Filmed: Sunday 20 September 2015
Location: Eric Ericsonhallen, Skeppsholmen, Stockholm, Sweden
Release status: Unreleased
Shown in: Sweden
To celebrate both the release of the album Kärlekens Tid and the musical life of choir master Gustaf Sjökvist (who passed away in February 2015), Benny and Gustaf Sjökvists Kammarkör (Gustaf Sjökvist's Chamber Choir) performed two concerts at Eric Ericsonhallen, Skeppsholmen on Sunday 20 September 2015.
The choir was conducted by Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Rector of Stockholm’s Kungliga Musikhögskolan (Stockholm's Royal College of Music). Benny was on the grand piano and Göran Arnberg accompanied on keyboards.
The running order for both performances featured all eleven of the Benny Andersson penned tracks included on the Kärlekens Tid album, along with four pieces of music by other composers.
- Anthem
- Historien om schack (The Story of Chess)
- Innan gryningen (Benny Andersson/Ylva Eggehorn)
- Kärlekens tid (Benny Andersson/Ylva Eggehorn)
- Ansikte mot ansikte (Anna Cederberg-Orreteg/Tomas Tranströmer)
- Minnena ser mig (Anna Cederberg-Orreteg/Tomas Tranströmer)
- Lilla skara
- Down to the sacred wave
- De flyendos kör
- Var hör vi hemma
- Vid Havet (Gösta Nystroem/Ebba Lindquist)
- Havet (Gösta Nystroem/Vilhelm Ekelund)
- En skrift i snön (Benny Andersson/Kristina Lugn)
- O klang och jubeltid
- Vilar glad. I din famn (Benny Andersson/Kristina Lugn)
- Finale: Slängpolska efter Bysskalle (trad.)
Björn and his wife Lena were seated in the second row.
Thanks to Ángel Herrera, Monique Hoevens and Jack Lovejoy c/o ABBAtalk and Pascale Ranson c/o ABBA Village.
YouTube links c/o Gustaf Sjökvists Kammarkör