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Experiencing the English tradition of evensong is like stepping into another time and another world – as the calm of evening descends, the space is filled with powerful choral singing that, together with the sound of the organ, carries the ancient liturgy. This year’s evensong is part of the Diocese of Stockholm’s church music festival Jubilate, which this year focuses on Norwegian music.

This year’s church music festival in the Diocese of Stockholm — Jubilate — highlights contemporary Norwegian church music by some of the country’s most significant composers — Petra Bjørkhaug, Knut Nystedt, Torbjørn Dyrud, and Kim André Arnesen — performed by the St. Matthew Chamber Choir, Adolf Fredrik Church Chamber Choir, and Gustavsberg Vocal Ensemble.

Listen to Carl Unander-Scharin’s and Mattias Wager’s interpretation of Winterreise — Schubert’s twenty-four remarkable, sorrowful, and multifaceted songs, in which the singer gives voice to a solitary wanderer in a barren winter landscape that mirrors his vulnerability — alone, abandoned, and lost. The piano part comments on and supports the emotional states and atmospheres.

Evensong is a meditative and calming evening service in which music and song create an atmosphere of stillness and reflection. In Storkyrkan this Sunday, the evensong is led by Sofia Ågren and performed by the Stockholm Music High School Chamber Choir.

The biblical concept of love and the Greek distinctions between Eros, Agape, and Philia form the starting point as S:t Jacob’s Chamber Choir performs under guest conductor Cecilia Martin-Löf.

The text of the Stabat Mater was written in the early 14th century and describes Mary’s suffering during the crucifixion of Jesus. We meet several singers from the School of Music and Opera at Mälardalen University in a programme built around this hymn. Music by Pergolesi, Boccherini, Berkeley, and others.

Storkyrkans Kammarkör i ett mångfacetterat körmusikprogram som utforskar livets mening. Musil av Ann-Sofi Söderberg, Caroline Shaw, Max Reger, Ingvar Lidholm, Sven-Eric Johanson med flera.