We are delighted to resume an audience favourite – the concert series Night Music in Storkyrkan! Step into the softly dimmed cathedral, illuminated by candlelight. With musical and spatial improvisation at its heart, Mattias Wager and guest musicians explore the moods of night and evening.
Svensk Musikvår is the festival that, for a few days each March, lets contemporary music resonate throughout the city. In this organ concert, Mattias Wager presents a modern program ranging from quiet meditation to playful energy.
When Svensk Musikvår – the annual festival for contemporary art music – returns to Storkyrkan, it does so with a concert where the Stockholm Saxophone Quartet meets the organ in three entirely new works by Zacharias Ehnvall, Paula af Malmborg Ward and David Riebe.
Start the weekend with an organ after-work in St. Jacob’s Church. Johan Hammarström offers the Swedish premiere of Judith Bingham´s Seven Last Words on the church’s world-renowned Marcussen organ.
Stockholms domkyrkokör, together with soloists Henriikka Gröndahl, Maria Forsström, Joel Annmo and Markus Schwartz, presents a journey through sorrow, hope and spiritual consolation.
The programme includes Netzel’s expressive Stabat Mater, Poulenc’s wintry and contemplative Un soir de Neige, and the heartfelt Litanies à la Vierge Noire.
Roger-Ducasse’s delicate Crux fidelis brings the evening to a close.
All is led by conductor Johan Hammarström, with Mattias Wager at the organ.
On Good Friday we offer a moment of stillness through a poetic and musical journey along the fourteen Stations of the Cross, the Via Dolorosa. The poetic texts of Paul Claudel come to life through Stina Ekblad’s interpretation, and Marcel Dupré’s organ music moves between tender tranquility and powerful drama.
Easter Day celebrates the victory of life over death and the triumph of light over darkness. In the calm atmosphere of evensong, the tradition from the 16th century is followed, where devotion and music meet to bring us closer to faith and to one another.
Johan Hammarström bjuder på musik av Karg-Elert, Bonnet och Forrest på kyrkans världsberömda Marcussenorgel.
This evening, Storkyrkan is filled with the sounds of one of the world’s most acclaimed choirs: The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. The concert offers music in which each piece carries its own story, allowing the audience to experience space, comfort, and the human voice in its most beautiful form.”
Sara Michelin offers music by Bach, Boulanger, Andrée, Laurin and Liszt on the church’s world-renowned Marcussen organ.
During Culture Night, the doors to a world of sound open in Storkyrkan. Come and experience the city’s cathedral filled with music, light, and presence. Let the tones carry you through history — right in the heart of the Old Town.
Seven Last Words from the Cross is not only a musical masterpiece, but also a living manifestation of James MacMillan’s significance for contemporary art music. In this cantata for choir and string orchestra, the seven last words of Jesus on the cross are conveyed in an expressive musical meditation. St. Jacob’s Vocal Ensemble and orchestra perform the work under the direction of Mikael Wedar.
We are delighted to resume an audience favourite – the concert series Night Music in Storkyrkan! Step into the softly dimmed cathedral, illuminated by candlelight. With musical and spatial improvisation at its heart, Mattias Wager and guest musicians explore the moods of night and evening.
Carl Christianson offers music by Bach, Howells, Hovland och Dupré on the church’s world-renowned Marcussen organ.
Palestrina’s renowned mass is interwoven with Arvo Pärt’s frequently performed and much-loved motets. The concert marks the conclusion of six years of collaboration between Chief Conductor Kaspars Putniņš and the Swedish Radio Choir.
Experience the magic of spring as wind players and choir come together in a captivating program full of energy and vibrant expression. The concert features, among other works, excerpts from Haydn’s magnificent oratorio Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons) and Fanny Mendelssohn’s six lyrical Lieder.
The Chamber Choir of the Franz Liszt University of Music in Weimar embarks on a long-awaited tour of Sweden, with an exclusive performance at Storkyrkan. The audience is invited to an enthralling concert featuring a cappella works from the German Romantic and Baroque periods, alongside contemporary compositions by Swedish and Finnish composers of the 21st century.
Start the weekend with an organ after-work in St. Jacob’s Church. Start the weekend with an organ after-work in St. Jacob’s Church. Sven Verner Olsen offers music by Charles-Marie Widor on the church’s world-renowned Marcussen organ.
Johan Hammarström offers music by Bach and Wider on the church’s world-renowned Marcussen organ.
Listen to the next generation of singers and instrumentalists studying at the Academy of Music and Opera at Mälardalen University, housed in Västerås Castle. The students present chamber music and solo works from the Nordic countries, Europe, and North America. The programme includes both newly composed and well-known repertoire – a spring-inspired mix full of life and renewal.
Alexandra Wolfgang offers music by Bach and Reger on the church’s world-renowned Marcussen organ. Graduation concert from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm.
Start the weekend with an organ after-work in St. Jacob’s Church. Mattias Wager offers music by Wallen, Cabanilles, Howells, Hollins and Joplin on the church’s world-renowned Marcussen organ.
A resonant panorama of Nordic and international choral lyricism unfolds as InCantus presents music that moves between intimacy, rhythmic vitality, and spiritual wonder. Music by Oskar Lindberg, David Wikander, Arvo Pärt, Karl Jenkins, Agneta Sköld among others.
Johan Hammarström offers music by Franck, Puig-Roget and Jongen on the church’s world-renowned Marcussen organ.
Lars-Erik Larsson’s A God Disguised is a beloved Swedish classic, a favorite work for many Swedes. The text by Hjalmar Gullberg, written during the troubled times of the 1930s, captures hope, compassion, and human dignity. Gullberg drew inspiration for his poem from the myth of the god Apollo, who wanders among humans in disguise — an allegory of the divine being present without being seen. Stina Ekblad serves as narrator when the piece is performed by the Storkyrkan Chamber Choir and the Stockholm Cathedral Choir, with Miah Persson and Karl Söderström as soloists
Mladen Bonomi offers music by Guillou, Mendelssohn Bartholdy och Liszt on the church’s world-renowned Marcussen organ. Graduation Concert from the Royal College of Music, Stockholm.
Welcome to a magical summer evening in Storkyrkan, where the power of music unites the heavenly and the earthly. Under the direction of Gary Graden, S:t Jacob’s Chamber Choir presents a concert filled with light, resonance, and heartfelt expression.
Mattias Wager offers music by Poulenc, Mozart and Sjostakovitj on the church’s world-renowned Marcussen organ.
Storkyrkan is visited by choirs from Denmark and Norway, who together with S:t Jacob’s Vocal Ensemble present a program in which older music is given new life through modern interpretations. We are invited to hear Nordic sonorities in the meeting between tradition and renewal. Music by Henry Purcell, Bo Holten, Edvard Grieg, among others.
