Concert Schedule, Spring 2013
Uppsala University
JANUARY
Sunday, January 27
Duke Ellington Sacred Concert
Uppsala University Jazz Orchestra performs works
by Duke Ellington together with the Yesterdays and
Rediviva choirs under the direction of Ulf Johansson
Werre and Anders Öman.
Immanuel’s Church, Stockholm, 6:00 pm
Tickets: 140 kr /100 kr for students. Tickets available at the door.
Saturday, March 9
Music for Brass!
Livgardets Dragonmusikkår, under the direction of
Martin Riessen, perform various works for brass.
Livgardets Dragonmusikkår is one of the Armed
Forces’ three regular bands and one of only a few
bands in the entire world that perform on horseback. However, the horses will not be participating
in this performance.
Concert organized by Livgardets Dragonmusikkår.
Uppsala University’s Aula 7:00 pm
Free admission
FEBRUARY
Friday, February 1
Lunch Concert at Musicum
Enjoy a delicious soup accompanied by music performed by violinist Henrik Hansson from the Royal
Philharmonic and pianist Lennart Wallin.
Musicum, Kyrkogårdsgatan 4, 12:00-1:00 pm
Tickets: 80 kr at the door (includes soup, bread,
coffee/tea, and dessert). Reservations made at
[email protected]
Wednesday, February 20
Skapa den sol som inte finns
The forum for advanced Studies in Arts, Languages,
and Theology (SALT), presents a lecture about Torsten Pettersson and his new book Skapa den sol som
inte finns: hundra år av finsk lyrik i tolkning av Torsten
Pettersson (Artos & Norma Bokförlag)
Flutist: Linnéa Andersson-Kurko from the Royal
Academic Orchestra.
Geijersalen, English Park Campus, 4:15-5:15 pm
Free admission
Monday, February 25
Blue Monday
Musicians from the Royal Academic Orchestra present works in a variety of combinations.
Organized by Kollegiet för utövande musik at Uppsala University.
Host: Stefan Karpe
Uppsala University’s Aula, 4:45 pm
Free admission
MARCH
Friday, March 8
Lunch Concert at Musicum
Enjoy a delicious soup accompanied by music performed by French hornist Markus Källman from the
Royal Academic Orchestra and pianist Henrik Måwe.
Musicum, Kyrkogårdsgatan 4, 12:00-1:00 pm
Tickets: 80 kr at the door (includes soup, bread, coffee/tea, and dessert). Reservation made at rebecca.
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Saturday, March 9
Pre-Concert Lecture: J.S. Bach’s St.
Matthew Passion
Speakers: Stefan Parkman, Norbert Bolin, Owe
Wikström, Karin Dahlberg (f. Roman), and Urban
Westerlund. Moderator: Gunnel Fagius.
Mission’s Church, Uppsala, 2:30 pm
Free admission
March 9 and 10
Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion – arr. Mendelssohn, 1841
Participants: Uppsala Academic Chamber Choir and
Drottningholm’s Baroque Ensemble.
Soloists: Rufus Müller; Evangelist, Karl-Magnus
Fredriksson; Christ, Lars Arvidson; Pilatus and bass
arias, Karin Dahlberg (f. Roman) soprano, and Ivonne
Fuchs, alto.
Conductor: Stefan Parkman
March 9 – Mission’s Church, Uppsala, 4:00 pm
March 10 – Maria Magdalena Church, Stockholm,
4:00 pm
Tickets: 150 kr/100 kr for students, available at
Mission’s Church: 018-10 00 06, [email protected], Maria Magdalena Church: 08-462
29 60, [email protected]
March 15 and 16
Anime – The Concert
This will be a momentous celebration of music from
well-known anime series. The audience will experience a mixture of eastern and western harmonies
reminiscent videogame and film music with special
guest, Kohei Tanaka, the Japanese composer behind
the music for such films as One Piece and Dragonball.
Special Guest Performer: Kohei Tanaka
Host and Pianist: David Westerlund
Royal Academic Orchestra
Uppsala University’s Dramatic Choir
Conductor: Stefan Karpe
March 15 – Uppsala University’s Aulan, Uppsala,
7:00 pm
March 16 – Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, 7:30 pm
Tickets: 275 kr/225 kr for students, available at
ticnet.se or berwaldhallen.se, remaining tickets will
be available at the door the day of the concert
Photo: Johan Tjäder, Henrik Eriksson,
Juliana Yondt
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Monday, March 18
Blue Monday
Uppsala University Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Hacke Björksten and Ulf Johansson Werre
present a celebration of Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson
Organized by Kollegiet för utövande musik at Uppsala University.
Host: Ulf Johansson Werre
Uppsala University’s Aulan, 4:45 pm
Free admission
MAY
Sunday, May 5
Music for Freedom and Reconciliation
Uppsala Academic Chamber Choir performs works
of Brahms, Pärt, Tippett, and Rudolf Escher: Le vrai
visage de la paix.
Organ: Gudmund Frenskar
Conductor: Stefan Parkman
Altuna Church, 4:00 pm
Free admission
APRIL
Monday, April 15
Blue Monday
Ensembles and Choirs from Uppsala’s nations visit
Blue Monday.
