EARLY MUSIC SWEDEN
National Stage for Early Music
EARLY MUSIC SWEDEN - National Stage for Early Music at Musikaliska (Nybrokajen 11) is Sweden's national genre-specific focal point for baroque, renaissance and medieval music which is driven by Stockholm Early Music Festival. An attractive platform that brings 1000 years of cultural heritage and music history to life in the present and a permanent stage where Swedish and international interpreters of early music meet to give Sweden's audience high-quality artistic experiences in the name of passion - all year round.
EARLY MUSIC SWEDEN opened on Sunday 4 September 2022, on the main stage of Musikaliska - Stockholm's oldest concert house - with one of the baroque world's absolute top performers, Les Arts Florissants (FR). In Autumn 2022 and spring 2023 were offered: Orkiestra Historyczna (PL), Stile Antico (GB), Voces Suaves (CH), Federico Fiorio & La Florida Capella (IT), Barokksolistene (NO), Staffan Liljas (SE) and Ensemble Villancico (SE). For more information about these past concerts please read below.
In Autumn 2023 EMS offers right now Händel Anthems!, a unique world heritage class concert in collaboration with Drottningholms Slottsteater, Saturday 4 November at 16:00. For information and tickets please see below. It is never too late for early music!
With the support of the Swedish Arts Council.
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ConcertHändel Anthems! - a World Heritage Class ConcertEnsemble from The Drottningholm Theatre Orchestra (dir: Francesco Corti)
Programme: Georg Friedrich Händel: Chandos Anthems O sing unto the lord (HWV 249b) As pants the hart (HWV 251b) PAUSE From Esther (HWV50a) - Ouverture (Andante-Larghetto-Allegro) - Recit "I’ll hear no more" - Aria "Pluck root and branch" - Aria "Tears assist me" - Duet "Who calls my parting soul" - Accompagnato "Turn not, o queen, thy face" - Recit "Guards, seize the traitor" - Aria "How art thou fall’n from thy height" I will magnify thee (HWV 250a)
Soloists: Emanuelle de Negri, soprano Martin Vanberg, tenor Lisandro Abadie, bass
Ensemble from The Drottningholm Theatre Orchestra Francesco Corti: dirigent och cembalo Elin Gabrielsson, concertmaster, violin I Lars Warnstad, violin I Anders Åkered, violin I Rebecka Karlsson, violin II Juliana Shapiro, violin II Catalina Langborn, violin II Daniel Holst, violoncello Mattias Frostenson, contrabas Rodrigo Gutiérrez, oboe Marije van der Ende, basson Gabriel Smallwood, organ |
16:00 - 18:00Musikaliska |
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![]() Sweden's baroque music elite presents a selection from Francesca Caccini's opera La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina from 1625. A guided concert with the mezzo-sopranos Ann Hallenberg and Kristina Hammarström and a baroque ensemble led by Mariangiola Martello. The production is a collaboration between DEN ANDRA OPERAN and EARLY MUSIC SWEDEN. PROGRAMME: INTRODUCTION to the work by musicologist Holger Schmidt Hallenberg MUSIC from Francesca Caccini's opera La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina (1625) INTERVAL Drinks on sale AFTER-CONCERT mingling, panel discussion, audience questions and conversations! With Holger Schmitt-Hallenberg, Mariangiola Martello, Bente Rolandsdotter and the audience. JOIN THE JOURNEY WHEN AN OPERA IS REVIVED: In Italy, around 1600, a number of music-dramatic works were created that claim to be THE FIRST OPERA. At one of the premieres, the thirteen-year-old shooting star Francesca Caccini sang one of the roles, and already in 1607 she wrote her first opera on her own: La Stiava! The work has not yet been found, but her La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina from 1625 is today considered the world's oldest surviving opera composed by a woman. In 2022/23, Den Andra Operan makes a deep dive into the birth of opera from a female perspective, starting with Francesca Caccini's La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina. We invite YOU to take part in the open creative process that continues for a year under the name CACCINI REVISITED. More info |
18:30 - 20:30Musikaliska, Clara-salen |
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![]() CONCERT (The Sweden Festival, Valand, Gothemburg)Staffan Liljas; bass & baroque ensembleBacho Continuo - The Power of DarknessNB, VENUE: THE SWEDEN FESTIVAL, VALAND, GOTHEMBURG, SWEDEN. In cooperation with Sweden Festivals. In the programme's three solo cantatas, Johann Sebastian Bach, the Master of masters, also known as the Fifth Evangelist, composed some of the most beautiful pieces written for bass voice - a divine lament is united with consolation. Staffan Liljas, one of Sweden's most distinguished Baroque bass singers, enchants with his warm, dark sound, accompanied by hand-picked Swedish musicians. Deeply recommended! Programme J S Bach: "Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen" BWV 56 "Der Friede sei mit dir" BWV 158 "Ich habe genug" BWV 82 Staffan Liljas, bass • Baroque ensemble: Ann Wallström, concert master, baroque violin soloist - Kerstin Frödin, baroque oboe soloist - Lina Söderholtz Florén, baroque violin - Andrea Ravandoni, baroque viola - Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann, baroque cello - Olof Larsson, double bass - Johan Hansson Lindström, organ |
20:00 - 21:00 |
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![]() This story takes place somewhere in Latin America, in the18th century. When the audience arrives, the priest is just finishing mass, before everyone goes to the square for the fiesta. Song, rhythm, dance and joy permeate a staged concert that reflects the Indigenous, African and European traditions of the people. Since 1995, Ensemble Villancico, under the direction of Peter Pontvik, has been spreading the Early World Music from the Latin American baroque period. With joyful intensity and first class musical qualities the ensemble has gained a reputation world-wide as a leading interpreter in its genre. A CD-release concert in collaboration with CAPRICE Records. NB! You can choose between a normal ticket, a ticket + CD or a ticket + CD + a glass of sparkling wine. Estimated finishing time: 8.00 pm. No interval. |
19:00 - 20:00Musikaliska |