Solistkoret & Yuval Weinberg

A journey through longing and transformation

Powerful works fill the room with strength, sincerity and stillness. This year’s All Saints’ concerts offer music composed to ancient texts that speak of a longing for something greater: Of light, grace, and peace.

The concerts also mark the beginning of a new chapter. The Norwegian Soloists’ Choir is led by conductor Yuval Weinberg, who will take over as the choir’s Artistic Director in autumn 2026. These concerts offer a first glimpse into the collaboration to come.

The concerts aim to express the soul’s quiet longing for mercy and the hope of redemption and to open a space for reflection and inner peace,” says Weinberg.

Program

Max Reger (1873-1916): Acht geistliche Gesänge
Cyrillus Kreek (1889-1962): Taaveti laul (excerpts)
James MacMillan (f. 1959): Miserere
Joby Talbot (f. 1971): Roncesvalles (from Path of miracles)

Max Reger composed Acht geistliche Gesänge in 1914. The work stands in contrast to his earlier, more complex compositions. These songs present a spirit of "new simplicity." They are also the last pieces he wrote in his life. The correction sheets for his publisher were found next to his bed when he was discovered dead in a hotel in Leipzig in May 1916.

That same year, Cyrillus Kreek composed Taaveti laul, inspired by the sound ideal of the Orthodox Church. The psalms are interwoven with Estonian folk tunes—a tradition Kreek was deeply connected to.

In composer James MacMillan’s gripping Miserere, old and new music melt together in a powerful prayer for forgiveness. Intense and beautiful, the work unfolds with a dramatic arc of text and melody.

The concert concludes with Path of Miracles by Joby Talbot (2005), following the pilgrims along the route to Santiago de Compostela. A journey in sound—from the deepest bass lines to soaring soprano tones. The piece pulses with rhythmic outbursts and long, resonant textures.

A shifting landscape of wonder and faith.