HAPPY NEW YEAR 2020!

I leave the year 2019 with a great feeling of gratitude and thankfulness. During this year I’ve worked on several big projects. Some of them just getting started and some of them completed. Lux Mundi (The Light of the World) was an exciting joint commission by the English Baroque Choir & London Nordic Choir. I …

A brand new Commission signed!

It is a true pleasure to end this fantastic year 2019 with signing a new big German commission for Evangelische Jugendkantorei der Pfalz. A GLORIA in three movements for 2 Soloists (Soprano & Tenor) Mixed Choir and Symphony Orchestra to be premiered during a Jubilee 2021. I will begin the composing process during January and will …

Merry Christmas to my audience!

Back in 2006 I came across a sweet and naive little poem by one of Sweden’s most known and read poets, Bo Setterlind. It was included in a small Nativity play written for the church in the town, Strängnäs, where he lived. It was Mary singing for her little newborn, almost improvising in the moment …

A 10 Years Anniversary !

Today, on December 19th, 2009, my Christmas Oratorio was premiered at Gothenburg Cathedral in Sweden. It feels unreal so much time has passed since it feels like yesterday back in my mind. “A Swedish Christmas Oratorio” was commissioned and composed with the idea of a work that was influenced by Swedish folk music but yet …

FREDRIK SIXTEN

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