Social and
Cultural Programme
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Sunday, June 18, 18.00 |
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Welcome evening |
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Welcome evening in Artisten (included in the conference fee) with
music, mingle and wine. |
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Sweden is famous for its choirs. We
therefore begin our conference with a brief concert given by
the Pro
Musica Chamber Choir.
This internationally acclaimed choir, with its conductor Jan
Yngwe, has toured extensively and made several recordings. The
Choir has been especially praised for its interpretation of
contemporary music. The concert in Artisten will focus on
Swedish music. |
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The concert will be followed by a bite to eat and a glass of
wine to give you a chance to meet new and old friends. A bar
will be open and the
eminent bar pianist Staffan Biörklund-Jullander will entertain us during
the evening. |
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Monday, June 19, 18.00 |
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Official opening ceremony |
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Official opening ceremony (included in the
conference fee). |
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The City of Göteborg invites all delegates
to a reception at Börsen, (the old stock exchange, the Bourse),
situated at Gustav Adolfs torg 4. The house of the
stock-exchange was inaugurated in 1849 and was used as a
concert hall in the evenings. |
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The music entertainment will span three
thousand years: from bronze lurs to present day bassoons. |
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Tuesday, June 20, 19.00 |
| IAMIC
Concert - Gageego! |
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Concert at
Konserthuset (just round the corner from Artisten), at
Götaplatsen. |
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IAMIC invites all conference
attendees to a memorable evening of contemporary classical
music from all parts of the world - performed by the
outstanding Göteborg ensemble
Gageego! |
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| Thursday,
June 22, 19.00 |
| Concert |
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Organ concert in örgryte New
Church, örgryte kyrkogata.
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Concert with
Göteborg Baroque. The ensemble was founded in 2003 by its
artistic director Magnus Kjellson and has established itself
both within Sweden and internationally. Their concerts present
the latest in historically-informed performance practice ideas
from the Baroque era.
In this
concert, the ensemble will perform vocal and instrumental
music from the Düben collection, alternated with organ solo
pieces played by Magnus Kjellson on the newly built Baroque
organ. |
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Friday, June 23, 19.00 |
| Farewell
dinner |
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Farewell dinner (see registration form) at
Kajskjul 8, Packhuskajen. |
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A traditional Swedish midsummer
celebration with “smörgåsbord” and other delicacies. We will
be entertained by the troubadour Martin Bagge with his lute,
and also hear some traditional Swedish folk music. |
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| Wednesday,
June 21 |
| Excursions |
1.
UNESCO Vitlycke Museum - Rock carvings
Departure time: 12.45 |
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This excursion will take us to Tanumshede and the 3000 year
old rock carvings from the Swedish Bronze age. The bus ride
goes through beautiful Bohuslän with its characteristic rocky
coastline before arriving at the Vitlycke Museum and the
UNESCO World heritage site in Tanumshede.
The Museum won
the European Museum of the Year Award in 1999. Lunch on the
bus included. |
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2. Organ tour. An excursion to some of Göteborg's
finest pipe organs
Departure time: 12.45 |
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Excursion guide: Paul Peeters |
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Göteborg's collection of interesting and
valuable pipe organs has rapidly developed during the past
decade. The excursion includes a visit to
Göteborg Organ Art
Center organ workshop, a presentation of organ research
activities, and demonstrations of the organs in örgryte nya
kyrka (the 1999 North German baroque organ and the 1871 Henry
Willis organ), two instruments at the Academy of Music and
Drama (a 1998 French symphonic organ and the Manderscheidt
positive organ from ca. 1650), and the 1783 instrument in
Jonsereds kyrka, built by the Swedish builder Pehr Schiörlin.
The excursion also includes a visit to an industrial community
founded in 1830 by the Scotsman William Gibson in Jonsered. |
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3. A
music-related walking tour of Göteborg
Departure time: 14.00 |
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Excursion guide: Anders Carlsson
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In our promenade through the old town we
will visit some of the places where Göteborg’s musical life
and classical concerts took place in the nineteenth century.
The noblest house of all was “Börsen”, the stock-exchange
house where the rich merchants did business with each other
during the day and visited or even participated in concerts in
the evenings. If we are lucky we can also visit the Masonic
Temple where Bedrich Smetana gave so many chamber music
recitals. Smetana was a resident of Göteborg 1856–61 in a
period when the struggle for cultural and political
independence in Bohemia was harsh. Of course we will also
visit Stora Nygatan where he stayed with his family in
the year 1858/59. |
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We end our walk at the beautiful city-garden
Trädgårdsföreningen.
The rose-garden will be in full bloom and the Rosenkaféet
will serve us something tasty (included). |
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4.
Boat trip to Elfsborg Fortress
Departure time: 13.15 |
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Elfsborg
at the entrance of the harbour dates back to the
mid-seventeenth century. It is one of the most popular
destinations for a day out on the West Coast, with its
thrilling tales of dungeons, battles with the Danes and its
tiny hospital. There are legends about the punishment for
soldiers who during the early 18 century played cards in the
church at the Fortress and about the upper classes chasing
greased pigs at the fairground. |
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5.
From Cabin to Castle
Departure time: 14.00 |
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the contrast between the lifestyles and environments of the
simple farmer and the rich lord of the manor. Our journey goes
south through areas of natural beauty with forests, meadows
and pastures to äskhult. Here we stop to visit the 18th
century farming village. From äskhult we continue to
Tjolöholm
Castle that was built at the end of the 19th century in
English Tudor style as a summer residence for the wealthy
Dickson family. The castles interiors and furnishings have
been preserved in their orginal condition. |
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| Excursions
for accompanying persons |
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Tours for accompanying persons will not be
arranged, but you will find tourist information, brochures and
maps in the Conference office. |
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Göteborg’s Tourist Offices
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Post-Conference tour June
24
- 25 |
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Registration
closed |
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Visit to Stockholm and Uppsala |
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Tour leader: Evabritt Selén |
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Day 1,
Saturday
24 June.The train departs from Göteborg in the morning
and arrives in Stockholm around noon. |
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Lunch at the hotel and thereafter guided
tour of
Statens musikbibliotek (The Music Library of Sweden) which has
just moved into a
new building.
The library, founded in 1771 by the Royal Swedish Academy of
Music, is the national resource library for music in the
country and has major collections of rare source materials and
specialized scholarly literature and editions. |
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After the library tour, a bus will take us to Drottningholm,
one of the Royal Palaces. We will have a guided tour of the
unique 18th-century
Court
Theatre, which is included on the UNESCO world heritage
list. We return to Stockholm by boat. The view of the capital
from the water is magnificent. |
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2, Sunday
25 June. We will take a train to
Uppsala in the morning. The trip takes less than one hour. |
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The day includes a visit to the
University Library with its collection of music
manuscripts - the most famous of them the Düben collection. We
will also visit
Gustavianum, the Uppsala University Museum. The history of
the university from 1477 to the present day is highlighted, as
is the Anatomical Theater and the famous Augsburg Art Cabinet.
Lunch in Uppsala. |
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We take the train back to Stockholm in the late afternoon.
The train for Göteborg leaves in the early evening and we will
arrive around 22.00. |
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Price: SEK 2 500 (includes transport,
hotel, and meals, no drinks). |
