On earth peace and joy//Early voices//Tøyenkirken

Welcome to an atmospheric concert at Tøyenkirken where baroque music and folk tunes intertwine to create Advent sounds you rarely have heard before! Early Voices is a distinctive vocal quintet that creates playful and experimental concerts, and this year's Advent concerts will prominently feature four folk tunes from Selje, arranged by Birgit Djupedal. With a number of extracts from the Magnificat of the baroque era—a tribute to the Virgin Mary—we invite you to take a breather just before the Advent season. The music is an artistic dialogue between the sacred and the popular—a Christmas experience characterized by warmth, mystique, and tonal depth. Peace and joy on earth is a varied and thought-provoking concert that provides space in a hectic time, sending forth a hope into the world for just that—joy and peace on earth. Feel free to listen ahead by finding our Christmas EP featuring three of Birgit Djupedal's arrangements on Spotify. Early Voices is a professional early music quintet based in Oslo. They perform European baroque and renaissance repertoire with a Nordic sound ideal and weave it together with Norwegian folk tunes. The five members of Early Voices are experienced soloists and ensemble singers with backgrounds from, among others, Det Norske Solistkor, Trondheim Vokalensemble Vocal Art, Kilden Vokalensemble, Det norske damekor, etc. Since its inception in 2019, Early Voices has conducted a number of very well-received tours and concerts. The concert is supported by Kulturrådet, Fond for lyd og bilde, and Oslo municipality.