Lunchtime Concert: Bøler Skolekor

Bøler Skolekor is among one of the best school choirs in Oslo, Norway consisting of 30 singers with ages ranging from 10 to 17 years. For several years they have travelled abroad and given informal concerts in churches all around Europe. Their repertoire embraces all genres from ballads, classical and church music, to folk music and jazz.

Repertoire

The Lord bless you and keep you – Rutter

Messe Bréve: Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, O salutaris, Agnus Dei – Delibes

Messe Basse: Kyrie, Sanctus,Benedictus, Agnus Dei – Fauré

Blessing – K.M. Bart

Jubilate Deo – Hernes

Ave Maria – Franck

Panis Angelicus – Franck

Deo dicamus gratias – G.A Homilius

Lift thine eyes – Mendelssohn

Fryd deg storlig (oversettes Rejoice Greatly) – Sløgedal

You raise me up – Løvland

Div. spirituals

Organist: Trond Oftung

Trond Egil Oftung, born in 1957, was educated as a diploma organist and conductor at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. He has been the leader and conductor of the choir for 38 years and also conducts a mixed oratorio choir.

With his choirs, he has performed a wide range of repertoire — from children’s songs to major works such as Messiah by Handel, Requiem by Mozart, Brahms, Verdi, Fauré, and Rutter, as well as St. Paul and Elijah by Mendelssohn, and Stabat Mater by Rossini — often in collaboration with professional orchestras and soloists.

In 1998, he was awarded “The Prize of the City of Moss” for his career as a choir conductor. In 2007, he received the Norwegian award “Children’s Choir Conductor of the Year.”