"Voluspå" is a god poem from the Elder Edda. This nearly 800-year-old text tells the dramatic story of the world, from its creation to its end. Perhaps the future will reveal a better world?
Come and hear the story of the old gods, of Ragnarok, and of hope!
We are so fortunate to have the Bærum Symphony Orchestra join us for the performance. The poem has been set to music for choir and orchestra by the composer David Monrad Johansen.
Time: 18. oktober, 2025, kl. 16
Place: Majorstuen kirke
Akademisk Korforening invites you to a summer concert with a varied repertoire! There will be beautiful choral music by, among others, Grieg, Ola Gjeilo, and Knut Nystedt.
Universitetets aula, Universitetsplassen
Wednesday, June 4, 2025, at 7 PM
Akademisk Korforening invites you to an anniversary concert on Sunday, March 30! We are celebrating 95 years with a fantastic concert in Frogner Church, together with a professional orchestra and soloists. You will hear beautiful works by Bach, including Magnificat and Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit. We’re sure it will be a wonderful concert and look forward to sharing this musical experience with you.
Frogner Church, Oslo
Sunday, March 30, 2025, at 7 PM
As tradition dictates, we are holding two Christmas concerts with the Oslo Chamber Orchestra in Sagene Church. This year’s concerts will take place on Wednesday, December 4.
We’ll fill the church with music at 6 PM and 8 PM.The “Hallelujah” chorus from Handel’s Messiah and Deilig er jorden are, as always, on the program. In addition, you’ll hear both familiar and lesser-known Norwegian Christmas songs.
Sagene Church, Oslo
Wednesday, December 4, 2024, at 6 PM and 8 PM
Welcome to an autumn concert with Akademisk Korforening and Romerike Symphony Orchestra.
We will perform The Armed Man – A Mass for Peace by Karl Jenkins. This monumental mass for peace is just as relevant today, in a troubled time marked by brutal warfare and human suffering, as when it premiered in 2000. The work warns of the horrors of war, but also brings hope for a peaceful future.
10% of ticket proceeds will be donated to Doctors Without Borders.
Majorstuen Church, Oslo
Saturday, October 12, 2024, at 4 PM
On Saturday, June 8, we invite you to this year’s summer concert in Eidsberg Church.
We’re lucky to be performing together with Eidsberg Bygdekor and the choir Amboldet. This will be a beautiful concert featuring spring- and summer-themed works.
Conductors: Birgit Aune, Toril Skaug Gaasland, and Gjermund Bjørklund
Pianist: Vaiva Mažulytė
Eidsberg Church, Norway
Saturday, June 8, 2024, at 7 PM
On Sunday, April 14 at 6 PM, we invite you to this year’s spring concert in the University Aula.
The program features choral works by Peterson-Berger, Stenhammar, Dvořák, and others. The concert will also include a guest performance by Peblingene, a choir made up of students from Oslo Cathedral School.
Conductor: Gjermund Bjørklund
Pianist: Vaiva Mažulytė
University Aula, Oslo
Sunday, April 14, 2024, at 6 PM
Guaranteed Christmas spirit! As is tradition, Akademisk Korforening and the Oslo Chamber Orchestra will perform Christmas concerts together in Sagene Church.
The “Hallelujah” chorus from Handel’s Messiah is, as always, on the program. We will also perform the first movement Jauchzet, frohlocket! from Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, along with a mix of well-known and lesser-known Norwegian Christmas songs.
Sagene Church, Oslo
Wednesday, December 6, 2023, at 6 PM and 8 PM
This autumn, Akademisk Korforening joins forces with the Oslo Symphony Orchestra and Skedsmo Chamber Choir to perform Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy’s magnificent oratorio Elijah.
Grønland Church, Oslo
Sunday, October 22, 2023, at 7 PM
Akademisk Korforening and the Oslo Chamber Orchestra fill the beautiful University Aula with a spring concert featuring works by three living Norwegian composers: Ola Gjeilo, Kim André Arnesen, and Terje Bjørklund. It promises to be an atmospheric and memorable experience.
University Aula, Oslo
Sunday, April 16, 2023, at 6 PM
As is tradition, Akademisk Korforening and the Oslo Chamber Orchestra will perform their Christmas concerts together in Sagene Church. This year’s concerts take place on Wednesday, December 7, at 6 PM and 8 PM.
We’ll present both familiar and lesser-known Christmas music. The “Hallelujah” chorus from Handel’s Messiah is, as always, on the program.
