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Gothenburg Cathedral Boy Choir

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IMCD 017
Recorded at Örgryte new Church in March 1992

Producer:
Jan Johansson
Recording Engineer:
Michael Bergek

Eskil Lundström
En Källa till evigt liv
Gustaf Nordquist
Psaltare och Lyra
J.A. Josephson
Quando Corpus op. 20
Henrik Cervin
En sång om ljuset
Arr. Knut Nystedt
Jesus, din söte forening å smake
Gabriel Fauré
Oändligt han ger op. 11
Sten Eriksson
I Frid
Arr. Philip Kern
Klättra upp för berget
Anton Dvorak
Blessed Jesu, fount of mercy
Arr. J.H. Åberg
I himmelen, i himmelen
Jerker Leijon
Ich wollte rufen
Felix Mendelssohn
Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen über Dir
Gustaf Nordquist
Det spirar i Guds örtagård
Helen Litz
Prayer of St. Francis
J.H. Maunder
Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem

Total 54:19

Gothenburg Cathedral Boy choir
Birgitta Persson - Conductor
Ingemar Edgren - Piano

In the spring of 1962 Birgitta Persson,Director of Music, had her first meeting with Conny Edlund, at that time Dean of Gothenburg. He told her about his dream of establishing a boys' choir in Gothenburg a saw the perfect leader and conductor in Birgitta persson. With youthful enthusiasm she accepted this very special challenge and started the Gothenburg Cathedral Boys' Choir.

Since the start the Choir has been busily engaged singing at services in the Cathedral and other churches. It has participated in radio and television broadcasts at home and abroad and has made 9 grammophone records. One of these gave the choir a golden-disc award.