Name: The Swedish Radio Choir sings Palestrina
Start: 2026-04-25T15:00:00
Location: Storkyrkan

Kaspar Putniņš

Swedish Radio Choir

With insightful interpretations and a deep understanding of vocal expression, Slovenian Martina Batič – winner of the Eric Ericson Award 2006 – is a beloved and long-awaited guest of the Swedish Radio Choir. In this programme, spanning several centuries, ethereal and uplifting sounds meet.

The Swedish Radio Choir meets Martina Batič  

Musikaliska Kvarteret

Matthew Peterson, the American composer who has settled in Dalarna, weaves together his own texts about life’s challenges with fragments of poems by Dan Andersson, Gustaf Fröding, and Erik Axel Karlfeldt in a winding journey through shifting musical landscapes in his second symphony, The Wanderers, composed for the Swedish Radio Choir and Dalasinfoniettan.

The Swedish Radio Choir & Dalasinfoniettan: The Wanderers

SR Berwaldhallen

Step into the meditative sound world of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, celebrating his 500th anniversary, as the Radio Choir fills the Great Church with harmonious sounds under the direction of chief conductor Kaspars Putniņš.

The Swedish Radio Choir sings Palestrina

Storkyrkan

Gabriel Fauré's beloved Requiem, known for its calm and peaceful character unlike other requiems, performed by the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Swedish Radio Choir under the direction of Fredrik Burstedt. The concert begins with a performance of Austrian Olga Neuwirth's Tombeau II Hommage a Pierre Boulez, followed by the Swedish turn-of-the-century composer Helena Munktell's Suite for Large Orchestra 'Suite Symphonique' in four movements.

Fauré’s Requiem

Felix Mendelssohn filled his magnificent Second Symphony with festive fanfares, roaring orchestral cascades, and atmospheric choirs to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the invention of the printing press. The first thing Gutenberg printed with his revolutionary invention was the Bible, and there Mendelssohn found verses that praise both God and enlightenment. When Mendelssohn’s cantata symphony is performed in Berwaldhallen, the Swedish Radio Choir will be joined by the Västerås Sinfonietta and soloists and conductor Simon Crawford-Phillips.