre’s “Alleluia”:
Three masters – concert with Sofia Vokalensemble
Sofia Vokalensemble is inviting you to our first concert of the year! On Sunday March 19th at 14:30 in Sofia church you will hear music by three composers – Poulenc, Martin and Whitacre. Welcome to listen to music by three masters!
Sofia Vokalensemble holding auditions
We in Sofia Vokalensemble are looking for experienced singers who want to join us in 2017. In March we’ll sing Frank Martin’s Mass for Double Choir and Chansons françaises by Francis Poulenc. Send an e-mail to dirigent@sofiavokalensemble.com if you’re interested in an audition and we’ll get back to you with more information. Auditions are held January 16 and 17. On January 11 we’ll…