The café and bar will be open 11am – 9pm
The restaurant will be open 4–6pm
Concert
Music marathon for Ukraine’s music scene
A unique day and evening with The Göteborg Opera, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and the Gothenburg Wind Orchestra.
Duration
11am – 9pm
Dates
28 May 2022
Stage
Göteborg Opera, Foyer
Genre
Concert
Price
Free admission
Accessibility
Free admission
Join us for an unforgettable experience where musicians from three orchestras gather for a music marathon in support of Ukraine’s music scene. On Saturday 28 May, the foyer will be filled with singing and music from morning to late evening.
From Piazzolla to John Williams, from Mozart to Bäck. There will be ensembles of different sizes and combinations – from solo cello to large horn ensemble – as some sixty musicians from Gothenburg’s three orchestras and singers from the Göteborg Opera gather together to raise funds for Ukraine. Enjoy a coffee, a drink or a bite to eat. Our café, bar and restaurant will stay open, regardless of whether you visit briefly or stay for the whole marathon.
The Music Marathon to support Ukraine’s music scene has free admission. You decide whether and how much to donate (see below for details). All the proceeds will be donated to support the rebuilding of Ukraine’s music scene and music institutions such as schools, orchestras and concert halls. The Royal Swedish Academy of Music has set up the fundraising account and will administer the donations and distribute the donated funds to suitable institutions in Ukraine. The funds raised may be used, for example, to pay for the purchase of new instruments and other necessary equipment such as music scores and technology.
The initiative is being organised by the Göteborg Opera, whose orchestra director Andreas Lönnqvist telephoned a Ukrainian colleague to ask how Swedish musicians could contribute. The answer was: ‘Buy instruments – ours are in flames.’ Culture is an indispensable part of life for the Göteborg Opera, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the Gothenburg Wind Orchestra and our Ukrainian colleagues – both today and when Ukraine is rebuilt in the future.
A very warm welcome!
Donations
The Swish number for donations is: 1232794741
Or scan the QR-code below with your Swish-app
Programme
11.00 Classics
Classics for percussion
Musik by Leroy Andersson and Johann Strauss, arranged by Jerker Johansson.
Jerker Johansson, percussion
Simon Trabjerg, percussion
Fredrik Duvling, percussion
Hans-Christian Green, percussion
Johan Ekenberg, double bass
L.v. Beethoven, Violin sonata nr 5 (Spring Sonata)
Yongmei Gustafsson, violin
Xiaoying Wang, piano
W.A. Mozart, Quartet in C (k 285b)
Gunnar Vallin, flute
Lars Kvensler, violin
Brita Linemark, viola
Gabriel Litsgård, bassoon
New classics
Pieces by Telemann, Verhelst and folk music.
Louise Pollock, trombone
Adam Samuelsson, trombone
J. Haydn, from String Quartet A-dur op. 20:6
W.A. Mozart, Oboe Quartet F-dur (K 370)
Dieter Schöning, violin
Viveca Mårtensson, violin
Johanna Fridolfsson, viola
Patrik Harryson, cello
Jonas Albrektsson, oboe
Programme
11.00 Classics
12.30 Romantics
13.30 Swedish tones
15.00 Opera!
17.00 Panel discussion
19.15 The world of cinema