EARLY MUSIC SWEDEN
National Stage for Early Music
Congratulations Swedish music lovers: EARLY MUSIC SWEDEN - National Stage for Early Music is now being launched! For two decades, the vision of a national genre-specific focal point for baroque, renaissance and medieval music has been driven by Stockholm Early Music Festival. An attractive platform that brings 1000 years of cultural heritage and music history to life in the present. 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 will had its grand opening at 16.00 on Sunday 4 September, on the main stage of Musikaliska Kvarteret, address: Nybrokajen 11, Stockholm - Stockholm's oldest concert house - with one of the baroque world's absolute top performers, directly and exclusively from Paris: Les Arts Florissants. In Autumn 2022, two more strong program points are offered: the fine-tuned Orkiestra Historyczna from Poland on October 2, and the renowned British vocal ensemble Stile Antico on October 30.
2023 a new season is starting with more golden opportunities to experience high quality early music: February 5 Voces Suaves (Switzerland), March 5 Federico Fiorio & La Florida Capella (Italy) and April 2 Barokksolistene (Norway). Moreover a guest performance with bass singer Staffan Liljas at The Sweden Festival in Gothemburg on March 11th, an Early Music Day concert with the same artist on March 21th as well as a CD-release concert with Ensemble Villancico on April 28th. See all the details of our concerts below.
It was never too late for early music!
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With the support of the Swedish Arts Council.
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Through our Duplo Pass you can get access to the two last concerts of the season at a discounted price. Welcome to Early Music Sweden at Musikaliska Kvarteret! 2 April at 4.00 pm Barokksolistene (NO) - Early Nordic Alehouse Sessions, 28 April at 7.00 pm Ensemble Villancico (Dir Peter Pontvik) - ¡Fiesta barroca latina! - CD release concert. NB! The Duplo Pass is not for sale anymore after 2 April! |
15:59 - 18:00Musikaliska, Stora salen |
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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 |
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 PROGRAMME Claudio Monteverdi From "Selva morale e spirituale": Beatus Vir Iste confessor Salve Regina a voce solo Salomone Rossi Sonata sopra l'aria di Ruggiero terzo libro Claudio Monteverdi From "Selva morale e spirituale": Laudate Dominum a voce solo SV197a Giacomo Carissimi Motet "Super flumina Babylonis" Claudio Monteverdi From "Selva morale e spirituale": Laudate Dominum omnes gentes. Primo a 5 voci concertato (n° 21) INTERVAL Girolamo Frescobaldi Canzon quarta a 3, due canti e basso Giacomo Carissimi Jephte LES ARTS FLORISSANTS Natasha Schnuur, soprano Ellen Giacone, soprano Blandine de Sansal, mezzo soprano Mathilde Ortscheidt, alto Geoffroy Buffiere, bass Edward Grint, bass Tami Troman, baroque violin Roxana Rastegar, baroque violin Cyril Poulet, baroque cello Massimo Moscardo, luth Diego Salamanca, luth Nanja Breedijk, baroque harp Florian Carre, organ Paul Agnew, conductor Les Arts Florissants receives financial support from the State, the Regional Direction of Cultural Affairs (DRAC), the Département de la Vendée and the Région Pays de la Loire. The Selz Foundation is their Principal Sponsor. Aline Foriel-Destezet and the American Friends of Les Arts Florissants are Major Sponsors.Les Arts Florissants have been artists in residence at the Philharmonie de Paris since 2015 |
16:00 - 18:00Musikaliska, Stora salen |
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 {oh!} Orkiestra Historyczna from Poland is one of Europe's leading specialist ensembles within 17- and 18-century music. Conducted by the brilliant violinist Martyna Pastuszka they perform regularly in Vienna, Berlin and London and will now play for the very first time at EARLY MUSIC SWEDEN and in Stockholm! Oriental Tales brings you to an enchanting world where composers were inspired by eastern traditions and mythology. PROGRAMME H.Purcell Suite "Distress'd Innocence or The Princess of Persia" F. Couperin Sonata "La Sultanne" M. Corrette Concert "Phoenix" pour quatre parGes de basse -INTERVAL- A.A. Schmelzer Sonata "Die Türkenschlacht bei Wien 1683" M. Marais Piece de viole op.5 Suite no.2 M. Corrette/ J. Ph Rameau Concerto Comique no. 25 "Les Sauvages et la Furstemberg"
With support of the Polish Institute, Stockholm. |
16:00 - 18:00Musikaliska, Stora salen |
