Enjoy a program of Nordic folk music and opera arias in the near-perfect acoustics of Pennsylvania's oldest church, Old Swedes' Church.
On June 8, the 2018 Jenny Lind scholar, soprano Kine Sandtrø, will perform a summer evening of song from 1850, the year Jenny Lind herself sang at Gloria Dei (Old Swedes) Church in Philadelphia. Sandtrø will be accompanied by Julia Sjöstedt, who is studying piano at the Academy of Music in Stockholm.
7:30-9 p.m. Suggested donation: $20/adult and $10/student (proceeds benefit historic preservation work at Gloria Dei Church and the mission of the Augustana Institute.
Gloria Dei Old Swedes’ Church
916 Swanson Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
www.preserveoldswedes.org
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The concert in Philadelphia is the first stop for the Jenny Lind scholar on her U.S. tour: www.jennylindturne.wordpress.com/turneplaner
June 10 – Gettysburg
June 13 – Washington, DC
June 18 – New Orleans
June 21 – San Francisco
June 24 – Moline
June 29 - Chicago
