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Festival opening 2026 with the theme Sweden

Ture Rangström, Elfrida Andrée and Rued Langgaard

Rued Langgaard Festival invites you again this year to participate in the festival’s opening concert at Domkirkepladsen in Ribe on September 3, 2026.

We celebrate Nordic culture and sing some of the most beautiful Swedish songs.

Come and sing with choir participants from all over South and Southern Jutland and have a great choir experience in Ribe.

All ages and genders can join as a single singer, choir or part of a choir.

You are invited to sing along to the following:

-Anders Fryxell: Alas, Värmeland, you beautiful one (Download node)

– Carl Michael Bellman: Butterfly winged visible on Haga

– Benny Andersen and Bjørn Ulvæus: The Song of the Eighteen Swans (Poul Sørensen)

– Birger Sjöberg: The first time I saw you (Kim Larsen)

– Folktale: Queen Dagmar lies ill in Ribe

for children’s choir, boys’ choir, girls’ choir, women’s choir, men’s choir, folk choir and brass in arrangements by Rued Langgaard and Benjamin Friis Nielsen.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to contact Helle Lund Rosborg at hlr@langgaardfestival.dk

Schedule and deadlines:

Friday May 8th

Sign up to Helle Lund Rosborg at hlr@langgaardfestival.dk

Monday, May 13th

Download all sheet music via the song title links on this page on May 13.

Tuesday, September 1st

19.00-21.00 Voluntary rehearsal in Ribe Cathedral

Thursday, September 3rd

15.00: Coffee/water and Langgaard-kringle in Ribe (more information on meeting place will follow)

16.00: Everyone meets at Ribe Domkirkeplads and finds their area

16.30 – 17.15 Concert

See you in Ribe for Rued Langgaard Festival 2026!