 Cappella Catharinae is the oldest, biggest and most senior choir in the Katarina parish in Stockholm. The choir was founded in 1969 and has an extensive and vital repertoire, including the great classical masters, Swedish traditional choir lyrics and modern composers such as Tomas Jennefelt and Johannes Johansson. Look further below. Since 2007 our conductor is Hans Vainikainen, who has received several awards for his skills. More information on Hans Vainikainen can be found below. Besides performing at regular church services, the choir regularly gives public concerts, as well as for companies that wish to provide an activity for their clients and staff. Look into our calendar for upcoming events. Send an e-mail to marknad@cappella.se if you want to get in touch in concert matters. For other matters please e-mail ordf@cappella.se From time to time we also make longer concert trips and are happy to connect with choirs in other parts of the world. So far we have visited countries in Europe, North America, South East Asia and Africa. We look forward to making further trips. The next trip will be to South Korea in May 2014. Our conductor Hans Vainikainen is one of the choir leaders and organists in the parish, who has lead the choir since 2007. A successful musician and conductor, he develops the music into new dimensions. In spite of his youth, he was selected for the Swedish Conductors’ Award in 2005. Besides Cappella Catharinae, Hans Vainikainen is also in charge of Katarina Kammarkör, which is a chamber choir in the parish, as well as the Katarina Girls’ Choir, with girls in their teens, who highly qualified often move on to the other choirs in the parish.
Hans graduated with organist and conductor degrees from the Royal Musical College in Stockholm, including studies for Jorma Panula, Eric Ericsson, Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Alan Gilbert and Paul Mägi. As a freelance conductor, Hans has worked with several professional orchestras and choirs in Sweden.
Cappella Catharinae was founded in 1969 by Music Director Lars-Ewe Nilsson, cantor in the Katarina parish, who led the choir until retiring 2007. Lars-Ewe was instrumental in building the musical activities and the choirs in the Katarina parish to one of the most significant in Sweden. The goal is to move and to touch… Says Hans Vainikainen: My experience is that the common denominator of all music groups is an urge to develop. A chorus is unusual in being a totally flat structure, where the singers sit next to each other - not in front or behind! Each singer is, so to speak, both his or her own boss and a piece in a large puzzle. My primary task as conductor is to continuously highlight precisely these two aspects, i.e. to encourage personal initiatives, motivation and development, while reminding all singers that their mindset should be on the final product - the sound! With all of this in place, the focus will be on the music, without fear of making mistakes or technical obstacles. Then it is almost impossible not to reach the audience, irrespective of repertoire or context. And that’s the goal of what we do - to move and to touch! Calendar 2015 Katarina Church, 31 December, at 15, J.S. Bach, Christmas Oratory part IV-VI Katarina Church, 25 , at 15, J.S. Bach, Christmas Oratory part I-III Katarina Church, 28, 29November, at 15 and 18, Advent concerts Stockholm Concert Hall, 15 October at 19 and 17 October at 15, Tonsättarfestival Systrarna Boulanger Folkoperan, 23, 24 October, W.A. Mozart, Requiem Lids Church, 1 augusti, Summer concert Liljevalchs konsthall, 6 June. Concert with Bach theme Katarina Church, 31 maj, Katarina Church, 2 June, Feast of the Flowers (traditional family gathering with all choirs in the parish celebrating the arrival or summer) Stockholm Concert Hall, 8 June at 20 and 9 June at 15, Sagas Orchestral Fantasy Music Katarina Church, 19, 23 april, Vår kyrka brann... choir concert Katarina Church, 21, 22 mars, G. Mahler, Symfoni nr 3 2014 Katarina Church, 31 December, at 15, J.S. Bach, Christmas Oratory part IV-VI Katarina Church, 25 , at 15, J.S. Bach, Christmas Oratory part I-III Katarina