Swedish String Pieces with the Malmö Academy of Music’s String Orchestra and Erik Heide

Erik Heide leads the Malmö Academy of Music’s string orchestra in a wonderful concert on International Women’s Day.

The Malmö Academy of Music’s string orchestra is a dear guest, and with Erik Heide as conductor, we are used to expecting the highest quality. In today’s concert, like possessed, we scoop out of the sea of ​​Swedish national romanticism musical treasures from Hugo Alfvén to Ture Rangström, but also spice it up with a bit of Rococo in the form of Johan Helmich Roman, the father of Swedish music, and some contemporary music.

Full program will come later.

The concert is just over an hour without intermission and is given in collaboration with the Malmö Academy of Music.

“Kronans klanger”

“Kronans klanger” is a concert series that playfully explores Sweden’s musical history from medieval ballads to today’s popular music. Each concert reflects an era that can be symbolized by the women who wore the crown. Today’s concert is therefore connected to Sofia of Nassau, whose education emphasized music and playing the piano. During a visit to St. Petersburg, she actually had the legendary pianist Anton Rubinstein as her teacher.

“Kronans klanger” is also about highlighting how Swedish music has been influenced by or influenced music from other countries, and explores throughout the year how composers, musicians and artists have been influenced by or influenced music in or from other countries.