FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Verne Moberg
E-mail: [email protected]
Telephone: 212-854-4015
 
 
“SWEDISH SONGS OF LOVE AND LOSS” CONCERT
WITH MALIN SERNER AND FRIENDS FEATURED
AT COLUMBIA’S DEUTSCHES HAUS NOVEMBER 25
 
 
The third fall event to be sponsored by Columbia University Swedish Program this fall is entitled “Swedish Songs of Love and Loss,” a musical evening with Swedish mezzo soprano Malin Serner and friends, featuring songs by classical composers from Sweden and other Nordic countries. The program, previously announced for November 18, has been rescheduled to 7 pm on Tuesday, November 25 at Deutsches Haus.
 
The public is invited, and admission is free. Deutsches Haus is located at 420 West 116th Street, New York City, between Amsterdam Avenue and Morningside Drive.
 
Malin Serner has appeared with the Royal Dramatic Opera and Adolf Fredrik Opera in Sweden; the Des Moines (Iowa) Metro Opera; the Natchez (Mississippi) Opera; the Dicapo Opera, the Opera Orchestra, the Swedish Church, the Brooklyn College Opera Theatre, and Opera on the Go, all in New York City.
 
She will be accompanied by Stockholm pianist Michael Engström, who has worked as an accompanist for the Swedish Radio Choir under Eric Ericson and also for the world-renowned Swedish soprano, Katarina Dalayman.
 
Joining Malin Serner in various songs will be two friends: soprano Helen Larson and tenor Tam Johnson. Ms. Larsson sings and teaches music in Stockholm, has worked extensively in Spain, and has been invited to India to develop an exchange program for young students.
 
Tam Johnson has performed with a variety of New York City choral ensembles including the New York Choral Artists, the Canterbury Choral Society, and the National Chorale. Recently he appeared with this city’s highly acclaimed Ensemble For Early Music in its production of Daniel and the Lion, which enjoyed a three-week run to much praise in Spoleto, Italy.
 
This musical evening, with songs by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, Sigurd von Koch, Wilhelm Stenhammar, Grieg, and Sibelius, will be sponsored by the Swedish Program in cooperation with the American-Scandinavian Foundation.
 
For further information about the concert by Malin Serner and friends or about Swedish language courses at Columbia, contact Verne Moberg: Tel.: 212-854-4015; E-mail: <[email protected]>.

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