Eric Ericson RIP

[ardcarp]

The death of the talented Swedish choir director has been announced:

http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddi...-has-died.html

Thank you, jean, from the EMS department for drawing our attention to this.

[Roehre]

The death of the talented Swedish choir director has been announced:

http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddi...-has-died.html

The grim reaper has a field week, as Van Cliburn has died too (following Sawallisch and MC Alain).


Eric Ericson's recordings efectively introduced me into the world of the a-capella choral music.
Both his late 1970s 5 LP-sets on EMI (Europäische Chormusik and Virtuose Chormusik ) with music between Monteverdi and Castiglioni showed me that there was more under the sun than orchestral/instrumental music.
A great choral conductor has passed away
RIP Eric Ericson

[Historian]

The link does not work for me. So, I will try again with it:

http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2013/02/worlds-greatest-choirmaster-has-died.html

[Keraulophone]

On our choir tours to Sweden (twinned with a diocese near Stockholm), local singers would speak of Eric Ericson with awed reverence. Their patron saint of choral singing.
Apparently, over a quater of a million Swedes (pop. 9.5M) sing in choirs.

[french frank]

There will be a tribute to Eric Ericson featured in The Choir on Sunday week, 31 March, at 5pm.

[ardcarp]

Oops...I've just started a new thread in anticipation of Easter Sunday's The Choir.