Church, 29, 30 November, at 15 and 18, Advent concerts Katarina kyrka, 2 November at 16, J. Brahms, Ein deutsches requiem Uppsala Cathedral, 5 September at 18:30, G. Mahler,Symphony No. 2 Lid Church, 10 August, Summer concert Katarina Church, 25 May, Feast of the Flowers Seoul, South Korea, 24 april - 3 may, tour. Read more. Katarina kyrka, 9 april, kl 16, Cappella sings a cappella 2013 Katarina Church, 31 December, at 15:00, J.S. Bach, Christmas Oratory part IV-VI Katarina Church, 25 , 15, J.S. Bach, Christmas Oratory part I-III Katarina Church, 30 November, 1 December, at 15:00 and 18:00, Advent concerts Katarina Church, 3 November at 18:00, W.A. Mozart, Requiem Folkoperan, 18,19, 25, 26 October, C. Orff, Carmina Burana Stockholm Concert Hall, 17, 19 October, R. Vaughan-Williams, A Sea Symphony, "Symphony No. 1" Katarina Church, 9 September, Memorial concert for Anna Lindh Lid Church, 10 August, Summer concert Katarina Church, 2 June, Feast of the Flowers (traditional family gathering with all choirs in the parish celebrating the arrival or summer) Katarina Church, 21 April, B. Britten, Rejoice in the Lamb, Saint Nicolas Katarina Church, 23, 24 March, G. Mahler,Symphony No. 2 2012 Katarina Church, 31 December, at 15, J.S. Bach, Christmas Oratory part IV-VI Katarina Church, 25 December, at 15, J.S. Bach, Christmas Oratory part I-III Katarina Church, 26, 27 November, at 15 and 18, Advent concerts Folkoperan, 16, 21, 23 November, C. Orff. Carmina Burana Katarina Church, 1 September, G.F. Handel, Messias Stockholm Concert Hall, 9 June, Symphonic Fantasies Stockholm Katarina Church, 3 June, Feast of the Flowers Katarina Church, 6 April, G. Fauré, Requiem in D minor op. 48 Katarina Church, 10, 11 March, G. Mahler, Symphony No. 8 2011 Stora Kopparberg Church, Falun Works by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Sven-David Sandström, Sergei Rachmaninov. The choir of Stora Kopparberg Church and Cappella Catharinae
Katarina Church Johannes Brahms: Schicksalslied Duke Ellington: Sacred Concert Lars Erik Larsson: Förklädd Gud (Disguised God) Mahler: Symphony no. 8 Mozart: Requiem Jean Sibelius: Symphony no. 7, Snöfrid
Lid Church Summer Sabbath music
2001-2010 Stockholm Concert Hall Gustav Mahler: Symphony no. 8. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. Together with Eric Ericsson’s Chamber Choir, Mikaeli Chamber Choir, and others
Katarina Church Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratory, St Matthew Passion, Mass in b minor Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 9, An die Freude Johannes Brahms: Requiem Gabriel Fauré: Requiem Duke Ellington: Sacred Concert Georg Friedrich Handel: Messiah, Saul Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem Otto Olsson, Latin Hymns and others Sergei Rachmaninov: St Mary vesper Guiseppi Verdi: Requiem Lyrical Swedish choir works by Hugo Alvén, Wilhelm Stenhammar, Ture Rangström, Johannes Johansson and poems by Tomas Tranströmers Sven-David Sandström Jan Sandström Norman Luboff Lyrical Scandinavian choir works Traditional Advent music from all over the world
Lid Church (southeast of Stockholm) Summer Sabbath music every summer since 2004 Sponsor concerts In addition to the regular choir programme, we also arrange tailored company concerts in the Katarina Church. These are often provided by the companies for their customers before Christmas, but may also be part of a company anniversary. If desired, we also invite guest artists. Several companies provide annual Christmas concerts that are highly appreciated by their customers as well as their staff. These sponsor concerts include companies like Avanza, SEB, OMX, Carat, Vodaphone and Telenor. Some of the artists we have worked with are Carola, Peter Jöback, Helen Sjöholm and Louise Hoffsten. Trips with the choir Over the years, Cappella Catharinae has undertaken a long series of concert trips in all directions on the Globe, domestically as well as to other continents. In general, we make a trip every second year, trips that in the main are financed via our sponsor concerts. Members in the choir take care of all practical arrangements related to the trips. |