Competition schedule and program – Saturday 26 September
Venue: Grieghallen

09.30.11.15
Female choir

Bergens Kvinnelige Sudentersangforening, conductor Regine Cornelia Forthun

  • Spes, Mia Makaroff, lyrics Mia Makaroff & Nils Aslak Valkeapää
  • God’s Great Dust Storm, Katzenjammer

Acta Musicae, conductor Irina Ødegaard Korchuganova

  • Vi skal ikkje sova, Geirr Tveitt / A. Låstad Lygre,  arr. Liv Hukkelberg
  • O Sapientia, Tadeja Vulc, Antiphon for Vespers
  • Panta Rhei, Jim Papoulis, arr. Francisco J. Núñez

Sandefjord Vokalensemble, conductor Erlend Leinan Lund     

  • Kanarbik, Veljo Tormis
  • Shall I compare thee, Karin Eklund, William Shakespeare
  • Solveig, Eva Holm Foosnæs / Edvard Grieg, Henrik Ibsen

Cantabo, conductor Tove Annette Holter

  • Kvifor – Christian Holter
  • Think before I talk – Madison Love, Scott Harris, Andrew Cedar/Christian Holter
  • Stundom e´ mi kjerring så god – Henrik Ødegaard
  • Lullaby of Broadway – Harry Warren/Arne Dagsvik

Kammerpikene, conductor Hege Monica Eskedal

  • Båten og Båra, Mary Pettersen/Henrik Ødegaard
  • Lok, Edvard Grieg, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
  • Wild Nights, Eva Holm Foosnæs / Emily Dickinson
  • My Funny Valentine, Richard Rodgers/ Lorentz Hart, arr. Bjørn Kruse

Dragefjellets damekor, conductor Maria Therese Bersås

  • Vargsongen, Björn Isfält, Astrid Lindgren, arr. Andrea Eklund
  • Abendlied, Josef Rheinberger, arr. Nadezhda Averina,
  • Osanna!, Henrik Colding-Sørensen

Female choir Usmev, conductor Daniela Januchova  

  • Laulu perunoiden kiehuessa, Anna-Mari Kähärä, finnish lyrics
  • Aestimatus sum, Tomás Luis de Victoria, latin lyrics,
  • Alleluia. Laudate Dominum, Omnes gentes, Ambrož Čopi, latin lyrics
  • Makedonska humoreska, Todor Skalovsiki, macedonian lyrics

Vox, conductor Josefine Domargård

  • Springdans, traditional folk song, arr Tone Krohn
  • Kung Liljekonvalje, music David Wikander/arr Gabriel Wilczkowski, lyrics Gustaf Fröding,
  • Ljusa kvällar om våren, music Benny Andersson, lyrics Björn Ulvaeus, arr Dan Boberg
  • What happens when a woman takes power, Alexandra Olsavsky of Artemisia

Fryd, conductor Jorunn Bakke Nydal

  • Til deg du heid og bleike myr, Ketil Bjørnstad, Arne Garborg, arr. Ingunn Solem
  • Desert song, Säje, arr. Erin Bentlage
  • I have a voice, Moira Smiley

Brilliant Harmony, conductor Ko Matsushita

  • Kamuy, Ko Matsushita / The epic poems of Ainu people
  • Tre vers til mor, Ellrun Ystad / Idunn Vindspoll, Halldis Moren Vesås
  • Laudate Dominum, Levente Gyöngyösi

12:15
YOUTH CHOIR

Oslo Domkirkes Ungdomskor, conductor Sindre Hugo Bjerkestrand

  • I will wade out, fra Three songs of Faith – Eric Whitacre
  • Med en bukett – Torbjørn Dyrud
  • Amor, Io Sento L’alma, from sixs “Fire Songs” on Italian Renaissance Poems – Morten Lauridsen
  • Salve Regina – Francis Poulenc

 

E STuudio Girls` Choir, conductor Külli Lokko

  • Soov, Rasmus Puur/Kersti Merilaas
  • It sounded as if the streets were running, Jonathan Dove/Emily Dickinson
  • El Hambo, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi

