British and Swedish
The Eric Ericson Chamber Choir performs British and Swedish choral music.
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. The Eric Ericson Chamber Choir and Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra have enjoyed a close partnership since 2003.
Today the choir’s repertoire is incredibly broad, as is shown in this programme with music from the renaissance to the present. For generations of Swedish composers, “the Chamber Choir” was the ideal ensemble, with its typical Nordic sound and virtuosity, and central to prominent Swedish composers like Ingvar Lidholm and Sven-David Sandström, whose music is included here.
Along with Swedish music the programme features a number of exemples of British choral music, and the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir is led by the young British conductor Harry Bradford.
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The music
Approximate times -
Henry Purcell/Sven-David Sandström Hear My Prayer, O Lord for chorus a cappella6 min
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Ingvar Lidholm De profundis for chorus a cappella8 min
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William Byrd Tribulationes civitatum for chorus a cappella8 min
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Sven-Erik Bäck The Night is Far Spent for chorus a cappella5 min
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Cecilia McDowall I know that my Redeemer liveth for chorus a cappella6 min
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Intermission25 min
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William Byrd Kyrie from Mass for five voices2 min
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Roxanna Panufnik Kyrie after Byrd for chorus a cappella4 min
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Benjamin Britten Hymn to St. Cecilia for chorus a cappella12 min
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Andrea Tarrodi Lume "Light" for chorus a cappella6 min
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Arnold Bax This worldes joie for chorus a cappella7 min
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Giles Swayne Magnificat I for chorus a cappella4 min
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Encore:
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Charles Villiers Stanford The Blue Bird for chorus a cappella4 min
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Participants
- Eric Ericson Chamber Choir
- Harry Bradford conductor