Timeline

1971
October
Grex Vocalis is founded with 12 singers
1972
March
Music Evening in Fagerborg Church, Oslo
April
Renaissance, early baroque with Schola Instrumentalis at Høvikodden, Bærum, Norway
1973
August
Arezzo, Italy: Choir Competition. Two 4th prizes
November
Medieval, Renaissance, romantic and contemporary music in Gamle Aker Church, Oslo
1974
February
Recording in Ris Church in Oslo for NRK Radio (The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation), two programs
March
Poulenc: Easter Motets, Høvikodden, Bærum, Norway
April
Festival in Loreto, Italy
November
Bach: Cantata 140 with Canticum Novum Chamber Orchestra in Uranienborg Church, Oslo

Loreto 1974 - 3

1975
June
NRKs competition for mixed choirs: 1st priz
August
Munch Museum in Oslo: Norwegian folk songs, Hindemith, Poulenc
September
Festival in Barcelona, Spain
November
Uranienborg Church in Oslo: Renaissance, early baroque, romantic, neoclassical
1976
January
The Trinity Church, Oslo: Tallis: Spem in alium with other choirs from Oslo
May
Bergen International Festival, Bergen, Norway: Madrigals, Norwegian folk songs, Mørk Karlsen, Jacobsen, Kverno, Poulenc
October
University of Oslo Auditorium: 5th Anniversary Concert: Lasso, Monteverdi, Poulenc, and Milhaud
1977
March
Poulenc: Mass in G major for NRK Television
August
Arezzo, Italy: Choir Competition. 1st prize for folk songs, 2nd prize for mixed choirs
1978
May
Festival in Warsaw, Poland: Renaissance, folk songs, contemporary, Scandinavian
September
Høvikodden, Bærum, Norway: Kagel’s Ex-position (premiere)
November
Nordberg Church, Oslo: Poulenc, Larsson, Brahms
Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique, (IRCAM) Paris, France: Kagels Ex-position
1979
June
Festival in Fano, Italy: Renaissance, Milhaud, Larsson.
Concerts in Venezia and Sirolo, Italy.
September
University of Oslo Auditorium: Brahms: Liebeslieder
Hot Theater, The Haag, Netherlands: Kagels Ex-position

