| Uppdaterad 2006-05-14 | THE
SWEDISH MASTER CHORALE |
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During the last two decades the Swedish Master Choral has become one of the most popular choirs in Sweden. It´s a mixed choir with 48 members from various professions. Their repertoire is wide; from traditional sacral pieces, music written by the great composers to light musical pieces. Over the last few years The Swedish Master Choral has appeared on more than 80 national television programmes and on several occasions has performed on American television. The choir has performed at several dignified occasions, for example; the funeral of the late Prime Minister of Sweden, Olof Palme in1986, at the 50th birthday of Queen Silvia of Sweden 1993 and on the opening day of the World Athletics Championships in Gothenbourg in 1995. In 1981 and 1987 the choir visited the American West Coast and
sang at Disneyland and the Crystal Cathedral. In 1990 the choir did a concert tour to Australia. This included
a concert at Sydney Opera House. I 1993 they visited New York. Several outstanding soloists, both vocal and instrumental, are
members of the choir. The choir has appeared with several internationally known soloists
such as Birgit Nilsson and Håkan Hagegård. The choir has produced 13 LP albums, music
cassettes and CD:s |