Program 2025

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Opening concert: Missa Miniatura
Opening concert: Missa Miniatura

Continuum
Soloists
Mathias Gillebo, narrator
Elina Albach, harpsichord and musical direction

Friday 21 March, 19:00
Oslo Cathedral

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The Swedish Margareta Church 100 years!
The Swedish Margareta Church 100 years!

Gothenburg Cathedral’s Girls’ Choir
Petter Ekberg, conductor

Saturday 22 March, 14:00
The Swedish Margareta Church

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Bach Composing, Ulf Improvising
Bach Composing, Ulf Improvising

Ulf Nilsen, organ and piano

Saturday 22 March, 16:00
Nordstrand Church

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St John Passion for three
St John Passion for three

Benedikt Kristjánsson, tenor
Philipp Lamprecht, percussion
Elina Albach, harpsichord and organ
Oslo Cathedral Youth Choir
Sindre Hugo Bjerkestrand, conductor

Saturday 22 March, 19:00
Oslo Cathedral

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Festival church services 23 March
Festival church services 23 March

Sunday 23 March, 11:00

Oslo Cathedral
The Swedish Margareta Church
Uranienborg Church

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Organ concert with Per Anders Håvelsrud
Organ concert with Per Anders Håvelsrud

Sunday 23 March, 16:30
The Swedish Margareta Church

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Da Pacem, Domine
Da Pacem, Domine

Vox Clamantis
Jaan-Eik Tulve, conductor

Sunday 23 March, 19:00
Oslo Cathedral

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Ârgha/nūn
Ârgha/nūn

Mostafa Taleb, kamancheh and vocals
Jérôme Bertier, organ and vocals
Luna Silva, vocals
Shahab Azinmehr, setâr, târ and vocals
Camille Bordet-Sturla, vocals

Monday 24 March, 19:00
Gamle Aker Church

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World premiere: St John Passion (season 1)
World premiere: St John Passion (season 1)

Bent Sørensen, composer
Theatre of Voices
Quintet from Ensemble Allegria
Paul Hillier, conductor

Tuesday 25 March, 19.00
Oslo Cathedral

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Masterclass for students at the Norwegian Academy of Music
Masterclass for students at the Norwegian Academy of Music

Paul Hillier, conductor

Wednesday 26 March, 13.00-16.00
Majorstuen Church

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Organ concert with Isabelle Demers
Organ concert with Isabelle Demers

Isabelle Demers, organ

Wednesday 26 March, 19:00
Uranienborg Church

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Masterclass for students at the Norwegian Academy of Music
Masterclass for students at the Norwegian Academy of Music

Isabelle Demers, organ

Thursday 27 March, 14.00-17.00
Uranienborg Church

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Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater

Il Pomo d’Oro
Melissa Petit, soprano
Ann Hallenberg, mezzo-soprano

Thursday 27 March, 19:00
Oslo Cathedral

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An Old Hall Ladymass
An Old Hall Ladymass

Trio Mediæval
Catalina Vicens, organetto

Friday 28 March, 18:00
The Swedish Margareta Church

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Grieg, Wallin and Monteverdi with The Norwegian Soloists’ Choir
Grieg, Wallin and Monteverdi with The Norwegian Soloists’ Choir

The Norwegian Soloist’s Choir
Grete Pedersen, conductor

Friday 28 March, 20:30
Ris Church

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Organ concert with Lars Notto Birkeland
Organ concert with Lars Notto Birkeland

Lars Notto Birkeland, organ

Saturday 29 March, 12:00
Akershus Castle Church

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Oslo Cathedral Boys’ Choir 40 Years
Oslo Cathedral Boys’ Choir 40 Years

Staats- und Domchor Berlin
Oslo Cathedral Boys’ Choir
Kai-Uwe Jirka, conductor
David Maiwald, conductor

Saturday 29 March, 18:00
Oslo Cathedral

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Festival church services 30 March
Festival church services 30 March

Sunday 30 March, 11:00

Oslo Cathedral
Torshov Church
Stovner Church

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The Boysen Bus: to Bærum
The Boysen Bus: to Bærum

Olav Rune Bastrup
Espen Melbø

Sunday 30 March, 14:00–17:00
Meeting point: Oslo Cathedral, 13:45

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Ad cor – to the heart
Ad cor – to the heart

Staats- und Domchor Berlin
Kai-Uwe Jirka, conductor

Sunday 30 March, 14:00
Oslo Cathedral

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Closing concert: Heavenly Harmony
Closing concert: Heavenly Harmony

The Sixteen
Harry Christophers, conductor

Sunday 30 March, 19:00
Oslo Cathedral