History
Matteus Church Choir was founded in 1906 by the
cantor at the time, Carl Gentzel.
The first choir consisted of four sopranos, three altos and a few male
voices.
They were all recruited from a group of Stockholm student singers where
Gentzel
was the conductor.
Through the years, many of the big names within
Swedish church music has been
leading the choir, among others David Ahlberg, Ragnar
Althén, Jalmar Arvinder, Heimer Sjöblom and Gunnar
Julin. S:t Matteus kör,
the present name, has grown to be a large concert
and oratorio choir apart from the original mass duties. Through hard
work the
choir is now one of Stockholm's well reputated concert and mass choirs.
Sonny Jansson is the conductor since the autumn of 2005.
Want to join the choir?
We sometimes have openings, and experienced
singers are welcome to
apply for membership! Be prepared to learn some Swedish, but do not
worry - we
have had quite a few non-Swedes in the choir over the years. Contact
Sonny Jansson 08–555 218 25 for more
information and an audition.
Repertoir
The choir's repertoir is large and very varied. It
concists of both sacred
and profane music. A sample from last years' productions:
- Rachmaninov: Vigilia
- W A Mozart: Requiem
- Verdi: Requiem
- Fauré: Requiem
- Duruflé: Requiem
- Puccini: Gloria
- Beethoven: Symfoni 9
- Mendelssohn: Elias, Lobgesang, Ehre sei Gott in
der Höhe
- Haydn: Skapelsen
- Lars-Erik Larsson: Förklädd
Gud
- Rossini: Stabat Mater
- Otto Olsson: Te Deum
- Bach: Singet
- Bach: St John Passion
Many performances are co-productions with the
church's own symphony
orchestra,
S:t Matteus Symfoniorkester.
A
yearly attraction since 1977 is the series of Christmas concerts.
During a
weekend just before Christmas about 3000 people usually come to the
church to
listen. See
the list of concerts on the home page.
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