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Programme 2009
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Wednesday June 3
8 pm — Maria Christina Kiehr, HBO & SEMF's Opening Ceremony

SEMF's opening concert. Maria Cristina Kiehr and Helsinki Baroque Orchestra.

Stage: The German Church
Thursday June 4
12 noon – Harmony of the Angels – Giovanni Terzi

Ferrara Lute Duo. Winner of EAR-ly 2008 competition Lunch concert.

Stage: The Stockholm Cathedral Parish Hall
2 pm – Seminar "Gregorian chant" (David Eben)

Gregorian chant. Seminar with David Eben.

Stage: The Stockholm Cathedral Parish Hall
6 pm – Rosa Mystica

Schola Gregoriana Pragensis. Gregorian song.

Stage: The Finnish Church

9 pm – Pirates of the Baroque

Red Priest.

Stage: The German Church
Friday June 5
12 noon – The Next Generation

Gli Affetti Freschi. Students from The Sibelius Academy, Helsinki. Lunch concert.

Stage: The Stockholm Cathedral Parish Hall
2 pm – Seminar "The Harmony of the Spheres" (Pierre Nordahl)

Science during the Renaissance, Galileo and the music

Stage: The Stockholm Cathedral Parish Hall
6 pm – Vivaldis Nymphs

Sweden´s most  successful young recorder player Katarina Widell invite us to Venice, to discover music by Vivaldi´s female pupils.

Stage: The Finnish Church

9 pm – Early Folk

The very popular Swedish singer Lena Willemark defies the limits of traditional early music.

Stage: The German Church
Saturday June 6
11.00 – Early Music for Children: Romeo & Juliet Choir

Throughout time, people have been fascinated by the stars, not least during the Renaissance. In this eventful concert, a quartet from the Romeo & Juliet Choir reveal their playful side.

Stage: The Stockholm Cathedral Parish Hall

12.30 noon – Lunchtime cinema "The Full Monteverdi"

THE FULL MONTEVERDI a film by John La Bouchardière
Claudio Monteverdi's madrigals underlie a series of dramatic meetings between lovers. An intimate and emotional depiction of love in our time - where this exquisite 17th century music meets characters of the 21st century. With the English vocal ensemble I Fiagiolini.

Stage: The Stockholm Cathedral Parish Hall
2 pm – Seminar "Early Music in Turkey" (Kudsi Erguner)

Kudsi Erguner, an authority on early Turkish classical music introduces us to the unique sounds of the Ottoman empire.

Stage: The Stockholm Cathedral Parish Hall
6 pm – "Sultans and Dervishes" - Early Music from Turkey

The undisputed master of the Ney-flute, Kudsi Erguner from Turkey transports us on a mystical journey to the Ottoman realm, conjuring up the sounds and scents of the Orient and the atmosphere of the Dervish ceremonies.

Stage: The Finnish Church
9 pm – Missa Papalis

There could hardly be said to be another composition before Bach's time better known than Palestrina's Missa Papae Marcelli. The exquisitely magical counterpoint in this mass is performed by the German Ensemble Officium, specialising in the vocal polyphony of the Renaissance.

Stage: The German Church

Sunday June 7
12 noon – Lunch concert "VESTIVA I COLLI"

"Clothed the hills and the countryside around, did Spring with fresh glories."
Songs, virtuosic variations and one madrigal within a single century in Italyl.

Stage: The Stockholm Cathedral Parish Hall
2 pm – "Medieval instruments in 'Le Jeu de Robin et Marion'"

Members of Micrologus talk about and demonstrate the instruments of perhaps the oldest opera of all.

Stage: The Stockholm Cathedral Parish Hall
4 pm – "Donaires" – Spanish Baroque Dance (EARLY STAGE)

Sarabandes, folias, gaillardes and chaconnes? Six dancers and six musicians combine castanets, hand clapping and footsteps to create irresistable rhythms from the age of Cervantes.

Stage: Nybrokajen 11

7 pm – Le Jeu de Robin et Marion

The world's first ever opera? The superb Italian ensemble Micrologus performs an intimate concert version of this medieval pastorale, which has everything: - love, class struggle, animal symbolism, song, dance and dialogue.

Stage: The German Church