Sounds of Old Town

Sounds of Old Town is a combined ticket including two guided tours and a concert.

The Nobel Prize Museum shares stories of Nobel Prize laureates and their connections to music. The Medieval Museum takes you on a walk through medieval Stockholm, exploring the role of music – from street performers and town pipers to church songs and rituals.

The evening concludes with an organ concert in the grand, centuries-old Storkyrkan, the Stockholm Cathedral. Before the concert, you are invited to explore the church’s interior on your own, which usually requires an entrance ticket. 

Welcome to an evening where history, knowledge, and music intertwine.  

Programme  

Nobel Prize Museum – Music as motivation 

What did the poet and Nobel Prize laureate Louise Glück find in the composer Gustav Mahler’s music that inspired her acclaimed poetry collection Averno?

The guided tour at the Nobel Prize Museum offers insight into the background of the Nobel Prize, and explores how music has played a vital role in the work and creativity of Nobel Prize Laureates.   

Medieval Museum – Time to Play! Music in Medieval Stockholm  

What did Stockholm sound like in the Middle Ages? With instruments like bone flutes, jaw harps, and ocarinas, the city’s performers and jesters amused the townspeople.

Music and songs were viewed differently back then, but often served the same purposes as today – bringing comfort and joy, telling stories and myths, and playing a key role in church rituals.

Listen to tales of the music and sounds that echoed through the streets, squares, and churches during the Medieval Museum’s walking tour.

Storkyrkan – Bach goes…    

In Storkyrkan’s concert series Bach goes…, the timeless music of Johann Sebastian Bach meets new interpretations. Bach’s baroque tones are reimagined by contemporary musicians on the church’s Marcussen organ from 1960.

Next to the grand organ is the ornate organ loft, with a balustrade and façade designed in 1787 by architect Erik Palmstedt.