Conductor: Gjermund Bjørklund
Concertmaster: Inga Gorset
Organist: Mathias Sørbø
Sagene Church, Oslo
Wednesday, December 7, 2022, at 6 PM and 8 PM
On Sunday, October 30 at 6 PM, Akademisk Korforening and Bislett Boys' Choir, joined by singers from Ensemble Rex, invite you to an English-themed concert in the University Aula. The program features, among other pieces, John Rutter’s melodic Requiem, performed with chamber ensemble and soloist. This is AKF’s first collaboration with Bislett Boys' Choir. Despite being founded in 2015, the choir has already performed with KORK, Sølvguttene, and the Norwegian Soloists’ Choir. Their repertoire spans from rap and pop to Mozart, Beethoven, and Mahler.
University Aula, Oslo
Sunday, October 30, 2022, at 6 PM
This year’s summer concert is all about love - flirtatious, unrequited, maternal, and more. Expect deeply romantic music in songs by Dvořák and Brahms, and Nordic composers celebrating nature and the light summer night.
We’re delighted to perform in Askim Chapel, a new venue for Akademisk Korforening.
Askim Chapel, Askim
Saturday, June 11, 2022, at 3 PM
Of all the great choral and orchestral works, Mozart’s Requiem (1791) may be the most moving, and certainly one of the most mysterious in music history.
After two years of limited concert activity due to COVID restrictions, we look forward to welcoming audiences back for an unforgettable performance of this immortal masterpiece.
Majorstuen Church, Oslo
Sunday, April 3, 2022, at 7 PM
Composed in just one week in March, Schubert’s Mass in G is a relatively short setting for strings, choir, and three soloists. Though modest in resources, it is a masterwork - contemplative, intense, and luminous, with a radiant Dona nobis pacem to close.
Paulus Church, Oslo
Saturday, October 26, 2019, at 4 PM
Akademisk Korforening, the University of Oslo’s official mixed choir, and Peblingene, Oslo Cathedral School’s choir, invite you to the annual summer concert in the University Aula.
The program includes a mix of a cappella and accompanied works by composers such as T. Kverno, J. Brahms, and M. Lauridsen. All performed surrounded by Edvard Munch’s evocative paintings.
University Aula, Oslo
Tuesday, May 28, 2019, at 7 PM
A masterful blend of operatic arias and sacred music, Petite Messe solennelle stands alongside Stabat Mater as one of Rossini’s greatest sacred works.
Written in 1863–64 when Rossini was 71, he called it the last of his péchés de vieillesse (“sins of old age”). It was dedicated to Countess Louise Pillet-Will and premiered in her private chapel in 1864.
Frogner Church, Oslo
Sunday, April 7, 2019, at 7 PM
Let yourself unwind and embrace the Christmas spirit as Akademisk Korforening and the Oslo Chamber Orchestra usher in the season with beautiful choral and orchestral music.
Expect beloved carols and highlights from Handel’s Messiah.
Sagene Church, Oslo
Wednesday, December 12, 2018, at 6 PM and 8 PM
Kjell Marcussen’s Officium is a meditative and beautiful chamber work composed especially for Ensemble International and choir.
Together with four talented soloists, we invite you to a rare musical journey through Norwegian folk tunes and late romantic choral music.
University Aula, Oslo
Sunday, November 18, 2018, at 6 PM
Akademisk Korforening, the University of Oslo’s official mixed choir, and Peblingene, students from Oslo Cathedral School, welcome you to this year’s summer concert in the magnificent University Aula.
The program features works by F. Havrøy, L. Edlund, E. Grieg, C. Kreek, and others. Peblingene will perform Mozart’s Kleine Orgelmesse KV 259, as well as Duet No. 7 from The Magic Flute (arranged for choir).
Soprano Vera Talerko will join for Mendelssohn’s O for the Wings of a Dove and other arias.
University Aula, Oslo
Tuesday, June 5, 2018, at 7 PM
Though unfinished, Mozart’s Mass in C Minor (1782–83) is known as “the Great Mass”, one of history’s most remarkable sacred compositions, featuring double choir, large orchestra, and four vocal soloists.
Frogner Church, Oslo
Sunday, April 22, 2018, at 6 PM
Oslo Culture Night
Paulus Church, Oslo
Friday, September 14, 2018, at 8 PM
Our Blessed Lady of the Sablon Church, Brussels
Saturday, September 22, 2018, at 8 PM
