Orphei Drängar Orphei Drängar’s most important tradition is renewal
From national romanticism to newly written atonal music. And in between everything from jazz to folksongs and hits. The range of OD’s repertoire is great, and today there are few genres and countries that are not represented in the sheet music library.
A cappella singing is still the choir’s most important side. You will find a selection from the repertoire here. But OD is always eager to go one step further and push the envelope of how a choir should look and sound, for example by collaborating with jazz musicians, folk musicians, troubadours, and actors.
OD also enjoys working together with great orchestras, such as the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. See collaborations here.
OD also contributes to the development of music for male-voice choir by regularly commissioning new works by Swedish and foreign composers. This work is vital for the continued evolution of the choir, but it also represents another type of cultural commitment that ensures the future of male-voice choir music.
A capella repertoire 1999-2012
Nordic and Baltic Countries
Alfvén: Aftonen (Sweden)
Alfvén: Gryning vid havet (Sweden)
Alfvén: Papillon (Sweden)
Alfvén: Stemning (Sweden)
Alfvén: Vårsång "Maj" (Sweden)
Andersson: Nachts (Sweden)
Andersson: A Song of Joys (Sweden)
Bergman: Das grosse Lalula (Finland)
Bergman: Hälsning till OD (Finland)
Bergman: Junibastu (Finland)
Bergman: Paradisdag (Finland)
Bergman: Svanbild (Finland)
Berwald: Serenad (Sweden)
Broman: Två Fakir-sånger
Börtz: Gryningsvind (Sweden)
Börtz: Om ondska (Sweden)
Eespere: Glorificatio (Estonia)
Erikson: Nocturne (Sweden)
Gabold: Your Sister’s Drowned (Denmark)
Grieg: Bådn låt (Norway)
Grieg: Dae ae den störste dårleheit (Norway)
Grieg: Dejligste blandt kvinder (Norway)
Grieg: Jeg lagde mig saa sildig (Norway)
Grieg: Kvålins halling (Norway)
Grieg: Landkjending (Norway)
Grieg: Sangerhilsen (Norway)
Hallström: Dryckesvisa (Sweden)
Heiniö: Tomumieli (Finland)
Hemberg: Tvenne dagsverser (Sweden)
Hillborg: O dessa ögon (Sweden)
Hillborg: muooaaeyiywooum (Sweden)
Hillborg: The Cradle Song (Sweden)
Holten: Det är därför vi lever (Denmark)
Idenstam: Oh Kristus valgus oled sa (Estonia)
Jennefelt: Saoveri indamflavi (Sweden)
Jeppesen: Juninat (Denmark)
Josephson: Islossningen (Sweden)
Järnefelt: Syrsan (Finland)
Järnefelt: Vill du komma med mig? (Finland)
Kuula: Iltapilviä (Finland)
Kuula: Kullervon laulu (Finland)
Lange-Müller: Serenade : Kornmodsglandsen … (Denmark)
Langgaard: Paaskedag (Denmark)
Larsson Gothe: Vindhymn (Sweden)
Lidholm: Inbillningens värld (Sweden)
Lidholm: Kort är rosornas tid (Sweden)
Lidholm: Troget och milt (Sweden)
Lindberg: Ty solen är uppe (Sweden)
Lundvik: När löven falla (Sweden)
Långbacka: Ballad (Finland)
Långbacka: Madrigal : Age and Youth (Finland)
Långbacka: Tre erotiska sånger (Finland)
Malmborg Ward: Tending Fields (Sweden)
Malmfors: Gammal nederländare (Sweden)
Martinsson: Nattviol (Sweden)
Mäntyjärvi: Pseudo-Yoik (Finland)
Nielsen: Aftenstemning (Denmark)
Nielsen: Forunderligt at sige (Denmark)
Nystedt: No me lleveis al mar (Norway)
Nystedt: Ty fågelen flyger så glad (Norway)
Olsson, O.: Drömmar (Sweden)
