Midsommar is one of the most celebrated holidays in Sweden, taking place every June during the summer solstice. We mark this with a concert from the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Dinis Sousa, performing works by Saariaho, Haydn and Beethoven, plus music from Swedish composers and performers. Jonathan Swain presents.
12:31 AM
Kaija Saariaho (1952 - 2023)
Vers toi qui es si loin
Julia Kretz-Larsson (violin), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Dinis Sousa (conductor)
12:38 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Symphony no 49 in F minor, Hob. I:49 'La ione'
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Dinis Sousa (conductor)
01:00 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony no 8 in F major, Op 93
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Dinis Sousa (conductor)
01:26 AM
Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927), Verner von Heidenstam (lyricist)
Sverige (Sweden)
Swedish Radio Choir, Eric Ericson (conductor)
01:28 AM
Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927), Oscar Levertin (lyricist)
Folket i Nifelhem (The people of Nifelhem)
Swedish Radio Choir, Michael Engstrom (piano), Gustav Sjokvist (conductor)
01:43 AM
Emil Sjogren (1853-1918)
Eroticon, Op 10: no 2 in D flat major; no 3 in A flat major for piano
Wilhelm Stenhammar (piano)
01:48 AM
Henri Marteau (1874-1934)
String Quartet no 3 in C major
Yggdrasil String Quartet
02:26 AM
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
Irmelin Rose, from 5 Songs to poems of Jacobsen, Op 4 no 4
Mattias Ermedahl (tenor), Anders Kilstrom (piano)
02:31 AM
Franz Berwald (1796-1868)
Piano Concerto in D major
Greta Erikson (piano), Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Sten Frykberg (conductor)
02:52 AM
Erik Gustaf Geijer (1783-1847)
7 Songs Vikingen (The Viking) ; Den lilla kolargossen
Samuel Jarrick (baritone), Stefan Bojsten (piano)
03:06 AM
Hugo Alfven (1872-1960)
King Gustav II Adolf, Op 49 (Suite)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Niklas Willen (conductor)
03:22 AM
Johan Helmich Roman (1694-1758)
Suite (sonata) for clavichord no 12 in E minor
Karin Jonsson-Hazell (harpsichord)
03:29 AM
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), transc. Felix Dreyschoeck
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Concert Paraphrase, Op 61 (excerpts)
Felix Dreyschoeck (piano)
03:37 AM
Adolf Fredrik Lindblad (1801-1878), Thekla Knos (lyricist)
Drommarne
Swedish Radio Choir, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gustav Sjokvist (conductor)
03:54 AM
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Piano Trio in E flat major, Hob.15.10
Niklas Sivelov (piano), Bernt Lysell (violin), Mikael Sjogren (cello)
04:05 AM
Dag Wiren (1905-1986)
Serenade for Strings, Op 11
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Niklas Willen (conductor)
04:20 AM
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
Berceuse romantique, Op 9
Tobias Ringborg (violin), Anders Kilstrom (piano)
04:25 AM
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), transc. Franz Liszt
Danse des sylphes (S.475) transc. for piano from "La Damnation de Faust"
Wanda Landowska (piano)
04:31 AM
Oskar Lindberg (1887-1955), Jeanna Oterdahl (lyricist)
Midsommarnatt
Swedish Radio Choir, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Maria Wieslander (piano), Gustav Sjokvist (conductor)
04:34 AM
Traditional
Ack Varmeland du skona (Swedish Folk Melody)
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Young Danish String Quartet, Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)
04:38 AM
Hugo Alfven (1872-1960)
Nocturne
Valma Rydstrom (piano)
04:41 AM
Hugo Alfven (1872-1960)
Minuet, Op 2
Valma Rydstrom (piano)
04:45 AM
Johan Helmich Roman (1694-1758)
13 pieces from 'Drottningholmsmusiquen' (for the Swedish Royal Wedding of 1744)
Concerto Koln
05:06 AM
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
Four Songs
Fredrick Zetterstrom (baritone), Anders Kilstrom (piano)
05:19 AM
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Pohjola's daughter - symphonic fantasia, Op 49
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Berglund (conductor)
05:33 AM
Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927)
Sensommarnätter (Late Summer Nights) Op 33
Dan Franklin (piano)
05:51 AM
Tor Aulin (1866 - 1914)
Violin Concerto no 3 in C minor Op 14
Stig Nilsson (violin), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Michel Plasson (conductor)
06:24 AM
Nils Lindberg (1933-2022)
Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?
Yggdrasil String Quartet, Fredrik Paulsson (violin), Per Ohman (violin), Robert Westlund (viola), Per Nystrom (cello)
06:26 AM
Adolf Fredrik Lindblad (1801-1878), Adolf Fredrik Lindblad (lyricist)
En sommerafton (A summer Evening) from 'Om vinterkvall' (Of a Winter's Eve)
Swedish Radio Choir, Eric Ericson (conductor)
