The Hvitfeldtska Gymnasiet, founded by Queen Kristina in 1647, is the oldest and largest high school in Gothenburg. Its conservatoire and chamber choir were founded in 1990. Since then, the choir has worked with many musicians such as the singer Alf Hambe, the pianist Stefan Forssén and the Kjell Jansson jazz quartet, and has toured all over Europe. It has performed in such emblematic venues as the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris and Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome.
The choir, which comprises 30 singers aged from 17 to 20, is currently led by Martin Bagge. Its répertoire embraces classical and contemporary music: Josquin des Prez, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Johann Sebastian Bach and Henry Purcell rub shoulders with contemporary Scandinavian composers such as Sven-Eric Johanson, Wilhelm Stenhammar, Thorkell Sigurbjörnsson and Einojuhani Rautavaara.
Programme:
- Trad. Arr. H. AlfvĂ©n: “Uti vĂĄr hage”
- O. Adolphson: “Nu kommer kvällen”
- A. Piazolla: “La muerte del ángel”
- Th. Sigurbjörnsson: “Heyr himnasmithur”
- W. Stenhammar: “I seraillets have”
- L. Gullin (arr. G. Eriksson): “Jag sĂĄg”
- Trad. Arr. R. Sund: “The drunken sailor”
- C. Debussy: “Dieu, qu’il a fait bon regarder”
- E. Taube (arr. G. Eriksson): “SĂĄ länge skutan kan gĂĄ”
Useful information
- Admission free while space lasts.