Olsson, P-H: Marionetterna (Sweden)
Paakkunainen: Dálvi duoddar luohti (Finland)
Palm: Under rönn och syrén (Sweden)
Palmér: I en timme av tystnad (Sweden)
Palmgren: Hosianna (Finland)
Palmgren: Sjöfararen vid milan (Finland)
Palmgren: Säv, säv, susa (Finland)
Peterson-Berger: Danslek ur Ran (Sweden)
Peterson-Berger: Ett bondbröllop (Sweden)
Peterson-Berger: Finsk idyll (Sweden)
Peterson-Berger: I furuskogen (Sweden)
Peterson-Berger: På fjället i sol (Sweden)
Pärt: De profundis (Estonia)
Rabe: Hövisk pålslagarmadrigal (Sweden)
Rabe: Rondes (Sweden)
Rangström: Sörmlands-idyller (Sweden)
Rautavaara: Kaksi psalmia (Finland)
Rautavaara: Suite de Lorca (Finland)
Rehnqvist: Större och mindre (Sweden)
Reissiger: Olav Trygvason (Norway)
Rosell: Serenad (Sweden)
Sandström, J.: The Singing Apes of Khao Yai (Sweden)
Sandström, J.: Vuojnha biegga (Sweden)
Sandström, S-D: Sanctus (Sweden)
Sibelius: Brusande rusar en våg (Finland)
Sibelius: Ett drömackord (Finland)
Sibelius: Evige Eros (Finland)
Sibelius: Fridolins dårskap (Finland)
Sibelius: Herr Lager och Skön fager (Finland)
Sibelius: Jone havsfärd (Finland)
Sibelius: Likhet (Finland)
Sibelius: På berget (Finland)
Sibelius: Sortunut ääni (Finland)
Sibelius: Terve kuu (Finland)
Sibelius: Till havs (Finland)
Sibelius: Ute hörs stormen (Finland)
Sibelius: Venematka (Finland)
Sjögren: Vårluft (Sweden)
Stenhammar: Månsken (Sweden)
Stenhammar: Norrland (Sweden)
Stenhammar: Sverige (Sweden)
Sund: A day of sunshine (Sweden)
Sund: Fyra sånger för manskör (Sweden)
Sund: I wandered lonely as a cloud (Sweden)
Söderlundh: Den vackraste visan, arr R Sund (Sweden)
Söderlundh: Inte ens en grå liten fågel (Sweden)
Söderlundh: Vilse (Sweden)
Söderman: Ett bondbröllop (Sweden)
Söderman: Domine (Sweden)
Söderman: I månans skimmer (Sweden)
Söderman: Kyrie (Sweden)
Söderman: Ode till glädjen (Sweden)
Söderman: Tre visor i folkton (Sweden)
Tormis: Helletused (Estonia)
Tormis: Incantatio maris aestuosi (Estonia)
Tormis: Kaksikpühendus = Diptüchon (Estonia)
Tormis: Kolm mul oli kaunist sõna (Estonia)
Tormis: Lina loitsimine (Estonia)
Tormis: Liulaskmise-laul (Estonia)
Tormis: Meie varjud (Estonia)
Tormis: Muistse mere laulud (Estonia)
Tormis: Pikse litaania (Estonia)
Tormis: Pärismaalase lauluke (Estonia)
Tormis: Raua needmine = Curse Upon Iron (Estonia)
Tormis: Varjele Jumala soasta (Estonia)
Tormis: Viru vanne (Estonia)
Tormis: Vistel-vastel (Estonia)
Vasks: Musu masu vardi (Latvia)
Vettik: Kuu (Estonia)
Wikander: Dofta dofta vit syrén (Sweden)
Wikander: Kung Liljekonvalje (Sweden)
Wikander: Paradisets timma (Sweden)
Wikander: Serenad : Stilla i rymderna … (Sweden)
EUROPE (EXCL. NORDIC & BALTIC COUNTRIES)
Bartók: Est (Hungary)
Bartók: Négy régi magyar nepdal (Hungary)
Biebl: Ave Maria (Germany)
Bossi: Il brivido (Italy)
Britten: The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard (England)
Bruckner: Um Mitternacht (Austria)
Busto: La noche en la isla (Spain, Basque Provinces)
Chilcott: 5 Ways to Kill a Man (England)
Chilcott: Newton's Amazing Grace (England)
Cornelius: Ach wie nichtig, ach wie flüchtig (Germany)
Dallapiccola: Estate (Italy)
Distler: Der Tambour (Germany)
Dvorák: Divna voda (Czech Republic)