Grex-Old

1980
June
Hamburg, West Germany: Verdi: Requiem
July
Concert in Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim, Norway during the St. Olav Festival; Purcell, Brahms, Poulenc, Grieg, Larsson
1981
March/April
Lasso, Poulenc, Kverno, Kagel – Eidsvold, Norway, The Trinity Church, Oslo and Oscarskyrkan, Stockholm, Sweden
April
Sami Dies Irae in Oslo Concert Hall with the Norwegian Soloist Choir and Nordstrand Church Choir
June
Gala Concert in Oslo Concert Hall for Norway’s Meat and Pork Association: Folk music
November
University of Oslo AuditoriumUniversity of Oslo Auditorium: 10th Anniversary Concert: Brahms, Poulenc, Germeten, Monteverdi
Festival in Athens and Corinth, Greece
1982
April/August
Recording by NRK Television: Passion in the Arts, Nature, Love and Brahms: Liebeslieder
August
Gorizia, Italy: Choir Competition. 1st prize for mixed choirs, 2nd prize for folk songs and a prize for the best performance of a contemporary piece
October
Høvikodden, Bærum, Norway: Per Nørgård: Dance in the Early Spring
1983
March
Oslo Cathedral: Handel, Purcell, Bach, Vivaldi, and Palestrina with Paul Esswood and Oslo Consort
September
Venezia, Milano, Cuneo, Italy: Concert tour
1984
August
Festival in Montepulciano, Italy: Arne Nordheim: Aurora, Britten: War Requiem
October
Oslo Cathedral: Brahms: A German Requiem with Oslo Cathedral Choir and Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
November
Hamburg, Germany: Norwegian Music Week, contemporary Norwegian music, Nordheim: Aurora
1985
February
Oslo Cathedral: Recording for NRK Television: Handel: Dixit Dominus. Conductor: Mark Deller
May
Bergen International Festival, Concerts in Håkon’s Hall and Troldhaugen
1986
June
Wye, England: Purcell: Fairy Queen, Nordheim, Grieg, Kverno, Bergh. Conductors: Carl Høgset and Mark Deller
September
Oslo Concert Hall: Two concerts and recording: Oddvar S. Kvam: Querela Pacis
November
The Trinity Church, Oslo: 15th Anniversary Concert: Scarlatti, Nordheim, Jacobsen, Poulenc
1987
April
Oslo Cathedral: Penderecki: St. Luke Passion with Oslo Cathedral Choir, Sølvguttene, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Krzysztof Penderecki
June
NRK Television: German hits with Arja Saijonmaa
September
The Basque Country, Spain: Festival, La Semaña Chorale. Concert in Hondarribia
November
The Trinity Church, Oslo: Terje Rypdal’s Ineo, with Terje Rypdal, conductor Christian Eggen, string orchestra
1988
May
Kampen Church, Oslo: Concert: The Banners of Freedom Anew
July
Festival in Fano, Italy
November
Oslo Cathedral: Verdi: Quattro Pezzi Sacri with Oslo Cathedral Choir, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Nelson
1989
March
Festival in Joensuu, Finland: Arne Nordheim: Aurora
June
Festival in Tampere, Finland: Arne Nordheim: Aurora
September
Festival in Porto Torres, Sardinia, Italy
1990
January
The Trinity Church, Oslo: Britten: Hymn to St. Cecilia, Verdi, Purcell/Sandström, Kverno, Bergh
May
Bordesholm, ltzehoe and Kiel, Germany. Carl Orff: Carmina Burana and selected repertoire
June
Festival in Leningrad/Novgorod, Russia
October
Oslo Cathedral: Serge Lancen’s Missa Solemnis with Sagene Janitsjar
1991
February
University of Oslo Auditorium: Carl Orff: Carmina Burana, Brahms: Five Songs with Jubal, Grete Helgerød
June
Northern Norway Festival: Arne Nordheim: Aurora, concerts with Jan Garbarek
October
Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim, Norway: Nordlyd Festival: Nordheim, Palestrina, Brahms, Purcell/Sandström
November
University of Oslo Auditorium: 20th Anniversary Concert: Monteverdi, Poulenc, Asheim, Brahms
1992
April
Concert at Tingvang in Øystre Slidre, Norway
October
Participation in the International Choir Competition in Tolosa, Spain. 1st prize
1993
March
University of Oslo Auditorium: Venezia 1613. Monteverdi
May/June
Marktoberdorf, participation in a chamber choir competition. 1st prize for mixed choirs
December
University of Oslo Auditorium: Grex and Jan Garbarek
1994
January/March
Arne Nordheim: Draumkvedet at The Norwegian Theater. Director: Bentein Baardson. Conductor: Ingar Bergby. 40 performances in total
May
Fulda, Germany: Guest performance at the 4th national choir competition in Germany
Corale in Legnano, Italy. Three concerts during the festival
June
Japan: Concerts in Nagano and Tokyo
1995
February
Oslo Cathedral: Le Baroque Français
July
European Choir Symposium in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Joint concert: Penderecki’s St. Luke Passion
October
Fagerborg Church: 400 Years of Church Music
December
La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain: Participation in the festival Encuentro Coral
1996
September
Le Baroque Français sacré, Frogner Church, Oslo
December
Handel: Messiah, Ris Church. The concert was broadcast on NRK Television and a CD recording was released by the record company Quattro AS.
1997
February
University of Oslo Auditorium: 25th Anniversary Concert: Gabrieli, Mahler, Kverno, Brahms and Poulenc
July
