The Face of Love

Sunday, 15 February marks the Sunday before Lent, whose theme is “The Way of Love,” and the day before is celebrated as Valentine’s Day. 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 programme includes movements from Hubert Parry’s Songs of Farewell, where romantic harmonic beauty meets existential yearning, and Georgy Vasilevich Sviridov’s Sacred Love from Three Choruses, in which melodic simplicity carries the spiritual depth of the Russian choral tradition.

A premiere by Michael Waldenby is interwoven with excerpts from Le Cantique des Cantiques by Daniel-Lesur, a setting of the Song of Songs in which love symbolizes both human tenderness and divine union – a musical meditation on the way of love.

Cecilia Martin-Löf is head of choral activities at Lund University and its music centre, Odeum, and artistic director of the Lund Academic Choir and Palaestra Vocal Ensemble. She holds master’s degrees in both choral and orchestral conducting and combines her position with an active career as a freelance conductor, répétiteur, and teacher. She is regularly engaged by many of Sweden’s orchestras and choirs, as well as ensembles in Denmark, Germany, and across Europe.

S:t Jacobs Kammarkör
Cecilia Martin-Löf guest conductor

from the programme
Michael Waldenby Dagen svalnar  world premiere
Jean Yves Daniel-Lesur from Le Cantique des Cantiques
Hubert Parry from Songs of Farewell
Georgy Vasilevich Sviridov Sacred Love ur Three Choruses

Age limit: 6 years and older

Ticket prices: 170 SEK, discounts available for seniors, children/youth/students

Please note that large bags, backpacks, suitcases, and strollers are not allowed in the church!