Film premiere: Galina Grigorjeva's Between the Earth and Skies

Film premiere: Galina Grigorjeva's Between the Earth and Skies

1) Alussa on sana, lyricist: A. W. Yrjänä

Helsinki Chamber Choir

conducted by Nils Schweckendiek

2) Morgon, lyricist: Tomas Tranströmer

Eric Ericsons Kammarkör

conducted by Fredrik Malmberg

3) Siuaama amiakkui, lyricist: Katti Frederiksen

Ars Nova Copenhagen

conducted by Graham Ross

4) There Will Come Soft Rains, lyricist: Sara Teasdale

Det Norske Solistkor

conducted by Grete Pedersen

5) Hymn to Great Beauty

conducted by Fredrik Malmberg

"Man was left free between the Earth and the Skies to see, to hear, to speak, to understand. This was the way the Man was created at the beginning. But there is also the main destination of Man. We have to learn to love. We cannot know the Truth, the Beauty of Nature in its highest meaning, we will not manage to save our fragile world without Love.

The piece uses lyrics in different languages written by poets from different countries sharing one thing in common - searching for answers to the existential questions of the meaning of Being and of finding the ways to save world, the nature and environment for future generations."

- Galina Grigorjeva

The Nordic Choir Expedition

Throughout history we have crossed oceans on journeys of exploration. To discover new things, to get to know each other – and also ourselves – better. In the Nordic Choir Expedition the sea may be smaller, but the purpose remains the same. The Nordic Choir Expedition is a collaboration between the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, the Norwegian Soloists Choir, the Helsinki Chamber Choir and Ars Nova Copenhagen. These four professional choirs previously toured together in 2016 and 2019, including to the Orkney Islands and the Netherlands. In 2023 the choirs toured the capital cities of their four countries, to celebrate unity and share with their audiences this unique cultural experience.

Recorded in Stockholm, June 2023

The video was produced by Take5 Music Production

With support from the European Union and Nordic Council of Ministers