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In connection with the GP Christmas concert in Storan earlier this week, gp. Viewers had the opportunity to spend money to support the Gothenburg City Mission.
By lunchtime on Friday, less than two days after the concert was broadcast on the GP site, the City Mission had received SEK 215,000. It’s clear proof that both Petra Marklund and The World’s Tallest Man (Kristian Matsson) did an excellent job alongside Linnea Olsson and the Augusti family on the Storan stage, but it also indicates that GP spectators like to lighten up. a bit their wallets. now at Christmas.
– Over 200,000 SEK … feels absolutely fantastic. Incredibly fun, says Camilla Hall in Gothenburg City Mission and looks forward to the financial contribution that will now go to poor families in the city with children.
– There will be food, winter clothes and Christmas gifts for those who need it most.
Additionally, the artists sent in a couple of carefully selected gifts to the City Mission to distribute to some families this Christmas. The Augusti family donated a signed electric guitar, Petra Marklund had brought a chess set that she also signed, and Kristian Matsson delivered two of the horse Bella’s shoes, hopefully from the stable at home in Gagnef.
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– This is a very nice gesture from musicians and the gifts are unique. So we will try to make sure they end up with someone who is only interested in music or who likes chess. We get help from parents, they know their children better, said Åsa Vilu, area manager in the social area of Gothenburg City Mission.
GP offers double concerts with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
GP’s Christmas concert with Petra Marklund, The World’s Tallest Man and Linnea Olsson can be seen on gp.se until January 15, inclusive, but the magazine is now continuing other musical initiatives as well.
On Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, we will broadcast two unique concerts with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra from the Concert Hall here on gp.se, the first with a Christmas theme and the second with a little ‘champagne music’ more festive.
“We’ve cut together and made a cavalcade of what GSO has played in recent years,” says Symphony Orchestra executive and artistic director Sten Cranner.
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Conductors during the two concert nights include Manfred Honeck, Nathalie Stutzmann, Barbara Hannigan. Finnegan Downie Dear and the head conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali. The pianist Roland Pöntinen and the soloist Peter Mattei also participate.
The concerts start at 7:00 p.m., last about 45 minutes and will be available until January 15.
GP Christmas Calendar
Christmas 2020 will not be like other Christmases. But while we journalists write a lot about isolation, the spread of infection and closure, it is important that we do not forget that there is much to be happy about. People who defend themselves and spread Christmas cheer, family and friendship ties that are forged stronger and a society that remains strong during this test. To spread the heat during the Christmas season, GP will open every day, from the first to the 24th of December, a door with positive news.
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