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What an evening we had on March 8th! We were happy that so many wanted to share the experience of Bach’s Mass in B-minor with us. We want to thank the soloists, Lisa Carlioth, Tove Nilsson, Conny Thimander and John Erik Eleby and the baroque orchestra Tre Kronor for a great cooperation. Thank you, we had so much fun! We…
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New video: Dona Nobis Pacem from J.S Bach’s Mass in B-minor
Listen to “Dona Nobis Pacem”, which concludes the Mass in B-minor, when we performed it two years ago.
Sofia Vokalensemble performs J.S. Bach’s Mass in B-minor
We in Sofia Vokalensemble celebrate 20 years as a choir in 2015, and we will begin our anniversary performing J.S. Bach’s mass in B minor along with orchestra and soloists. The mass in B-minor is seen as one of music history’s most powerful pieces. It took twenty-five years to complete, but was likely never performed during Bach’s lifetime. It’s an outstanding…
We’re in the final!
We just received the fantastic news that we are one of the choirs competing in Let the Peoples Sing in October 2015!
Our concert on radio!
On December 21st our concert (recorded on December 7th) was broadcast over Europe and Canada as part of the European Broadcasting Union’s Christmas Music Day. Listen to the concert on Swedish National Radio’s website:
Advent – Christmas concert
On the second Sunday of advent we hold our traditional Christmas concert. The concert will be recorded by Swedish Radio and will be part of the European Broadcasting Union’s Christmas Music day. We feel very honored to be Sweden’s contribution in this broadcast. The mixed program includes Swedish classics like Anders Bond’s version of Bereden väg för herran” and Jan Sandström’s…
Thank you for this weekend!
Thanks to all of you who came to our concerts in Bälinge and Sofia church this weekend! Our rehearsals will now begin for our Christmas concert which will be recorded by Swedish Radio and be broadcast all over Europe in December. Welcome to hear us live on December 7th!
Konzert für Chor – Concert on October 12th
When autumns winds and yellow leaves come it’s time for our autumn concert! A decade ago we performed Alfred Schnittke’s magnificent Konzert für Chor. On October 12th it’s finally time again! We in Sofia Vokalensemble have truly taken Alfred Schnittke’s compositions to our hearts and will also perform his Drei geistliche Gesänge at the concert. Welcome to an evening filled…
South Korea – here we come!
In April 2013 we received the happy news that we were one 25 ensembles worldwide chosen to perform at the 10th World Symposium on Choral Music in Seoul. Since then we’ve been looking forward to going to South Korea and on Monday our journey begins. We can’t wait! Here’s a sample of “Kung Liljekonvalje” from our new album and it’s…