The jubilee concert sums up 20 years of Baltic Sea Festivals and everything they have meant to the region. Co-founder and conductor laureate of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen, leads the orchestra, the Swedish Radio Choir and Eric Ericson Chamber Choir in a magnificent concert in which Mahler’s second symphony takes the audience on a journey, from the opening funeral march to the optimistic finale. The pre-concert talk will be focusing on the festival’s past and future, and what we can do to save the sea that unites us.

Program

– Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C-minor

Participants

– Nina Stemme, soprano
– Miah Persson, soprano
– The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
– Julia-Maria Kretz, concert master
– The Swedish Radio Choir
– The Eric Ericson Chamber Choir
– Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor Laureate

(photo: Monika Rittershaus)

During his last years, Sven-David Sandström (1942–2019) worked on an opera with libretto by Niklas Rådström, based on the latter’s novel Boken, (The Book) from 2013. It is a bold and visionary rendition of the biblical books as a single story about creation and life. Full of poetry and powerful stories. The Norrköping Symphony Orchestra proudly announces that the world premiere of The Book of Life will take place as a semi-concert performance in Norrköping on October 14 with 22 soloists and Eric Ericson chamber choir conducted by Tobias Ringborg and directed by Peter Oskarson.

The Book of Life is a unique project, an all-night opera in three acts where the audience meets Adam and Eve, Moses, Jesus, Sarah, the three archangels and many more from the Bible’s rich gallery of characters. It will be performed as a semi-concert opera with limited staging. In the leading roles we see Jeremy Carpenter as “The Man” and Miriam Treichl as “The Woman”. Tobias Ringborg will be conducting and stage director is Peter Oskarson.

(photo: Mats Bäcker)

During his last years, Sven-David Sandström (1942–2019) worked on an opera with libretto by Niklas Rådström, based on the latter’s novel Boken, (The Book) from 2013. It is a bold and visionary rendition of the biblical books as a single story about creation and life. Full of poetry and powerful stories. The Norrköping Symphony Orchestra proudly announces that the world premiere of The Book of Life will take place as a semi-concert performance in Norrköping on October 14 with 22 soloists and Eric Ericson chamber choir conducted by Tobias Ringborg and directed by Peter Oskarson.

The Book of Life is a unique project, an all-night opera in three acts where the audience meets Adam and Eve, Moses, Jesus, Sarah, the three archangels and many more from the Bible’s rich gallery of characters. It will be performed as a semi-concert opera with limited staging. In the leading roles we see Jeremy Carpenter as “The Man” and Miriam Treichl as “The Woman”. Tobias Ringborg will be conducting and stage director is Peter Oskarson.

(photo: Mats Bäcker)

In the concert, the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir focuses on Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Richard Wagner. The concert also includes two commissioned works by Swedish composers Britta Byström and Staffan Storm.

Participants
– The Eric Ericson Chamber Choir
– Jakob Högström, baritone
– Fredrik Malmberg, conductor

Program:
– Richard Wagner: Treulich geführt – Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin
– Richard Wagner: Träume from Wesendonck Lieder (arr Clytus Gottwald)
– Richard Wagner: O du mein holder Abendstern from Tannhäuser
– Staffan Storm: New Work
– Richard Wagner: Siegfried Idyll ”Treppenmusik” (arr Gérard Pesson)

– Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Wedding March from A Midsummer’s Night Dream
– Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: From Sechs Lieder for chorus a cappella op 48
– Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Lord God of Abraham from Elijah
– Britta Byström New Work
– Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Psalm No. 2 ”Warum toben die Heiden” op 78:1

In the concert, the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir focuses on Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Richard Wagner. The concert also includes two commissioned works by Swedish composers Britta Byström and Staffan Storm.

Participants
– The Eric Ericson Chamber Choir
– Jakob Högström, baritone
– Fredrik Malmberg, conductor

Program:
– Richard Wagner: Treulich geführt – Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin
– Richard Wagner: Träume from Wesendonck Lieder (arr Clytus Gottwald)
– Richard Wagner: O du mein holder Abendstern from Tannhäuser
– Staffan Storm: New Work
– Richard Wagner: Siegfried Idyll ”Treppenmusik” (arr Gérard Pesson)

– Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Wedding March from A Midsummer’s Night Dream
– Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: From Sechs Lieder for chorus a cappella op 48
– Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Lord God of Abraham from Elijah
– Britta Byström New Work
– Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Psalm No. 2 ”Warum toben die Heiden” op 78:1

Manfred Honeck leads the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Eric Ericsson Chamber Choir and four soloists in a concert featuring masterpieces in the spirit of freedom and peace. It includes Arnold Schönberg’s ethereal Friede auf Erden and Beethoven’s last symphony, Symphony No. 9, best known for the euphoric choral finale based on the “Ode to Joy” theme.

Program
– Arnold Schönberg: Friede auf Erden
– Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor

Participants
– The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
– The Swedish Radio Choir
– The Eric Ericson Chamber Choir
– Katija Dragojevic, mezzo-soprano
– Maximilian Schmitt, tenor
– Krzysztof Bączyk, bass
– Malin Broman, concertmaster
– Manfred Honeck, conductor

Manfred Honeck leads the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Eric Ericsson Chamber Choir and four soloists in a concert featuring masterpieces in the spirit of freedom and peace. It includes Arnold Schönberg’s ethereal Friede auf Erden and Beethoven’s last symphony, Symphony No. 9, best known for the euphoric choral finale based on the “Ode to Joy” theme.

Program
– Arnold Schönberg: Friede auf Erden
– Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor

Participants
– The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
– The Swedish Radio Choir
– The Eric Ericson Chamber Choir
– Katija Dragojevic, mezzo-soprano
– Maximilian Schmitt, tenor
– Krzysztof Bączyk, bass
– Malin Broman, concertmaster
– Manfred Honeck, conductor