Festival in Namur, Belgium on the occasion of IFCM’s 15th anniversary. Concerts in H. Hartkerk, Knokke, Belgium Salines Royales de Dieuze, and a mass in Brussels Cathedral
1998
May
Festival in Szczecin, Poland. A church concert and a concert in the Philharmonic Concert Hall
November
Handel: Messiah in The Trinity Church, Oslo, two concerts
1999
January
University of Oslo Auditorium: Poulenc Concert on the 100th anniversary of the composer’s birthday
August
Arezzo, Italy: Choir Competition. 1st prize for mixed choirs and winner of Il Gran Premio Città d´Arezzo
Concerts in Aquasparta and Pescosolido, Italy
Sept/Oct
Poulenc’s: Figure Humaine. Concerts in Larvik, Sarpsborg, Hoff Church, Hamar and Gol, Norway
October
University of Oslo Auditorium: Petrarca Meets Rypdal
December
Bach: Christmas Oratorio in The Trinity Church, Oslo. Two concerts. Recording for NRK Television
2000
April
Arne Nordheim: Nidaros Oratorio in The Trinity Church, Oslo. Two concerts. Conductor: Manfred Honeck
June
Tolosa, Spain: Participant in Grand Prix Européen du Chant Coral. Concerts in Ordizia, Zarauz and Tolosa, Spain
December
Handel: Messiah in Uranienborg Church, Oslo
2001
April
Gamle Aker Church: EBU Concert. Conductor: Tone Bianca Dahl. Participants: Nils Økland, Hardanger fiddle
June/July
Vestfold Festival: Arne Nordheim 70 years. Concerts in Larvik Church and Slagen Church, Tønsberg
September
Festival in Sardinia: Voci di Europa. Concerts in Porto Torres and Cagliari
November
University of Oslo Auditorium: 30th Anniversary Concert. Lasso, Poulenc, Verdi, Groven and Nordheim
2002
March
Poulenc: Stabat Mater during the Oslo Church Music Festival in The Trinity Church, Oslo
December
Uranienborg Church, Oslo: French Christmas. Charpentier: Messe de Minuit and Rameau: In Convertendo
2003
October
Concert in Boxgrove Priory, Chichester, England. Final in Let the Peoples Sing in Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, England
December
Uranienborg Church, Oslo: Magnum Mysterium. A cappella concert
2004
March
University of Oslo Auditorium: La Musica Cubana. Conductor: Digna Guerra Ramirez
October
Concerts in Vestervig and Herning, Denmark
December
Monteverdi: Marian Vespers in The Trinity Church, Oslo. Recording for NRK P2
2005
March
Oslo Cathedral: Ludvig Irgens Jensen’s Heimferd during the Oslo Church Music Festival
April
University of Oslo Auditorium: Sakura. A Japanese-Norwegian experience. Conductors: Fumiaki Kuriyama and Carl Høgset
July
Japan: Concerts in Sapporo, Matsumoto, Nirasaki, Utsonomiya and Tokyo, Japan
September
University of Oslo Auditorium: Concert dedicated to Knut Nystedt’s 90th birthday
November
Barocco Mexicano in Uranienborg Church, Oslo.
2006
May/June
Festival in Szczecin, Poland. Concerts in Prenslau, Germany, Szczecin and Kamien Pomorski, Poland
September
Arne Nordheim’s: Draumkvedet in The Trinity Church, Oslo
November
Jakob Church of Culture: 35th Anniversary concert: Kruse, Schubert, Miyoshi, Reger, Mendelssohn
December
Handel: Messiah in Uranienborg Church, Oslo.
2007
March/April
Participation in America Cantat, Havana, Cuba.
October
Bologna, Italy: Instrument in a competition for conductors. Concerts in Sala Bolognese and the City Hall of Bologna
December
Christmas Concert: Magnum Mysterium in Uranienborg Church, Oslo
2008
May
In meinem Himmel, in meinem Lied, a cappella concert in Uranienborg Church, Oslo
September
Festival in Olbia, Sardinia, Italy
November
Bach: Mass in B minor in Uranienborg Church, Oslo.
December
Participants in the closing concert of Stavanger European Capital of Culture
2009
March
Hear My Prayer, Concert of baroque music in Uranienborg Church, Oslo
May
Concerts in Wuppertal-Barmen, Münster, Meggen and Cologne Cathedral, Germany
November
Brahms: A German Requiem. Version for four-handed piano. Uranienborg Church, Oslo
2010
April
Bach: Magnificat and Handel: Coronation Anthems. Uranienborg Church, Oslo
May
Concerts in Østre Porsgrunn Church and Skien Church with Canto Ammonia, Skien, Norway
September
Invitation to Arezzo, Italy, to receive the Guidoneum Award. Concerts in Arezzo, Orvieto and Roma, Italy
November
Bach: Mass in B minor in Uranienborg Church, Oslo.
2011
June
Participation in Internationale Chorbiennale Aachen, Germany. Concerts in Monschau and Aachen, Germany
Joint concert: Britten’s War Requiem in Eurogress, Aachen. Conductor: Klaus Arp
September
University of Oslo Auditorium: 40th Anniversary concert: Gabrieli, Tallis, Nystedt, Grieg, Brahms, Nordheim
December
Mozart: Mass in C minor. Oslo Cathedral.
Asker Culture Center: Magnum Mysterium
2012
April
University of Oslo Auditorium: Spring Concert with the The Norwegian Student Choral Society
July
Catalonia, Spain: 1st prize for mixed choirs and 3rd prize for female choirs in the International Music Festival Cantonigròs, Vic, Spain
November
Closing concert of the Røa Music Festival, Oslo
December
Bach: Christmas Oratorio with Barokkanerne in Uranienborg Church, Oslo.
2013
April
Mozart: Requiem with Barokkanerne in the University of Oslo Auditorium.