After Hours

Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus

We are pleased to be presenting another short concert in the popular ‘After Hours’ series in the City Hall’s beautiful ballroom at 9.15pm.  At 7pm in the main hall Tabita Berglund conducts the Halle in a programme of Grieg and Sibelius, and the Chorus follows in the ballroom with a programme of choral works from Scandinavia and the Baltic.

Audiences will be familiar with the Norwegian Romantic composer Edvard Grieg (1843 – 1947), but maybe not his countyman Ola Gjeilo, born in Norway in 1978, or Eric Ešenvalds, born in Latvia a year earlier. Gjeilo, who now lives in America, studied in Norway and at the Julliard School and the Royal College of Music in London. Award-winning composer Ešenvalds studied in Latvia and at Trinity College Cambridge, and composed the official anthem of the World Choir Games when Riga was the European Capital of Culture in 2014.

This is your chance to hear the Chorus sing ‘up close and personal’, so come on down after the Halle concert to hear the following beautiful unaccompanied works:

Grieg – Hvad est du dog skjön (sung in Norwegian)

Esenvalds – Amazing Grace

Esenvalds – Evening

Ola Gjeilo – Ave Generosa

Ola Gjeilo – Tota Pulchra es

Grieg – Ave Maris Stella

The concert is FREE, but tickets are still required. They can be obtained online, through the ticket hotline on 0114 2 789 789 and in person at the Sheffield City Hall Box Office.