Älvsborg & GIOA Quarantine Concerts - December 20, 2020 at 19:00 (GMT+1) - Images of Mary

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ÄLVSBORG & GIOA QUARANTINE CONCERTS
Sunday, December 20, 2020, 19:00, Älvsborg’s church, Gothenburg, Sweden

IMAGES OF MARY
Maria Forsström, mezzosoprano
Karin Birgersson, piano
Hans Davidsson, organ

Music in Älvsborg in collaboration with Göteborg International Organ Academy present the GIOA Quarantine Concerts series of live streamed concerts for all who are at home and longing for live music. Simultaneously, we offer an opportunity for freelance musicians to perform in this period when many concerts are cancelled.

PROGRAM
Liber Usualis, Solesmes 1961
Antifon: Ave Maria

Graduale Triplex, Solesmes 1979
Alleluia – Ave Maria

Alessandro Grandi (1590-1630)
O quam tu pulchra es

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Currite, populo

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Nun wird mein liebster Bräutigam…
Bereite dich, Zion

Johann Christoph Kellner (1736-1803)
Preludium C major

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Ave Maria

Robert Schumann (1810-56)
Intermezzo ur Liederkreis op 39
Im Köln, in heiliger Strome ur Dichterliebe op 48
Dein Angesicht op 127/2

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Marias Wallfahrt

Max Reger (1973-1916)
Ich sehe dich in tausend Bildern
op 105 nr 1

Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) (Max Reger)
Schlafendes Jesuskind

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
St Ita’s Vision

Ingvar Lidholm (1921-2017)
Madonnans vaggsång (Lullaby of the Madonna)

Emil Sjögren (1853-1918)
Julsång: Sväfvande ur rymden dala

MUSICIANS
Maria Forsström, mezzosoprano
Karin Birgersson, piano
Hans Davidsson, organ

BIOS
Maria Forsström is equally at ease at a Lieder recital as in the symphonic repertoire. She rejoices in exploring different musical styles, from early Medieval to contemporary music. She also is much in demand as a vocal coach, regularly visiting prominent choirs in Sweden such as the Gothenburg Symphony Chorus, the Swedish Chamber Choir and also the French Radio Choir.
Schubert being one of her housegods, she has recently completed a new translation of his Winterreise into Swedish. Maria holds a strong interest for neurobiology, related to the perception and learning processes within music.
Maria Forsström has performed with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra, La Chambre Philharmonique, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra NOSPR, Wroclaw Symphony Orchestra, Südwestdeutsches Philharmonie, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Odense Symphony Orchestra, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Musica Aeterna, Perm, Russia, performing on stages in Europe, Russia and Japan, working with conductors such as Christoph Eschenbach, Masaaki Suzuki, Teodor Currentzis, Thomas Dausgaard, Edward Gardner and Jacek Kaspszyk.
She has recorded for Musica Rediviva, Sony Classical, Chandos and BIS.

Karin Birgersson, piano, graduated from The Royal Academy of Music in London in 2017. Since then, she has been enjoying a diverse career as a chamber musician, soloist, orchestral pianist and as an organist.

Hans Davidsson is Artistic Director of the Göteborg International Organ Academy and Music Director at the church of Älvsborg in Göteborg. He served as professor of organ at the Royal Academy of Music in Copenhagen 2012-2018. 1987–2005, he served as professor of organ at the School of Music at Göteborg University, 1994-2009 as the Artistic Director of the Göteborg International Organ Academy (GIOA), and he was the founder of Göteborg Organ Art Center (GOArt). 2006-2014, he served as professor of organ at the Hochschule für Künste Bremen in Germany where he continues as the director of the Arp Schnitger Institute of Organ and Organ Building. 2001-2012, he had the privilege to serve as professor of organ at the Eastman School of Music and project director of the Eastman-Rochester Organ Initiative (EROI) in Rochester, NY, USA. He performs and teaches at major festivals and academies throughout the world. He has made many recordings, including the complete works of Matthias Weckmann, Dietrich Buxtehude, Georg Böhm and most recently the organ sonatas by Felix Mendelssohn- Bartholdy on the Loft label.

LIVE STREAM
LUMIÈRE LIINASON (video)
Anders Bergsten (ljud)