Mother Sweden

Sunday, February 23, 2020 | 3:00 PM | National Nordic Museum
Tickets: $30 General Admission – $25 Museum Members – $10 Students
2655 NW Market Street, Seattle

with Pre-Concert Lecture by Artistic Director Gary D. Cannon, 2:30 PM

Some of the twentieth century's most sumptuous composers hailed from Sweden. Early on, there was the Romantic nationalism of Wilhelm Stenhammar, the contrapuntal craftsmanship of Otto Olsson, the simple folksongs of Hugo Alfvén, and the impressionism of Hildor Lundvik. More recent years have brought the modernist tone-clusters of the late Sven-David Sandström and the minimalist tranquility of his contemporary, Jan Sandström. These composers and more demonstrate why Sweden has long been a cornerstone of the choral tradition.

See program note, including texts and translations.

Repertoire

• Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927) – Sverige
• Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927) – Tre körvisor
• Jan Håkan Åberg (1916-2012) – I himmelen, i himmelen
• Jan Sandström (b.1954) – Sanctus
• Otto Olsson (1879-1964) – Ave maris stella
• Fredrik Sixten (b.1962) – Ave maris stella
  intermission
• Jacob Axel Josephson (1818-1880) – Vårsång
• Lars Johan Werle (1926-2001) – Orpheus
• Hugo Alfvén (1872-1960) – Och jungfrun hon går i ringen
• Oskar Lindberg (1887-1955) – Stjärntändningen
• Hildor Lundvik (1885-1951) – Som ett blommande mandelträd
• Åke Malmfors (1918-1951) – Gammal nederländare
• Sven-David Sandström (1942-2019) – To see a World
• David Wikander (1884-1955) – Kung Liljekonvalje
• Hugo Alfvén (1872-1960) – Sveriges flagga
• Robert Sund (b.1942) – The drunken sailor

Performing Artists

• Joel Bevington, tenor
• Gary D. Cannon, conductor
• Rebekah Gilmore, soprano
• Sammie Gorham, soprano
• David Hendrix, tenor
• J. Scott Kovacs, bass-baritone
• Tyler Morse, countertenor
• Melissa Plagemann, mezzo-soprano
• Robin Wyatt-Stone, baritone