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Oslo Filharmoniske Kor

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Oslo Philharmonic Choir (OFK) is the Oslo Philharmonic vocal main focus. The choir also arranges its own concerts in Norway and abroad.

Philharmonic Society Orchestra was created in 1919. The orchestra's first season ended with Beethoven's 9th Symphony in cooperation with Cæciliaforeningen. The company realized that there was a need for a permanent chorus that symphony orchestra could perform music as required choirs. In 1921 therefore Philharmonic Society Chorus created. The choir first instructor was Maja Flagstad. Debut concert was held in January 1922. The choir was organized as a separate KORFORENING with a certain autonomy from 1923. Beethoven's 9th symphony on the program every year until 1935 and has been called the choir "theme song." One of the choir's successes began in 1930/31 season with the premiere of Ludvig Irgens-Jensen Heimferd. The work is later listed twelve times. The erection 4. November 1940 was stopped by the Nazi Ministry of Culture within the grounds of the audience would be able to post current events in the text, and "create extremely unfortunate demonstrations." The choir control downloads when business and choir ceased until 1947. At the Restoration was established a firm korinstruktørstilling.

When the orchestra changed its name in 1979, changed its name to the choir also Oslo Philharmonic Choir.

The choir was reorganized in 1983 with stronger integration Philharmonic Society. It would no longer be an independent KORFORENING with its own board and general meetings, but was inserted under the Company's governing bodies. The conductor was the link between choir and orchestra, including through participation in the company repetoarutvalg. Even should the choir contribute to the daily administration through a committee composed of voice operators and a chairman.

The number of singers has varied between 80 and 150.
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