The Swedish Radio Choir is looking for new singers!

We are looking for three sopranos for a fixed-term employment of 50% and for our substitute pool. The audition will take part 6-10 February in Radiohuset, Oxenstiernsgatan 20 in Stockholm.

Last date to apply is 15 January 2023.

As a member of The Swedish Radio Choir you are a part of a choir known worldwide for its unique sound.

For more than 90 years, the Swedish Radio Choir has contributed to the development of the Swedish a cappella tradition. Under the leadership of legendary conductor Eric Ericson, the choir earned great international renown and is still hailed as one of the best choirs in the world. The choir members’ ability to switch between powerful solo performances to seamlessly integrating themselves in the ensemble creates a unique and dynamic instrument praised by critics and music lovers alike, as well as by the many guest conductors who explore and challenge the choir’s possibilities.

The permanent home of the Swedish Radio Choir since 1979 is Berwaldhallen, the Swedish Radio’s concert hall. In addition to the seated audience, the choir reaches millions of listeners on the radio and online in Sweden and throughout the world. Several concerts are also broadcast and streamed on Berwaldhallen Play, offering the audience more opportunities to come as close as possible to one of the world’s top choirs.

Kaspars Putniņš is the tenth Chief Conductor of the Swedish Radio Choir and Marc Korovitch the choirmaster, both responsible of the ensemble’s continued artistic development. Two former Chief Conductors, Tõnu Kaljuste and Peter Dijkstra, have been appointed Conductors Laureate and continue to make guest appearances. For more information about the Swedish Radio Choir: www.berwaldhallen.se

The Swedish Radio Choir is a part of Swedish Public Service and is strongly anchored in values of democracy, freedom of speech and the equal value of human beings.

 

Instructions for your application and process:

In the application we want you to send us:

  • CV outlining your singing and choir experiences
  • Motivation letter
  • Audio file with two pieces of different character and this exercise below; sung two times from every note, piano and forte, from your lower register chromatically up to your top note.

Click here for Vocalise

Singers chosen to sing at the audition will receive all the information relating to their participation in via e-mail in week 7, 2023.

 

1st round :

Soprano -  Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 82 no 1, Ich habe genug 

Tenor - Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 12 no 6, Sei getreu 

Bass 2 - Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 4 no 5, Hier ist das rechte Osterlamm 

Ensemble - Sven-Erik Bäck: Icke kommer var och en in i himmelriket

A vista

Vocalise - Big Rossini 

 

2nd round :

  • Soprano        Henri Duparc : Chanson triste (S1) and Henri Duparc : La vie anterieur (S2)
  • Tenor            Edard Grieg: En Dröm op. 48 no 6
  • Bass 2            Jacque Halevy : La juive : Si la rigueur
  • Ensemble      Hugo Wolf: Resignation no 3, from Sechs geistliche Lieder

 

Johannes Brahms: Requiem No 4 and the fugue of number 3,

The position is a fixed-term employment of 50% on 1-3 year contracts after probationary service, starting in September 2022. The Swedish Radio Choir rehearses in Radiohuset, Stockholm; normally Tuesday and Friday 9:30-12:30, Wednesday and Thursday 14:00-17:00. In addition to this performs, concerts and planned tours.

 

For questions about the position, please send an e-mail to:

Pernilla Wilhelmsdotter Melin, Assistant Manager pernilla.wilhelmsdotter_melin@sverigesradio.se

For HR-questions, please send an e-mail to:
Aleksandar Velevski, HR-partner, aleksandar.velevski@sr.se

For questions to our union partner and singer, please send an e-mail to:
Johan Pejler, SYMF Swedish Radio Choir johan.pejler@sverigesradio.se

 

We are looking forward to your application!