![Fredrik Malmberg – Simultan Krippenspiel (2022) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2022/10/02/cimjiwphafxyb_600.md.jpg)
Fredrik Malmberg – Simultan Krippenspiel (2022) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]
Swedish conductor Fredrik Malmberg has made himself noted as one of Sweden’s most brilliant young choir conductors and has performed all over europé, in Asia and the Middle East. He regularly appears as a guest conductor with the Swedish Radio Choir and the Danish Radio Choir and has been the conductor of several of Sweden’s most renowned choirs, including the Lund Academic Choir and the vocal ensemble Vox Nova. During 2002-2003 he held the position of artistic director of the Stockholm Bach Choir. Malmberg has conducted orchestras such as the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra. He has also worked with ensembles such as Concerto Copenhagen, Stockholm Baroque Orchestra and Drottningholm Baroque Orchestra. Fredrik Malmberg is the artistic director and founder of Vokalharmonin (Harmony of Voices), an ensemble consisting of singers who are all established soloists in their own right. Vokalharmonin was artist-in-residence at Swedish Radio during the period 2004-2006.
![Härlanda Kammarkör, David Molin, Karl Peter Eriksson – A Bright Star Shineth (2018) [FLAC 24bit, 44,1 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2022/05/29/qyphz4p9amjkb_600.md.jpg)
Härlanda Kammarkör, David Molin, Karl Peter Eriksson – A Bright Star Shineth (2018) [FLAC 24bit, 44,1 kHz]
Footprint is delighted to release the debut recording from Härlanda Chamber Choir in the ensemble’s tenth anniversary year. A bright star shineth is an atmospheric celebration of Christmas music from throughout Europe, from the Sixteenth Century to the present day.
Härlanda Chamber Choir was founded in 2007 by its conductor David Molin. The ensemble has since picked up first prize at countless choral competitions and charmed audience and congregations with its warm, inviting sound. A bright star shineth is described by Molin as ‘a labour of love and laughter.’
The recording charts a Christmas journey from France to Iceland, via England, Wales, Ireland and of course Sweden. Traditional songs in alluring arrangements by Åke Hillerud and John Rutter and more are heard alongside original compositions by the likes of Francis Poulenc, Thomas Tallis and Morten Lauridsen.
The choir pays homage to its own roots with a traditional song from the Halland Province, Guds son är född (arranged by Otto Olsson). Two premiere recordings from Scandinavian composers complete the picture: Ola Gjeilo’s striking Det hev ei rose sprunge and Anna Cederberg-Orreteg’s emotive interpretation of Sibelius’s Julvisa.
With fulsome, warm singing and careful direction from Molin, A bright star shineth combines head and heart this festive season, ‘our birthday gift to ourselves and a Christmas present to the world’, in the choir’s own words.