Young Voices, conductor Zuzana Dirbáková

  • I denna ljuva sommartid – Kim André Arnesen
  • Rytmus – Ivan Hrušovský
  • Išli hudci horou – Mária Jašurdová

13:30
MALE CHOIR

Studentersangforeningen i Bergen, conductor Ole-Andreas Førde                     

  • Havsalt, Valter Aamodt / Henrik Rytter
  • Leelo, Estisk trad, arr. Mart Saars
  • The rocky road to Dublin, Irsk trad., arr. Martin Eikeset Koren
  • Gryning vid havet, Hugo Alfvén, Sten Selander

13:45
MIXED CHOIR

 Skule Choir, conductors Amanda Yu, Lauren Levorson-Wong, Elaine Wang

  • Qilak – Andrew Balfour
  • Earth Song, Frank Ticheli
  • Eatnemen Vuelie, Frode Fjellheim

Salhuskoret, conductor Jan L. Jacobsen

  • Viva la vida – Coldplay, arr. Jens Johansen
  • Golden ticket – Highasakite, arr. Håvard Sveaas
  • Don’t stop me now – Freddy Mercurry, arr.: Jay Giallombardo / Jan L. Jacobsen

SSE Riga Choir, conductors Lāsma Vāciete and Lauris Goss      

  • Double, Double Toil and Trouble, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, William Shakespeare
  • Ausmas stundā, Pēteris Plakidis ,Egils Plaudis
  • Mironczarnia, Jakub Neske , Miron Białoszewski

Korensmblet Stas, dirigent Rannveig Skillingstad

  • Jubilate Deo – Hyowon Woo
  • Never more will the wind – Erik Bosio, Hilda Dolittle
  • Voi voi – Georg Elgaaen, arr. Anders Edenroth

Dysonans Chamber Choir, conductor Magdalena Wdowicka-Mackiewicz

  • Trond Kverno (1976) – Ave Maris Stella Hymn with Versicle for Mixed Chorus
  • Robert Lucas Pearsall, words from Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher – Lay a Garland
  • Levente Gyöngyösi (2016) – Laudate Dominum

Ole Bull Kammerkor, conductor Halldis Rønning

  • Morning Star, Arvo Pärt (text inspired by a tomb stone in Durham)
  • Snart kysser hun sin venn i rosenhagen, lyrics Inger Hagerup, composer Torbjørn Dyrud
  • And the Swallow, lyrics by Caroline Shaw inspired by Psalm 84, composer Caroline Shaw

15:30

Seim Songkor, conductor Arild Rohde         

  • Come in and stay a while”, Rhonda Polay
  • Nachtwache I” fra Fünf Gesänge, by Johannes Brahms, tekst: Friederich Rückert
  • Fair Phyllis, John Farmer
  • Under den lysande himmelens auge, Irene Adolfsen Wenæs, Jon Fosse

Kören Decibel, conductor Roger Rådström   

  • The way we win, Rådström
  • Double, Double Toil and Trouble, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, William Shakespeare
  • Aquarius, Galt MacDermont, arr. Roger Rådström. Lyrics: James Rado/Gerome Ragni,

Fjellkoret, conductor Jan L. Jacobsen

  • Entrada Lodica – Jan L. Jacobsen
  • And so it goes – Billy Joel, arr.: Bob Chilcott
  • Mannen og kråka – trad. arr.: Lars Morset / Jan L. Jacobsen

Carl Johans kammarkör, conductor David Molin

  • Snabbt jagar stormen våra år, Sven-Eric Johansson, Erik Axel Karlfeldt
  • To the hands: III. Her beacon-hand beckons, Caroline Shaw, Caroline Shaw
  • Kvällen stundar, Arne Lundmark, trad. Malung, Sverige trad.
  • Advance democracy, Benjamin Britten, Randall Swingler.

Stavanger Studentsangforening, conductor Åsta Sirnes

  • I stenbrottet, Knut Nystedt, Nils Bolander
  • And the swallow, Caroline Shaw, psalm 84
  • The Black Monkey, Eva Holm Foosnæs, Katherine Mansfield