The Swedish Radio Choir
21 January, 2012
SAINT JAMES'S CHURCH
Stockholm

Peter Dijkstra conductor
Mahler: Ich bin der welt abhanden gekommen
Brahms: Verlorene jugend

photo/editing/production  Bilbo Lantto


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The Swedish Radio Choir, consisting of 32 professional singers, make up a versatile instrument spanning from frail a cappella to powerful oratorio
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In addition to a cappella performances and concerts with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Swedish Radio Choir also collaborates with conductors such as Riccardo Muti, Claudio Abbado, Valery Gergiev and Daniel Harding
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The Swedish Radio Choir is one of the world's most prominent and respected a cappella ensembles, and is regularly on tour around the world
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The Swedish Radio Choir was founded in 1925, but its glory days began in 1952 under the direction of principal conductor Eric Ericson Since the autumn of 2007, principal conductor Peter Dijkstra has propelled the choir to even higher levels
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