Combined Choirs: The Choral Music of Sweden
With guest scholar Richard Sparks
Friday, June 6, 2025 at 7:30pm CDT
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
Andrew Megill, A. J. Keller, and Tim Lambert, conductors; Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble, University Chorale, University Singers, and Northwestern Camerata; Chuck Foster, piano
The Bienen combined choirs celebrate the choral traditions of Sweden in a special performance featuring guest scholar Richard Sparks. The founder of the Seattle Pro Musica choir in 1973, Sparks served as principal conductor of the Pacific Northwest Bach Festival, conducted the Seattle Symphony Chorale, and taught at Pacific Lutheran University and the University of North Texas. He worked with the Swedish Radio Choir in 2002, 2007, and 2008, and his doctoral dissertation on Swedish a cappella music won the American Choral Directors Association’s Julius Herford Award.
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Gottfried Berg, Ave Maria
Karin Rehnqvist, Var inte rädd för mörkret
Traditional (arr. Ēriks Ešenvalds), "Who Can Sail Without the Wind?"
Traditional (arr. Bengt Ollén), "Trilo"
Ingvar Lidholm, a riveder le stelle...
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, Stemning
Karin Rehnqvist, Bara du går över markerna
Wilhelm Stenhammar, Sverige
Thomas Jennefelt, Villarosa sarialdi
Lars Johan Werle, trees
Hugo Alfvén, Aftonen
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Pick-Staiger is a 972-seat hall located in the Arts Circle on the Evanston campus of Northwestern University. The main lobby entrance for concerts is on the west side of the building (revolving and regular doors). Since its inception in 1975, the hall has functioned as both a classroom and performance facility for Bienen School of Music performing ensembles, faculty recitals, festivals, and professional guest artists.