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 “Everything they perform arises to new levels of perfection” British press writes about the vocal ensemble Stile Antico, who is praised internationally for its fresh, vibrant and moving performances of Renaissance polyphony. At EARLY MUSIC SWEDEN you follow the ensemble - in its first visit to Sweden - charting a musical course from twilight to sunrise, seductive and unsettling in equal measure! PROGRAMME TOWARD THE DAWN EVENING 'Twilight gray had her sober livery all things clad'- Milton J. Wilbye - Draw on sweet night T. Tallis - Te lucis ante terminum J. Ward - Come sable night W. Byrd - Vigilate NIGHTFALL ‘Through the spaces of the dark, midnight shakes the memory’- T.S. Eliot J. Sheppard - In manus tuas G. Allegri - Miserere mei INTERVAL THE SMALL HOURS ‘Come, Sleep, the certain knot of peace’- Sidney P. Rogier/T.Morley - Laboravi in gemitu meo O. de Lassus -Toutes les nuitz N. Muhly - Gentle Sleep DAWN ‘The morning steals upon the night, melting the darkness’ - Shakespeare T. Tallis - O nata lux C. Monteverdi - Ecco mormorar l’onde J. Taverner - Ave Dei patris filia |
16:00 - 18:00Musikaliska, Stora salen |
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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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 The four hundred year old opus of the masters Schütz, Scheidt and Schein still moves us today in its pervasive beauty and expressiveness. Their vocal music offers consolation to deep sorrow and melancholy. With their captivating rhetoric and warmly enveloping sounds, the internationally renowned Swiss ensemble Voces Suaves brings these Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces to life. PROGRAMME Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) Aus der Tiefe schrei ich zu Dir, SWV 235 - ur Becker Psalter, 1628
Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630) O Herr, ich bin Dein Knecht Ich lasse Dich nicht Die mit Tränen sähen - ur Israelsbrünnlein, 1623
Erbarm Dich mein, o Herre Gott - ur Opella nova, geistliche Konzerte, 1618
Samuel Scheidt (1587 - 1654) Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir - ur Geistlicher Concerten IV, 1640
Tabulatura Nova, 1624
Johann Hermann Schein Ich will schweigen - für Dorothea Maria, Herzogin von Sachsen, † 18. Juli 1617
Heinrich Schütz Verleih uns Frieden, SWV 372
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Heinrich Schütz Wenn Gott einmal erlösen wird, SWV 231 - ur Becker Psalter, 1628
Musicalische Exequien: I. Concert in Form einer teutschen Begräbnis-Messe, SWV 279 - tillägnad Heinrich Posthumus Reuß, † 3. Dezember 1635
Selig sind die Toten, SWV 391 - ur Geistliche Chormusik, 1648 |
16:00 - 18:00Musikaliska, Stora salen |
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 Love has never made it easy for people. The young Italian star, male soprano Federico Fiorio enchants with his magic voice and ensemble La Florida Capella offers passionate experiences - hidden musical treasures from 17th and 18th century Italy! Emotional sounds by Cesti, Strozzi, Viviani, Vitali, Cazzati...
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Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632 – 1692) - Sonata III Barbara Strozzi (1619 – 1677) - Lagrime mie. Lamento Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli (1624 – 1687) - Il Drago. Capriccetto terzo à 3. Antonio Cesti (1623 – 1669) - Alpi nevose e dure Bernardo Storace (1637 – 1707) - La Follia Barbara Strozzi - Hor che Apollo. Serenata PAUSE Maurizio Cazzati (1616 – 1678) - Capriccio sopra le sette note Barbara Strozzi - La sol fa mi re do. La mia donna perché canta Bernardo Gianoncelli (? – ca. 1650) - Tasteggiata, gagliarda, corrente Barbara Strozzi - La Vendetta Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani (1638 – 1692) - Sonata undecima. La Barbara Antonio Cesti - Non si parli più d'amore. Cantata
LA FLORIDA CAPELLA: Marco Kerschbaumer, baroque violin - Marian Polin, harpsichord and ensemble direction - Alessandro Baldessarini, archlute - Gabriele Toscani, baroque violin - Luciano Nania, violone |
16:00 - 18:00Musikaliska, Stora 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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Early Music Day is as every year celebrated on the 21 March, the birthday of J. S. Bach. In the programme's three solo cantatas, the Master, 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 Estimated finishing time: 8.00 pm. No interval. |
19:00 - 20:00Musikaliska |
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 Good melodies are durable. They travel far, changing and refining along the way, like other folk art. When the exciting and dynamic Norwegian ensemble Barokksolistene enters the stage under the direction of Bjarte Eike, you are guaranteed a virtuosic, colourful and sparkling 18th-century transformational experience. From folk music to art music - with traditions drawn from weddings, theatres and beer houses. Barokksolistene: Bjarte Eike, baroque violin, hardanger-fiddle, mandolin and artistic direction. Per Buhre, vocals and baroque viola, Hans Knut Sveen , harmonium and keyboards. Johannes Lundberg, double bass and nyckelharpa. Fredrik Bock, baroque guitar and charango. Steven Player, baroque guitar and dance. |
16:00 - 18:00Musikaliska, Stora salen |