Englbrecht: Twinkle, Twinkle (Germany)
Foerster: Hymnus (Czech Republic)
Foerster: Polní cestou (Czech Republic)
Genzmer: Römische Weinsprüche (Germany)
Golovanov: Dostoyno yest (Russia)
Gombert: Haec dies, quam fecit Dominus (Flanders)
Gombert: Vae Babylon, civitas magna (Flanders)
Gounod: Faust : Choeur de soldats (France)
Hegar: Totenvolk (Switzerland)
Henry VIII: Pastime with Good Company (England)
Hermes: Metsämiehen juomalaulu (Germany)
Holst: The Song of the Blacksmith (England)
Janácek: Marycka Magdonova (Czech Republic)
Jeremias: Ostrava (Czech Republic)
Kodály: Esti dal (Hungary)
Kreek: Taaveti laul nr 137 (Estonia)
Křička: Kdo má počernú galánku (Czech Republic)
Křička: Zornička (Czech Republic)
Lasso: Bonjour mon choeur (Flanders)
Ligeti: The Alphabet (Hungary)
Lutosławski: Jam kalinke łamała (Poland)
Lutosławski: Oj, i w polu jezioro (Poland)
Lutosławski: Zachodzi słoneczko (Poland)
Mathias: Gloria (Wales)
Mikula: Ej, holazne, holazne (Slovakia)
Milhaud: Psaume 121 (France)
Morales: Parce mihi Domine (Spain)
Orbán: Daemon irrepit callidus (Hungary)
Orff: Carmina Burana : In taberna (Germany)
Orff: Carmina Burana : Si puer cum puellula (Germany)
Penderecki: Benedicamus Domino (Poland)
Pizzetti: Per un morto (Italy)
Poulenc: Chanson a boire (France)
Poulenc: La belle si nous étions (France)
Poulenc: Laudes de Saint Antoine de Padoue (France)
Poulenc: Quatre petites prières de Saint Francois d’Assise (France)
Prelovec: Sedem si roz porazala mi (Slovenia)
Reger: An das Meer (Germany)
Reger: Frühlingsruf (Germany)
Rossini: Le comte Ory : Buvons! (Italy)
Rossini: The Barber of Seville : overture (Italy)
Rossini: Inno alla pace (Italy)
Rossini: Preghiera (Italy)
Saint-Saëns: Saltarelle (France)
Schubert: Dreifach ist der Schritt der Zeit (Austria)
Schubert: Die Einsiedelei (Austria)
Schubert: Geist der Liebe (Austria)
Schubert: Gesang der Geister über den Wassern (Austria)
Schubert: Der Gondelfahrer (Austria)
Schubert: Grab und Mond (Austria)
Schubert: Im Gegenwärtigen Vergangenes (Austria)
Schubert: Liebe (Austria)
Schubert: Die Nacht (Austria)
Schubert: Nachthelle (Austria)
Schubert: Sehnsucht (Austria)
Schubert: Ständchen (Austria)
Schubert: Trinklied aus dem 14ten Jahrhundert (Austria)
Schubert: Der 23. Psalm (Austria)
Schumann: Die Lotosblume (Germany)
Schumann: Die Rose stand im Tau (Germany)
Schumann: Der träumende See (Germany)
Schönberg: Verbundenheit (Austria)
Sheppard: Laudem dicite Deo nostro (England)
Strauss, R.: Durch Einsamkeiten (Germany)
Strauss, R.: Traumlicht (Germany)
Suchoň: O horách : Hrmavica (Slovakia)
Suchoň: Slovenská pieseň (Slovakia)
Suchoň: Tri slovenské ludové piesne (Slovakia)
Sullivan: The Long Day Closes (England)
Willaert: Vecchie letrose (Flanders)
OUTSIDE EUROPE
Barber: A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map (USA)
Barber: Heaven-Haven (USA)
Emmet: Dixie (USA)
Erb: Shenandoah (USA)
Ikebe: Folk Songs From Orient IV (Japan)
Lauridsen: Dirait-on (USA)
Mamiya: Composition For Chorus No. 6:2 (Japan)
Morrison: Shakespeare Songs (USA)
Schafer: Magic Songs (Canada)
Takemitsu: Wind Horse : Vocalise II (Japan)
Thompson: Tarantella (USA)
Whitacre: Lux aurumque (USA)
Whitacre: Water Night (USA)
Wilberg: Ubi caritas et amor
