CONCERT PROGRAM

Welcome to celebrate our 10th anniversary and Gothenburg's 400th anniversary at the same time! Here, all the participants of the camp – over 2,000 young choir singers and musicians – perform together in a powerful musical manifestation together with Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Gothenburg Symphony Vocal Ensemble.

Festival Concert offers symphonic music, magnificent choral songs, and powerful arrangements. All under the direction of the camp's many well-known conductors, led by Ron Davis Alvarez and Birgitta Mannerström Molin.

The concert repertoire includes an exclusive live performance of the special arrangement Canon/Memories. This mashup of Maroon 5's Memories and Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D was arranged by Tormod Tvete Vik and Henrik Dahlgren for Side by Side's digital camp in the pandemic year 2021. Then, the participants sent in their musical contributions on video. This summer, the arrangement is performed live for the first time after a re-work by Tormod Tvete Vik. There are over 100 parts—something truly unique!

Another singular experience during the Festival Concert will be the premiere of Benjamin Staern's newly written piece En strimma hav (A Streak of Sea). This specially written arrangement was ordered for El Sistema's 10th anniversary celebration in 2020. The pandemic put the brakes on that, but now we finally get the opportunity to perform this beautiful music live!

And what would this double (actually triple!) anniversary celebration be without Gothenburg's own anniversary song Vi vill leva, vi vill dö i Göteborg (We want to live, we want to die in Gothenburg)? Singer/songwriter Katarina Hemlin is present live during the concert and performs this musical tribute to the city and its inhabitants together with all 2000 participants!

Festival Concert marks the end of the camp for UPPER INTERMEDIATE, INTERMEDIATE, BASIC and OPEN ORCHESTRA.

Participating: All camp participants are part of the concert in varying degrees
Price: 160 SEK (60 SEK for children below 15)
Booking: Limited number of seats
  

Welcome to Side by Side’s grand finale — a powerful symphony concert in the Stora Salen where the virtuosos of the future show off their skills side by side with the Gothenburg Symphony. We celebrate the camp’s 10th anniversary with colorful favorites from the classical repertoire. Join us on a thrilling journey where superheroes meet folk tunes, romances and great party music!

Side by side with Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra this evening ADVANCED and PRE-ADVANCED ORCHESTRA, Side by Side's musical spearhead, creates a double symphony orchestra. Together with YOUTH CHOIR and the Gothenburg Symphony Vocal Ensemble, they present a high-class musical experience, led by conductors Daniela Musca, Manuel Lopez Gomez and choir director Birgitta Mannerström Molin.

From Lars-Erik Larsson, Hugo Alfvén and Wilhelm Stenhammar we are offered some of Swedish music’s most beloved favourites. We hear French notes as the young Lili Boulanger describes a spring morning, and her close friend Gabriel Fauré offers his beautiful Pavane.

The concert opens with folk tunes from the mountainous landscape of Georgia, and ends with the finale from Shostakovich’s rebellious Fifth, a courageous composer who let his artistry shape resistance to contemporary oppression. 

Participating: ADVANCED ORCHESTRA, PRE-ADVANCED ORCHESTRA, YOUTH CHOIR, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Vocal Ensemble

Price: 160 SEK (60 SEK for children below 15)

Booking: Limited number of seats

Welcome to many choir lovers’ favorite concert! At Side by Side’s At Side by Side's big choral concert, over 250 choral singers from CHILDREN’S, PRE-UPPER VOICES, UPPER VOICES and YOUTH CHOIR perform choral music in all its forms together with Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.

There will be choral music from near and far — famous choral classics, traditional folk tunes, pop and newly written choral arrangements! The repertoire includes everything from Jenkins, Britten and Beethoven to Maroon 5 and Laleh. Choirs in Concert is led by Birgitta Mannerström Molin and Ida Rosén Hamrå.

The concert is held in Stora Salen at Konserthuset and concludes the camp for the majority of Side by Side’s choral singers.

Participating: CHILDREN’S CHOIR, PRE-UPPER VOICES CHOIR, UPPER VOICES CHOIR, YOUTH CHOIR, Gothenburg Symphony Vocal Ensemble, musicians from Gothenburg Symphont Orchestra

Price: 60 SEK

Booking: Limited number of seats

Welcome to the conclusion of Side’s anniversary Tuesday and a spectacular concert with extra everything!

WIND & STRING ORCHESTRA is a string orchestra, a wind orchestra, and a symphony orchestra, all in one! At this concert you get to enjoy classical pieces from Dvorak and Sibelius as well as the Argentinian Ginastera. In addition, there will be modern film music with Captain Marvel leading the charge. Wind orchestra and symphony orchestra are conducted by the Gothenburg Symphony's own Marjolein Vermeeren and the string orchestra is led by Terje Skomedal.

Participating: WIND & STRING ORCHESTRA

Price: 60 SEK

Booking: Limited number of seats

We cordially invite you to an exciting musical journey through time and space. In this concert, folk and world music is mixed with tones from the Renaissance and the Middle Ages.

Welcome to commence Side by Side's closing evening with the tracks EARLY MUSIC and FOLK MUSIC that offer captivating tones in intimate Stenhammarsalen. Under the direction of Anders Renberg, as well as Jenny Gustafsson and Sten Källman, we get to enjoy music from all possible places and centuries!

Participating: EARLY MUSIC, FOLK MUSIC

Price: 60 SEK

Booking: Limited number of seats

All song-happy pre-schoolers, parents and teachers are warmly welcome to Trädgårdsföreningen on June 15 to sing and dance together. This year's theme is “Olika men ändå lika” (Different but Still the Same) — feel free to bring home-made flags for different countries!

With the theme "Different but Still the Same", Mångfaldsfestivalen (the Diversity Festival) wants to draw attention to the fact that all children are equally valuable and should have the same rights regardless of nationality, culture, and religion. Everyone's needs and wants are equally important!

The musicians are on Lilla Scenen (the small stage) at 10–11. Feel free to bring your own picnic blanket and food so that everyone can hang out together until 1pm.

Please be aware that this event is in Swedish.

Here is a song by Marco Rio to describe the theme of the year:

Det finns så många länder, olika språk

Några av de kan vara, svåra att förstå,

vi kan hjälpa varandra. Prova lite grand

Vi sjunger denna sång som börjar med en gång

Varje gång jag säger: Hola! Hello!, Ciao!, Moi!

då får gärna svara: Hej!

Om jag säger till dig: Mi Amigo, My friend, Ystäväni

Då får du säga: Min Vän

For questions about song lyrics or the like, contact teresa.hedborg@forskola.goteborg.se 

Participating: Cecilia Thorén, Stefan Hedborg, Tobias Edvardsson, Nahuel Ivalo and Teresa Hedborg, as well as children from El Sistema pre-schools in Hammarkullen. Sound technician Johan Zackrisson.

Price: Free

Booking: No reservation needed