In 30 minutes...
Programme for the Festive Concert in honour of His Majesty the King
30 April 2006 in the Hall of State, the Royal Palace of Stockholm
* La Rejouissance from Music for the Royal Fireworks (1749), Georg Friedrich Händel
* Nerone’s aria from Agrippina, Georg Friedrich Händel, performer Malena Ernman
* Cancion del amor dolido from El Amor Brujo, Manuel de Falla, performer Ale Möller Band
* Danjugan Sanctuary (words by Gerry A. Grey) – a solemn procession of endangered species, performed by Anders Paulsson
* Sous le dome épais, Flower Duet from Lakmé, performers Jeanette Köhn and Anne Sofie von Otter
** Prayer to the Sun (words by Karin Boye) for soloists, chorus and orchestra
Commissioned by The Royal Swedish Academy of Music to mark the 60th birthday of H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf
Premiere performance, performed by Anne Sofie von Otter and Karl-Magnus Fredriksson
* Here’s to Life (words by Phyllis Molinary), performed by Lisa Nilsson
* Scherzo from Pastroral Suite, Lars-Erik Larsson
* Largo al factotum from Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioacchino Rossini, performed by Karl-Magnus Fredriksson
* I’m a stranger here myself (words by Ogden Nash), Kurt Weill, performed by Ann Sofie von Otter
* Nje Pajem, Ale Möller, performed by Ale Möller Band
* Viola, Lisa Nilsson, performed by Lisa Nilsson
* Love Song from Forest of the Amazon, Heitor Villa-Lobos, performed by Jeanette Köhn
* Soave sia il vento terzetto from Cosí fan tutte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, performed by Jeanette Köhn, Malena Ernman and Karl-Magnus Fredriksson
*Greeting Prelude, Igor Stravinskij