“Going Beyond Words”, one of the countries longest running Choral Music Shows in America, will feature a United State Broadcast Premier of A Swedish Christmas Oratorio by Swedish Composer Fredrik Sixten. The Composer indicated to Host, Stan Schmidt the Oratorio was commissioned by Gothenburg Cathedral and is dedicated to Michael Sager who is the Musical Director There. Scored for String Quintet and Woodwind Quintet, Organ, Soprano Soloist and Mixed Chorus, the Oratorio is divided into three sections by the Christmas Story.
The composer uses occasional Chorales based on Swedish Folk Melodies. The Chorales are sung by two choirs and the words are written by Swedish Poet Yiva Eggehorn. Soprano Heleena Ek stylistically captivates the listener with her great voice. The choirs are the famous Sofia Vokalensemble who and the treble voice choir Capella Nordica. Fredrik Sixten is the organist and the counductor is Bengt Ollön. This marvelous Oratorio is on the FOOTPRINT label out of Sweden.
To Listen got to KVNO.ORG SUNDAY DECEMBER 2, 2012 AT NOON CENTRAL TIME ON KVNO.ORG and click on the word listen For Questions write Stan@goingbeyondwords and visit WWW.GOINGBEYONDWORDS.COM for a list images of CD’s and Music list for the last three 1/3 years.
Going Beyond Words is now in it’s 20th year and Host Stan Schmidt is moving toward 1000 choral broadcasts.
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