SEMF 2011
2 – 6 June in Old Town (Gamla Stan)
SEMFestivalpass
The SEMFestivalpass gives you entrance to all concerts, seminars and
masterclasses during Stockholm Early Music Festival 2011. The pass is
valid in the A section of the German church and the Finnish church. When purchasing online, please exchange your printed electronic ticket for a SEMFestivalpass in the ticket office.
Festival fever! Sweden's largest international event for early music celebrates ten years of quality and vitality. Read the whole presentation here...
Download the SEMF 2011
flyer here (PDF, 2,2 mb).
The programme may be subject to change.
» Thursday 2 June
» Friday 3 June
» Saturday 4 June
» Sunday 5 June
» Monday 6 June
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Members of The Swedish Early Music Society fill the Old Town with early music. Open stage in the Stockholm Cathedral Parish Hall and outdoor performances. Various participants. Free admission. The Swedish Early Music Society |
12:00 - 16:00The Stockholm Cathedral Parish Hall | |
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The celebration begins! Join the festive procession through the Old Town to the German Church. Starting place Riksgata/Stallbron. |
19:00 |
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  OPENING CONCERT!Dir.: Andrew ParrottThe Swedish Radio Choir |
20:00 - 22:00The German Church |
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NB SCHOOL PERFORMANCE Musica, maestro! The conductor and his orchestra are rehearsing. But what happens when no one can find the right music and everyone plays the wrong notes? And what are the horns really up to? Don’t miss this hilarious one-acter from the 18th centrury. A performance for children of 0 to 99 years! |
10:00 - 10:45The Stockholm Cathedral Parish Hall |
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 Young Norwegian musicians take you on a pleasure trip through the pastoral landscapes of the Italian cantata. Grieg-Akademiet |
12:00 - 13:00The Stockholm Cathedral Parish Hall |
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Open masterclass. Rolf Lislevand |
14:00 - 16:00The Stockholm Cathedral Parish Hall |
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 Sensitive subtleties, English style. Viol consort Phantasm moves freely and masterly from the wilful harmonies of William Lawes to Orlando Gibbons’ rich polyphony and the intimate compositions of John Ward. Phantasm |
18:00 - 19:00The Finnish Church |
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 Hesperion XXI-member Rolf Lislevand, Arianna Savall, and ensemble improvise around fiery Spanish baroque dances from Codex Santiago de Murcia, rediscovered in Mexico. From the performers straight to the heart! |
20:30 - 22:30The German Church |
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PUBLIC PERFORMANCE Musica, maestro! The conductor and his orchestra are rehearsing. But what happens when no one can find the right music and everyone plays the wrong notes? And what are the horns really up to? Don’t miss this hilarious one-acter from the 18th centrury. A performance for children of 0 to 99 years! |
12:00 - 12:45The Stockholm Cathedral Parish Hall |
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When Ms viola d´amore met Mr oboe d´amore... The history of two early instruments. In Swedish Kerstin Frödin |
14:00 - 15:00The Stockholm Cathedral Parish Hall |
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 Rarely heard baroque! The young ensemble alla polacca with guests rediscovers cantatas and concertos from 17th and 18th century Poland. What did it sound like when the Italian style met traditional Polish music at the court of Warsaw? alla polacca |
18:00 - 19:00The Finnish Church |
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 Prophesies, jealousy, revenge and gold-lust… The mythic, dreamlike world of the Icelandic Edda is brought to life in a thrilling musical interpretation. After 35 years of music-making and research, Sequentia is perhaps the world’s most experienced medieval ensemble. NB – no intermission in this concert. Sequentia |
20:30 - 22:30The German Church |
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  A woman faces changes in her life and her thoughts become movement and sound... An intense, beautiful little drama where baroque and contemporary dance, early and new music meet and interact on equal terms. |
12:00 - 13:00The Stockholm Cathedral Parish Hall |
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Musical humour - from the sophisticated to the crude - is explored from the perspective of early repertoire. In English |
14:00 - 15:00The Stockholm Cathedral Parish Hall | |
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 Trio Alla Francesca opens a door to the world of the Occitan troubadours and their art of composing poetry and melodies – an art with roots in the 11th century. Also, improvisations around beautiful instrumental pieces and dances from the French Middle Ages. Alla Francesca |
18:00 - 19:00The Finnish Church |
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How much fun can it be? Early music, that is… Old and new laughs are promised as the humour of Biber meets the baroque parodies of PDQ Bach. Musical jokes, frolics, and witticisms from past and present to amuse and entertain you! |
20:30 - 22:30The German Church |
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PUBLIC PERFORMANCE Musica, maestro! The conductor and his orchestra are rehearsing. But what happens when no one can find the right music and everyone plays the wrong notes? And what are the horns really up to? Don’t miss this hilarious one-acter from the 18th centrury. A performance for children of 0 to 99 years! |
10:00 - 10:45The Stockholm Cathedral Parish Hall |
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 A magical journey of discovery through early classical Persian music. Experience and explore songs and instruments from a thousand year old tradition together with skilled singer Pari. Pari Isazadeh |
12:00 - 13:00The Stockholm Cathedral Parish Hall |
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Numbers, alphabets, mysticism and symbols combined with Bach?s music make a heady brew that has intoxicated many music lovers, but how much of it is truth and how much popular myth? Come and hear the latest by the author of Bach and the Riddle of the Number Alphabet in an illustrated lecture and open question time. In English |
14:00 - 15:15The Stockholm Cathedral Parish Hall |
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Welcome to your personal wishing-well! Take the opportunity of influencing the concert programme. Click the link and choose your favourites among madrigals and motets. Vocal ensemble Fleder are good sightreaders… Vote for your favourite here... Fleder |
17:00 - 18:00The Finnish Church |
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 Bach just the way we love him: Brandenburg concerto no 5, violin concert in E major, suite in B minor… What else? Telemann’s wonderful musical study of the European nationalities, and Vivaldi’s concerto in G minor. Nine musicians from Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, one of the world's top baroque orchestras. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin |
19:00 - 21:00The German Church |
Stockholm Early Music Festival is under the patronage of H M Queen Silvia of Sweden