Organized by Kollegiet för utövande musik at Uppsala University.
Guest Host: Ella Stensson, Kuratorskonventets
kultursamordnare
Uppsala University’s Aulan, 4:45 pm
Free admission
Friday, April 19
Lunch Concert at Musicum
Enjoy a delicious soup accompanied by music performed by students from Uppsala’s Musikklasser.
Musicum, Kyrkogårdsgatan 4, 12:00-1:00 pm
Tickets: 80 kr at the door (includes soup, bread,
coffee/tea, and dessert). Reservations made at
[email protected]
Tuesday, April 23
Lecture: An Introduction to Igor
Stravinsky’s Life and Music
The Royal Academic Orchestra will perform Igor
Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring in May (more information
below) and for this reason Musicum is organizing a
lecture series around this work. Stefan Karpe, director musices, opens the series with an introduction of
Igor Stravinsky’s life and music.
Musicum, Kyrkogårdsgatan 4, 4:00-6:00 pm
Free admission
Wednesday, April 24
Gershwin on Guitar
Uppsala University Jazz Orchestra performs works
by Gershwin under the direction of Andreas Pettersson and Ulf Johansson Werre.
Uppsala University’s Aulan, see advertisement for
more information.
Photo: Johan Tjäder, Juliana Yondt,
Alfred Nerstu
Tuesday, May 7
Chamber Music in Linnéträdgården
Musicians from the Royal Academic Orchestra
perform. The concert is a collaboration between
Uppsala University, the Royal Academic Orchestra,
Uppsala musikskola, Smultron Restaurant and Bar
AB, Festvåningarna, and Orangeriet.
Linnéträdgården, Orangeriet, 7:00 pm
Tickets: 60 kr (includes entry to the concert and a
chicken wrap or vegetarian option). Drinks available
for purchase.
Monday, May 13
Blue Monday, Spring Sing Along
Welcome spring together with the Uppsala Academic Chamber Choir, the Royal Academic Orchestra,
and the Uppsala University Jazz Orchestra.
Organized by Kollegiet för utövande musik at Uppsala University.
Host: Stefan Parkman
Uppsala University’s Aulan, 4:45 pm
Free admission
Tuesday, May 14
Lecture: The Russian Ballet
Erik Näslund, Director of the Dance Museum, presents a lecture on Ballet Russe (the Russian ballet in
Paris) that over a twenty-year period, 1909-29, had a
revolutionary influence on all art forms and impacted
the entire world.
Musicum, Kyrkogårdsgatan 4, 4:00-6:00 pm
Free admission
Friday, May 17
Lunch Concert at Musicum
Enjoy a delicious soup accompanied by music performed by clarinetist Hermann Stefánsson from the
Royal Philharmonic and pianist Inese Klotina.
Musicum, Kyrkogårdsgatan 4, 12:00-1:00 pm
Tickets: 80 kr at the door (includes soup, bread,
coffee/tea, and dessert). Reservation made at
[email protected]
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Friday, May 17
Lecture: How the Rite of Spring was
Composed
Peter Hill, researcher and pianist from Sheffields
University, joins us as our next guest lecturer. Hill
researches contemporary music and has written the
book Stravinsky: Rite of Spring (Cambridge University Press). This lecture will describe how Stravinsky
composed the Rite of Spring.
Musicum, Kyrkogårdsgatan 4, 4:00-6:00 pm
Free admission
Monday, May 20
Lecture: A History of the Performances
of the Rite of Spring
Peter Hill (see above) continues with a lecture on
the various performances of the Rite of Spring
throughout history. A four-hand piano arrangement
of the Rite of Spring will follow the lecture.
Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS),
Thunbergsvägen 2, 7:15 pm
Free admission
Tuesday, May 28
The Royal Academic Orchestra visits
Stenhagen: The Rite of Spring
The Royal Academic Orchestra performs Igor
Stravinsky’s modernist ballet the Rite of Spring,
which had its premier 100 years ago, on May 29,
1913.
The orchestra performs for the first time at Stenhagen Culture Center, 7:00 pm
Free admission
JUNE
Saturday, June 1
Work in Progress
Before the premiere of a new and exciting choir
work.
Participants: Uppsala Academic Chamber Choir,
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi and Stefan Parkman
Riddarsalen, Wiks Slott, 12:30 pm
Free admission
June 1 and 2
The Royal Academic Orchestra: Rite of
Spring and Beethoven’s 7th Symphony
The Academic Orchestra performs Igor Stravinsky’s
modernist ballet the Rite of Spring, which had
its premiere 100 years ago on May 29, 1913.
Beethoven’s 7th Symphony will also be performed.
June 1 – Gustaf Vasa Church, Stockholm, 7:00 pm
June 2 – Uppsala University’s Aula, Uppsala, 3:00 pm
Photo: Juliana Yondt, Alfred Nerstu
Tickets: 120 kr/80 kr for students. Tickets are
available for purchase via ticnet.se, remaining tickets
available for purchase at the door the day of the
concert.